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redotted from someone else, but I liked it.
This is for Zaheer and Tuan. #18 is for you.

Quoted: "If you're giving a speech the next day, review it before falling asleep," says Candi Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at the University of Idaho. Since most memory consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read right before bed is more likely to be encoded as long-term memory.

The bird's eye view in Microsoft Live Search Maps is pretty amazing -- far better than any view in Google Maps. This is a view of the "cut" at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Captcha was originally invented at CMU. But, most captchas are eventually defeatable. In response...

Quoted: Microsoft researchers have developed an alternative captcha that asks Internet users to view nine images of household pets and then select just the cats or the dogs

click to play

With just 4 degrees of freedom, the dancing "blob" Keepon, does a great job of dancing expressively. He's a CMU robot, BTW:

http://beatbots.org/research/

Quoted: The robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the song "I Turn My Camera On" by the band Spoon. See ...

Quoted: Carnegie Mellon University commencement speaker comedian Bill Cosby leads "Scottie," the school's new official mascot in the academic procession at the opening of CMU's 110th commencement at Geisling Field yesterday.

pretty good explanation of Earned Value Managment.

Quoted: Earned Value Management System (EVMS): Project cost and schedule performance measurements should really be managed as integrated elements and not as separate entities.

Who says CMU is a geek school? ;) Note that both synthetic interviewers are women.

Quoted: A synthetic interview is a way for you to learn more about Carnegie Mellon University. This is the next best thing if you do not have the opportunity to visit our campus or to speak with a Carnegie Mellon representative.

CMU's answer to MIT's open courseware? It looks like they are more focused on actually providing complete online course - and not just in placing the course materials online.

Randy Pausch project.

Quoted: Educational Software that teaches computer programming in a 3D environment.