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Go be something! Simon Gauvin writes "As a follow up to your article on Gobe Productive, beunited.org is setting up a donation site to allow people to donate for the purchase of the source to make it open. You can check out the comments here. And our announcement on our main page."
Thinner is better. Factomatic writes "The The New York Times reports that a new polymer by Xerox can be used to make organic transistors on a plastic substrate, which can then be used to inexpensively make light, flexible flat-panel displays for computers, laptops and mobile phones. The material, polythiophene, has achieved performance on electronics benchmarks that is an order of magnitude greater than current polymer materials. It would be used in a new manufacturing process that Xerox is experimenting with to imprint circuits using inkjets." You may remember this story about a company called Rolltronics' research into printable circuitry.
What about reviving The A-Team? Julio Ojeda-Zapata points to his Update: 12/10 01:25 GMT by T : [Errr, not "her" -- sorry about that.] "in-depth article on the Save Farscape movement. Though I have an obvious bias, I believe this is the most comprehensive article on the subject you'll find anywhere. Predictably, I've been deluged by mail from Scapers. I can't say I wasn't warned about that :-)"
Soon, every Thomas Aquinas, Dickinson and Harvard will have one of their own ... Amadaeus writes with news of another all-campus wireless blanketing. "The new University of Ontario Institute of Technology is offering new students an IBM laptop, included with tuition, that is wired with 802.11b access. The reason behind that is the entire campus (read: cafeterias, stairwells, washrooms, "special areas") is covered with the university wireless network hubs. In fact, the university campus itself is designed with charging outlets for every seat in the classroom and ergonomic seating for computer usage for all students.
Either they're trying to improve wireless education or promote in-class LAN parties and all-night wireless hack-o-thons, UOIT is on the right track to some sort of wireless educational future."
Wireless Weapons: A mini-Howitzer or a Liberator. We've run several stories on 802.11 antenna projects that require more time, more esoteric parts, or a bigger budget, and some that don't take much at all. Daniel Marsh writes with another one in this last category: "If you thought Pringles were fun, check out the Cookie Cantenna. Several have been built and tested by Seattle Wireless members and they blow Pringles cans out of the water, as well as taste better."
On the other hand, if convenience is more importance than raw power, you might find this commercialized alternative attractive. The Cantenna is inexpensive (19.95 by itself, plus the cost of a pigtail) and means you don't have to touch a soldering iron, glue, or anything besides a shipping container.
Slashdot is so sad Although the trolls are not bad Taco eats my ass
No, that was more of a Yoda quote... Funny stopped being this joke 15 years ago,, yes......
IN SOVIET RUSSIA
The Joke Tells you.....
At Soviet University, wireless jumps make officials!
If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
For a second I thought it said "piracy" and I thought it was another article about that DeCSS trial, and that thief Jon Johnson or whatever. And Linux is illegal too - it should be, since everyone and their brother has their fingers in it it is a) unstable b) virus ridden c) unsecure and finally d) crap.
Nah, Imagine a couple of tabs of LSD and Winamp Visualisation Studio
Can you say tripeeeeeee...
they've been rolling condoms onto their erect penis for a while now, but it has been for wild gay sex not hetero reasons:
1) low hot-chicks rate. There are many pan-faced darkies here, and if you're attracted to that ugly vague oriental liik you're probably whacked in the head.
2) stupid, game frat boys. Some FAGS are completely covered in sperm. My penis extends deep into their central cavity (anus) but not into their vagina, since they are men and do not have one. Also, I am a homosexual myself.
I think this kind of thing is useful if it involves oiled naked men.
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That statement was from the Farscape article. Where were these great effects? All I remember is laughable CGI and an embarrassingly obvious Muppet.
Why has this show got such rabid loyalty? I watched 3 episodes, and everything about them was cliched, hackneyed and lame, from the basic premise through to the characters, writing, acting and "special" effects. It seemed even *worse* than Voyager, if such a thing is possible. Why on earth didn't they take all that money and do something *original* for a change?
By all means, protest the passing of decent sci-fi, but when you rail against *any* sci-fi being canned no matter how pathetic, you just look like sad losers.
No doubt there will be a chorus of replies stating that I must watch more than 3 episodes to "appreciate" this drivel, but I'm going to pre-empt that by asking exactly how much of my life must I spend looking at crap to determine that it is, in fact, crap?
I will enjoy watching Farscape die a well deserved death. Rubbish like this that fails is what prevents *decent* science fiction from being made.