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Top SciTech Gifts 2002

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whatcha-you-gonna-buy dept.

Steve0987 writes "Scientific American has a list of suggested Christmas presents for the those technical people on your shopping list. There are a couple I might add to my letter to Santa." Um, I'd also like to add some wireless speakers, but the the coal from the Titanic seems a bit macabre.

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  1. THG by hitzroth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Tom's Hardware Guide has their list up, too. Nothing spectacular, but looks like some neat ideas if you're stuck.

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    In mathematics, one does not understand things, one merely gets used to them.
    --VonNeumann
  2. Don't Buy Jack by limekiller4 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Karma hit be damned, don't buy anyone a damned thing. Draw them a picture. Write them a letter. Fold them an oragami barn complete with animals.

    I realize the point of this post is to be informative and this is a tech/nerd site. So be it. I'm suggesting that the best tech gift you can give someone is more of your time which, I might point out, is going to be spent working -- as opposed to spending time with them -- to earn the money for that runaway consuermism, optical, wifi, 3D, open-source imbedded OS GPS-capable caffienated, programmable biometric teeshirt.

    Yeesh.

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    My .02,
    Limekiller