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NEC Unveils Methanol-Fueled Laptop
genericplacebo writes "Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. Monday revealed a prototype of a laptop computer that runs on a methanol fuel cell instead of a rechargeable battery, and said it will start selling it next year. NEC initially plans to introduce a computer with a fuel-cell system able to run for five consecutive hours on a single cartridge of methanol fuel, but also plans to make a PC within two years that can run continuously for as long as 40 hours."
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If a comment is actually saterical/funny (see grandparent) then the appropriate slashdot bizzaro-world moderation is +1 Insightful.
If a comment is actually a troll (see great-grandparent)in which the basic premise is "This sux. Because I said so." And then the poster ends up replying to himself with the exact opposite conclusion, then the proper moderation will be +5 Insightful.
If a comment has a genuinely unique perspective on the situation, then of course the correct moderation is to leave it languishing as-is.
If you need to do some karma-whoring then do a quick google search on the current topic and post the results. Your diligence will earn you a handsome +5 Informative as your reward.
Well you get the idea. Further examples are left as an exersize to the reader.
P.S. Or sometimes we also like to believe that by modding a comment +1 Insightful it will become that way.
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