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!

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World's Largest truck

[Alien54]

Just a nit pic, I guess:

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

Re:Was that supposed to be funny?

[Fervent]

Why don't you say it to my face instead of hiding behind an AC?

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-Be a man. Insult me without using an AC.

I Have An LCD Remote

[Quarters]

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.

But they're not useless, just expensive

[Chuck Flynn]

"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.