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Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions

securitas writes "The New York Times asked 11 prominent people to write about a device that they'd like to see invented (Google). Contributors include John Perry Barlow, Scott Adams, William Gibson and Bill Joy, among others. There are some intriguing ideas and some that are way out there, but lots of fun for geeks everywhere."

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  1. i have a patent pending by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    for the penis bird - a true innovation

  2. An Idea... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about we get michael to stop poasting his goatse.cx links learn to shut the hell up.

    Deffently should be in teh top 10 somewhere.

  3. I have an invention I'd like to see by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about an invention to prevent clueless submitters from submitting reg required articles without also posting a way around the reg?

  4. How about a lameless filter... by pegr__ · · Score: -1, Troll

    for Slashdot articles!

  5. GIVE JENNI A BIGGER BONE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    She's gonna need something mighty to get through all that flab.

  6. Re:My Favorite by PetWolverine · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's Lisa, not Margaret. Marge isn't very science-minded, and Maggie is a little young yet to be inventing perpetual motion machines.

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  7. One device I would like to see... by Clippy · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...a machine that would prevent Slash Eds like Michael and Little Timmy from posting stupid stories and modding down dissent.

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  8. That's a paraphrase, not a quote! by caveat · · Score: 0, Troll

    The quote is "Lisa, in this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!". (yes, I AM a pedant, why do you ask?)

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