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apple

Microsoft's second fiddle.
by moltovivace February 22, 2005
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CERN

CERN is the "Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire", or "European Organization for Nuclear Research".

CERN, located on the France-Swiss border, near Geneva, It is the world's largest research centre for particle physics.

CERN's efforts are now primarily focused on the construction and completion of the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC. The 27 kilometre particle accelerator/collider will become the world's most powerful.

Using the LHC (to be completed in 2007) CERN hopes to set and study conditions very close to those shortly after the Big Bang. They hope to answer questions such as: "What is Mass? Are there extra dimensions? Are there violations between the symmetry of matter and antimatter?"

Numerous CERN physicist have been awarded Nobel Prizes, and CERN is reconized as the creator of the World Wide Web.

20 countries currently contribute to CERN's efforts.
The answers to the universe's biggest questions lie in the universe's tiniest particles.
by moltovivace July 4, 2005
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Book of Mormon

The last gospel of the Bible, translated by Joseph Smith and published in 1830.

Is Mormonism of Christianity?

Galatians 1:8 (NIV)
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
by moltovivace April 29, 2005
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HD DVD

The next-generation data storage media disk, developed primarily by Toshiba. Although voted as the successor to the DVD officially by the International DVD Forum Organization, it is in close competition with the Blu-ray, developed by companies like Sony and Hewlett Packard. (A similar competition took place with the DVD, Toshiba's prototype ultimately chosen over Sony's).

It employs a 405 nm blue laser and has each capacity layer is 15gb. Toshiba has developed a dual-layered 30gb disk and a 45gb triple-layered disk.

Companies supporting the HD DVD include NEC, Sanyo, Microsoft, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros.
Later releases of Microsoft's Xbox 360 feature HD DVD capable drives.
by moltovivace September 6, 2005
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nintendo revolution

Ninty's next console.

Apparently Nintendo considers the ability to play old 2D games "revolutionary".
Are you going to buy a Nintendo Revolution?

Nah, I already have a SNES.
by moltovivace June 13, 2005
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OS X

Apple OS X is the equivalent of Windows 3.1 - but with a dock.
by moltovivace August 24, 2005
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tchaikovsky

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Russian composer who lived 1840–1893.

Noted for his highly original compositions, he wrote numerous ballets as well as symphonies.

His most famous works include

The Swan Lake Ballet
The Nutcracker Ballet
1812 Overture
The Romeo & Juliet Symphony

"The Nutcracker" is possibly the most famous and most-performed ballet of the world, and has come to be a Christmas tradition by many internationally.

Tchaikovsky lies amongst the "Big Four" of the greatest classical composers the world has ever seen, with Bach Beethoven and Mozart
Tchaikovsky is a tricky name to spell.
by moltovivace February 23, 2005
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