A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope. He worked out the cost of obtaining a megabyte of data from Hubble – and compared that with the 5p cost of sending a text. He said: [...]

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Congress hasn’t passed the proposed $150 billion economic stimulus package theoretically providing rebate checks to taxpayers. If the plan goes as President Bush would like and the House and Senate pass the bill as currently written, you might receive a check for $300, $600, $1,200, or even more depending on your conditions. Calculate your Economic Stimulus [...]

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The Value of a College Education ? Get Rich Slowly I’ve been thinking lately about the value of a college education. I earned a B.A. in Psychology from Willamette University in 1991 (with a minor in English Lit, and almost another minor in Speech Com). What have I done with this degree? Almost nothing. Yet I [...]

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