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Apple Applies For Color-Change Patent

Posted by Hemos on from the theming-your-machine dept.

Secret300 writes "Apple is applying for a patent to release "devices capable of dynamically changing their ornamental or decorative appearance." If this is a success, it would considerably boost Apple's presence in the technology world." So, perhaps we can not only theme our desktop on the machine - but our *literal* desktop.

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  1. Hemos by Iamthefallen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wanna activate comments in the "Computers Not Working In Education" article?

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    1. Re:Hemos by robbyjo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      You know, after looking at his face, I lost my animo to type comments... Oh wait...

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    2. Re:Hemos by night_flyer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      wow, an offtopic mod for pointing out a blatent error on Hemos part...

      how much ya wanna bet one of thos mods was from Hemos himself?

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  2. MOD PARENT UP !!! by ContemporaryInsanity · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They did it on purpose, didn't they ? Posted an article (Computers Not Working in Education) about numeracy & literacy, with speeling mistakes, and removed the ability to comment... BASTARDS!!!

  3. Re:The Art of Cunniligus by TerryAtWork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Doesn't this belong on Everything2 ?

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  4. So what else is new? by X-BOX+LIVE+DEV+TEAM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In ancient Rome, Christians were persecuted physically and politically. Today they are persecuted scientifically. But, as always, The Truth does not bend.

    It's all about conservation of energy. The sun puts out 386 billion billion megawatts. Expressed in scientific notation, that 3.86e26 watts, which is 3.86e26 joules per second. According to Einstein's famous equations, that's also 1.29e20 kg/s. But the Earth is so small, we only intercept one one-billionth of that, which is 1.29e11 kg/s. The mass of the Earth is 5.89e24 kg. Divide the one into the other and you have a mere 1.5 million years, much much shorter than evolutionary "scientists" say it would take to spontaneously create simple DNA, let alone the profusion of God's creation that we see around us. And that's being generous and assuming there was no rock here to begin with (which we know is false from Genesis). My gut feeling is that the calculated figure of 40,000 years is probably right on target.

  5. But how fast can it change its colors? by oneiros27 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I mean, if they build this into an iPod, and I apply a hack to change the color along with the music [Think 'visualization', on some MP3 software], do I run the risk of causing epiletic seizures if people look at it?

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  6. Transformers anyone? by Qender · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Transformers! Robots in disguise."