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"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man." -- Jack Handey

Canadian Segway
Topic: Technology 11:26 am EST, Nov 12, 2003

] Like the Segway, Bombardier's Embrio concept--a prototype
] that may or may not make production--uses gyroscope
] technology to balance riders but adds a dash of flair
] absent in the Segway, which we as car nuts find slightly
] nerdy.

me want!

Canadian Segway


RE: FCC Deserves a Digital Thanks for Nothing
Topic: Current Events 1:15 pm EST, Nov 11, 2003

flynn23 wrote:
] ] As for new digital cables, the FCC ruling does not
] ] mandate any one copy-control technology, leaving it up to
] ] companies to choose from competing options. But this
] ] competition probably won't happen. Most of the
] ] electronics industry has anointed one system, called "5C"
] ] after the five corporations that developed it (Hitachi,
] ] Intel, Matsushita, Sony and Toshiba) and already approved
] ] for the digital outputs on future cable boxes and
] ] cable-compatible TV sets. The FCC can approve other
] ] copy-control schemes, but 5C-compliant hardware may not
] ] be upgradeable to support these competing mechanisms,
] ] placing them at a disadvantage.
]
] ...
]
] ] You won't be able to make a lower-resolution copy of a
] ] digital broadcast to watch on your DVD player or move a
] ] recording to the laptop or handheld computer you own
] ] today. And by forbidding all Internet transfers, even of
] ] brief excerpts, the scheme steals fair-use rights.

This really stinks.

RE: FCC Deserves a Digital Thanks for Nothing


Americans Demand Increased Governmental Protection From Selves
Topic: Current Events 10:58 am EST, Nov 10, 2003

] Alarmed by the unhealthy choices they make every day,
] more and more Americans are calling on the government to
] enact legislation that will protect them from their own
] behavior.

almost believable. Thanks to Mike Morrison for this one.

Americans Demand Increased Governmental Protection From Selves


First-grade teacher charged in school bomb threat
Topic: Miscellaneous 11:47 am EST, Nov  5, 2003

] MONTCLAIR, Va. -- A 42-year-old first-grade teacher at
] Washington-Reid Elementary School wrote a note claiming
] there was a bomb in the building, Prince William County
] police said Tuesday.
]
] The note was intended as a practical joke, police said,
] but Elizabeth Schuette, of Montclair, was charged with
] threatening to bomb.

That's about the dumbest idea I've ever seen anyone try to get out of work.

First-grade teacher charged in school bomb threat


FCC Approves Internet Anti-Piracy Tool
Topic: Current Events 11:31 am EST, Nov  5, 2003

] FCC Chairman Michael Powell said his
] agency was taking "an important step toward preserving
] the viability of free over-the-air television."

Dude, you SOOOOO blew it...

FCC Approves Internet Anti-Piracy Tool


Rock duo in school of mock
Topic: Humor 11:13 am EST, Nov  4, 2003

] The well-fed rockers of Tenacious D went on a 45-day
] hunger strike yesterday.
]
] They were tenacious enough to last about an hour.
]
] A comic-rock duo featuring actor Jack Black, Tenacious D
] has earned a hard-core following of fans ravenous for
] their anthems invoking the themes and lingo of heavy
] metal.
]
] Yesterday, Black and partner Kyle Gass pledged a gesture
] as grand as their music, saying they would starve
] themselves while dangling above Times Square for 45 days
] - or until their new DVD sold 1 million copies.
]
] "Kyle is going to bring a guitar, and if we need extra
] nourishment, we will live off the power of each other's
] rock," Black said.

I love these guys.

Rock duo in school of mock


Wired News: Aussies Do It Right: E-Voting
Topic: Technology 9:17 am EST, Nov  4, 2003

] While critics in the United States grow more concerned
] each day about the insecurity of electronic voting
] machines, Australians designed a system two years ago
] that addressed and eased most of those concerns: They
] chose to make the software running their system
] completely open to public scrutiny.

Wired News: Aussies Do It Right: E-Voting


Slashdot | Simpsons Fan Creates Real Tomacco Plant
Topic: Science 9:17 am EST, Nov  4, 2003

] According to a KPTV newscast, a Simpsons fan with too
] much time on his hands grafted a tobacco plant and a
] tomato plant and, ta-da: tomacco!

!!!!!!

Slashdot | Simpsons Fan Creates Real Tomacco Plant


Cats can catch SARS - and pass it on
Topic: Science 3:02 pm EST, Oct 30, 2003

Researchers say it is "absolutely not" a reason to kill cats, but suggest they might be quarantined with their owners during outbreaks.

hahahaha! Die kitty die!

Cats can catch SARS - and pass it on


The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World
Topic: Technology 11:59 am EST, Oct 30, 2003

] The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke
] diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient
] prime-mover in the world today.

wow... 5,608,312 foot pounds of torque!!! Someone needs to build a muscle car with this engine...

The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World


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