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Digital Frying Pan?
Anonymous writes "ZZZ online is updated again, this time the issue number 66 is uploaded. Among other interesting info, it contains the description of several weird and useless products like digital frying pan, electronic fork, universal LCD remote control and so on. Actually, this is just another attempt to convince the consumers that they really need useless stuff. Nevertheless these devices are worth your attention, at least you'll have fun ;-)" Iron Chef Silicon Valley!
Check out a review from one of the better remote control websites.
Mom: OK, little guy. Time for mommy to take your temper- holy shit! Who left fried eggs in this thing? Dear!?!
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-Be a man. Insult me without using an AC.
- I don't care if they globalize against free speech. All my best free thoughts are done in my head.
An Anti-Burn Element (like Anti-Lock Brakes on a car) would not only leave less scoring on the food, but would it not also leave less charred mess on the pan, making cleaning much easier?
Mmmmm, pancakes...
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, the world's largest truck is in Sparwood British Columbia. Based on info below, this may well be an old copy of the book
Specs can be found here:
http://www.sparwood.bc.ca/titaninf.htm
The six wheeler shown there is obviously larger than the 4 wheeler above, and fully loaded is 610 tons. this is 260 tons vehicle and 350 payload
This is vs the 500 tons specified for the vehicle shown at ZZZ online
This is not all. There is an interesting news release here about a company placing an order with Caterpillar for a truck that would be 380 tons vehicle, and the development of several 400 ton vehicles. This was in 1999.
So a truck that would spec out to 500 tonnes fully loaded is rather small
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
The way he ridiculed the Japanese washlet toilets is an example. There is nothing silly about them. I have been using one in Japan for the last year, and the prospect of going back to a cold non-washing American style toilet is about as attractive as going to use an unheated outhouse in the back yard and wiping my butt with a handful of leaves.
I don't think the author can discriminate between good ideas and bad ideas. He just fears anything new or different.
useless products like digital frying pan,
Oh, has Intel brought out another new processor?
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
"Right now Roger Green has only one working prototype and he is seeking companies willing to implement his invention. Some of the telecommunication giants (like Nokia) are interested, so I'm sure we have to wait at most couple of years."
Im not so sure that we'll see this very soon, Its like the tobacco industry and 'safe' cigarettes, they didnt bring them out because it would be admitting that regular ones are not safe, and open them selves up to litagation (obviously, these days its a given)
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-Be a man. Insult me without using an AC.
- I don't care if they globalize against free speech. All my best free thoughts are done in my head.
I personally won't install anything but OpenBSD on my frying pan. I don't want script kiddies to steal my dinner.
It's from Sony. The price was about the same as quoted in the article, so I'm assuming the article is refering to the model I have.
This remote is anything but useless or kitch. It's quite useful. Not only does it understand my TV, Receiver, DVD player, Laser Disc player, TiVO, VCR, and DirecTV units, but it also allows for macroing.
I've gone from eight remotes to one and also gained the ability to configure my system for any sort of playback at the push of a button.
Want to play a DVD? Click and the TV is in DVD mode, the receiver switches to the DVD input and sets itself up for 5.1 speakers and the remote's LCD screen switches to DVD playback mode. The same functionality is available for all my units.
It's also a learning remote, so I'm not constrained by the scant few items most pre-programmed remotes understand. This remote will be usefull for years.
shame on you for not reading the article!!!
If you did, you will see he is making fun of the camera for it's flash, a flash that you cannot turn off, no spy photos for you, so your argument is invalid. If you look at article #60, you will see him giving credit to another small camera for spy photos. Please read before you post, speed reading/glancing is not enough to post a comment.
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"Useless" is in the eye of the beholder: every tool has its use, though you might not recognize it. The creditcard-sized camera is perfect for taking pictures in situations where cameras are ordinarily confiscated (like museums and concerts). The directional cellphone antenna sounds like the perfect solution to the problem posed in the last article here a few hours ago. An enormous truck is for lifting enormous loads. What's the problem?
As a community, slashdot demands that everyone use different operating systems for different situations, depending on your needs. It's the proper and most intellectually honest thing to do. So then why ridicule the same people who are on the cutting edge of tool-making? If the frying pan had run linux, then I bet the headline would've been much different. It's hypocritical, I think.
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Don't forget the Digital Titanium Water Cooler!