[Amazing] Link25 (187) – The Demise of the PlayStation 2 Edition
For those of you that are new around here, every weekend we bring you 25 of the week’s best links, articles, images, and videos from all over the web in a list we refer to as “Link25″. This week, you’ll find everything from a low blow to economy travelers to the demise of the PlayStation 2 so get ready because this is Link25 (187) – The Demise of the PlayStation 2 Edition.
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Sixteen years ago, Sony launched the most successful video game console of all time. Today, that console was taken offline, marking the end of a revolutionary era.
Although Sony hasn’t manufactured a single one of these legendary boxes in three years, it was only today that the PS2’s last online server was shut down, effectively bringing the life of this (click on the title to read the full article)
Cats know it. Babies know it. So why don’t we know it?
Going all day and pushing yourself to the brink of exhaustion is sometimes a necessity, but there are other times when catching some midday shut-eye is actually in your best interest. We’re talking about napping, of course!
While sneaking a little sleep might be traditionally frowned upon in the adult world, it turns out that (click on the title to read the full article)
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In November 1962, the British and French governments announced a deal that caused great distress in the boardrooms of American planemakers.
The two countries announced plans to jointly build a new airliner, one that would be able to fly at more than twice the speed of sound. The aircraft – to be called ‘Concorde’ – would be the most advanced civilian aircraft in the world, showing that (click on the title to read the full article).
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Italy is set to pass a law that will make supermarkets donate their waste food to charities.
It will become the second European country to pass such laws after the French introduced a bill in February which bans supermarket throwing away or spoiling unsold food.
The bill has recieved widespread bipartisan support and is expected to pass the lower house of the parliament on (Click on the title to read the full article)
There was once a time when most Americans took streetcars to work every day. Nowadays, 85 percent of workers drive.
And although a few different factors fueled this transition, the biggest one may have been a $425 billion investment over half a century in the world’s most advanced network of highways: the Interstate Highway System.
The 48,000 miles of interstate highway that would be paved across the country during the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s were a godsend for (click on the title to read the full article)
This guy knows the secret to life: Having a sense of humor
AS THE candidates in America’s presidential race pontificate on the growing divide between the haves and the have-nots, the country’s airlines are busy segmenting customers between the haves, the have-lesses, the have-somewhats, the have-nots and, now, the have-nothing-at-alls.
Airlines have long seen profitability in investing heavily in first- and business-class while degrading the flying experience in coach to cut costs. But why stop there? Coach, they have discovered, can itself be subdivided, and then subdivided again. First there was the creation of premium economy, which charges passengers extra for (Click the title to read the full article)
Suicide Squad is one of this year’s most highly anticipated superhero movies. Given the massive success of Marvel’s Deadpool, however, it sounds like the team behind the new DC Comics film is looking to significantly up its game. That is great news for fans everywhere. (Click the title to read the full article).
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Years from now, people will look back at the unveiling of the Model 3 as a watershed moment not only for Tesla Motors, but for the entire auto industry.
Why?
Within 24 hours of launching its first lower-price electric car, Tesla locked in a large base of paid reservations directly from retail buyers, not dealers, for the model.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company received (Click on the title to read the full article).
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