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Some news are still worth to remember even when it goes old.

Video games move online

Maybe I am no longer young, I don’t get the fun of playing online games. I think playing games in general is just a waste of time. I can’t believe how much time I had wasted playing games when I was young. If I can redeploy all those time, I could have earn a Ph.D degree.

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Wine and sea food

Red wine may pair with seafood, as long as it is iron free. I wonder what about the iron-rich spinach? Should it stay away from seafood too?

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Cheaper desalination

If the theory works and it can scale up, the one technology that solves world’s water problem, save the environment could very well comes from SFU, Vancouver. It would very neat if Vancouver turns out to be world’s water-tech center.

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Who is a Jews? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question

I once asked my Israeli colleague, is Jewish a religion or a race, as a Jew himself, he doesn’t know the answer. If a Chinese school admits only Chinese students, I am sure it will sued by the government. However, it is OK for a Christian school admits only Christian students. In the sense a Jewish school should refer to Jewish as a religion but not Jewish as a race.

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How much does the iPhone really cost in Canada?

Nothing beats my wife’s iPhone plan with Fido. $17 per month with unlimited voice on evening and weekend, standard voice mail, calling forwarding, call display, text messages package. The catch? No data plan. Call Fido to disable data service so the iPhone will not use any data accidentally. Having Wifi for data connection is good enough.

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