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Do carrots help you see in the dark? The conversation at work today turned to this important question. Snopes to the rescue and I learnt an interesting new fact:

“In World War II, Britain’s air ministry spread the word that a diet of these vegetables helped pilots see Nazi bombers attacking at night. That was a lie intended to cover the real matter of what was underpinning the Royal Air Force’s successes: Airborne Interception Radar, also known as AI. The secret new system pinpointed some enemy bombers before they reached the English Channel.”

Valleywag’s Hot Vlogs Nominees are…

Valleywag on Google targeting IT deparments: “You may hate Microsoft, nerd lord, but their buggy products have kept you in cheese doodles and caffeine for the past 20 years. Best start looking into that phone support gig at Google”.

Dave Winer: “It seems the entertainment industry doesn’t recognize the power of its users. They’re accustomed to dealing with artists and other companies, esp really large ones, but they haven’t learned how to negotiate with the users, and that’s who they have to deal with, if they want a future”.

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