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The Year In Ideas

matthewg writes: "This week's New York Times Magazine (free registration required) consists primarily of a special feature, The Year In Ideas. Subtitled 'An encyclopedia of innovations, conceptual leaps, harebrained schemes, cultural tremors, & hindsight reckonings that made a difference in 2001,' the feature describes 80 different "notions, inventions, conceptual swerves and philosophical leaps that mattered this year and may well continue to matter in years to come" in between a couple of paragraphs and half a page. Complete with illustrations which range from informative to whimsical, it covers a lot of interesting ideas, many of which will probably be new to you. The article's subjects include such Slashdot-fodder as software as speech, steganography Goes Digital, and collaborative composition, as well as a plethora of intriguing new ideas, such as new ideas in basic rights and global warming lawsuits. And, of course, the solution to every Slashdotter's woes."

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  1. My idea of a good time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Would have to be doing calculus - NAKED.

  2. Registration bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can someone remind of of the trick where you change www. into "archive." or something like that to bypass registration On the NY Times site? I cam't remember the exact word and refuse to register for something they're offering free, I'm the same with FilePlanet.com.

  3. penis enlarger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic













    my favorite of the past year was a penis enlarger. now my boyfriend can ram me up so hard that i can feel it rubbing up against my lungs. when he pulls out and sprays me, it even tastes better. he likes how mine tastes too. i love when he chomps on mine.





  4. Let me get this straight... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred in September, followed by a deadly and bloody WAR against the Islamic faith (against the holiest of Muslim clerics and scholars, the beloved Taliban leaders of the Afghanistan people) and now we're struggling to bring order to Afghanistan with the establishment of an interim government, and you people have the gall to be discussing the year in ideas???? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!

    The bodies of the thousands of innocent civilians who died (and will die) in these unprecedented events could give a good god damn about the year in ideas, your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns and whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, the latest Cowboy Bebop rerun, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddies is *not* "getting on with your life"). The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!

    You people disgust me!

    1. Re:Let me get this straight... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yay! i've missed this troll. good to have it back!

  5. the solution to every Slashdotter's woes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so the solution to every Slashdotter's woes
    is a new york times web registration?
    yeah, now you tell me, I feel a lot better ;-)

  6. Re:The Year In Ideas = The Millennium in AI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    snorts ahahah you always crack me up Mentifex, you schizoid freak.

  7. Please don't feed the trolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You probably mean well, but ...

    Thanks :)

  8. Speed Masturbation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The concept of trying to get off before anyone interupts you

  9. The battle of the o3 's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    o3 one


    o3 two



    One o3 is crap the other is not, click here if your stupid



    FUCK LAMENESS FILTERS

  10. Re:Gross mischaracterisation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ROFL

  11. Menitfex in AI by StrawberryFrog · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hey mentifex, you need to spend less time posting and more time coding. You're like a stuck record already.

    AI in VB? *Chuckle*

    --

    My Karma: ran over your Dogma
    StrawberryFrog

  12. Re:Here's an idea the New York Times can explore.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the FUCK are you talking about?