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The Year In Ideas

Posted by michael on from the things-that-go-boom-in-the-night dept.

popo writes "The New York Times Magazine has a review of the year's most original and interesting ideas. They include "The Tornado in a Can" ("A contained cyclone, it turns out, is very useful for pulverizing things") and David Stevenson's real-life proposal to dig to the center of the Earth. by sinking heavy iron through the Earth's mantle."

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  1. Let's not forget by pagz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SCO's brilliant idea that GNU mean's GNU is Unix :-P

  2. Most original and interesting idea of the year: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Article text modification trolls

  3. MOD DOWN TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    please mod down, it's offtopic, and Pingular is a troll (check post history), and it's another account for Sir Haxalot and Stve Rim Jobs.

  4. Seriously by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why the hell are people still posting these nytimes articles? Seriously, does slashdot & NYTIMES have some kind of subscriber agreement going? I refuse to register on the NYtimes website, I don't think I should have to give out my personal information just to read a fucking newspaper article.

    1. Re:Seriously by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How about: Why the hell are people still bitching about nytimes links? Seriously, don't we all know already? If you don't want to register, don't read it and don't click it! However, don't deprive those of us who aren't insanely paranoid of the ability to discuss worthy new articles. Thank you.

  5. My favorite quote from the story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's my favorite quote:

    Contractors have been killed and wounded in Iraq, although they aren't counted among the official tally of American deaths. When contractors are kidnapped, they aren't considered prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention, and their capture rarely attracts significant media attention. Deborah Avant, a political-science professor at George Washington University, says these facts can make it more politically expedient to deploy contractors than to deploy soldiers or reservists. ''It's easier for the government to do questionable things with contractors,'' she adds, ''because their deaths and kidnapping don't make headlines.''

    From here (Iraq, Outsourced)

  6. Re:Someone had to say it... by Chuqmystr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh how about... Could you imagine BOFH getting hold of a Beowulf cluster of these?