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512 Pixels:

>However, the startup chime is ingrained into the experience of having a Mac, I’m sad to see it go. A Mac without the chime feels broken, even if I know it isn’t. I don’t power down my machines often, but I liked hearing the chime when I power them back up.

I’ll feel the startup chime’s absence more than any missing port or spec (cries). The Mac is changing - as it must. The startup chime connected today’s Macs to the whole history, the red thread of user-friendliness that marked the Mac as something that “Just Worked”.

Sorry, I’m just a bit choked up.

The AuthaGraph World Map projection is winning awards for its design and superior area mapping, better showing the relative sizes of land masses and oceans.

via MeFi

Also:

The very cool TrueSize map