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The Year in Ideas

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-idea-bad-idea dept.

Some Anonymous Dude writes "The NYTimes magazine reviews this year's great ideas including the anti-paparazzi flash, forehead billboards, scientific free-throw distraction, and why popcorn doesn't pop." From the intro: "Once we have thrown back all the innovations that don't meet our exacting standards, we find ourselves with the following alphabetical catch: 78 notions, big and small, grand and petty, serious and silly, ingenious and. . . well, whatever you call it when you tattoo an advertisement on your forehead for money."

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  1. Re:FOREHEAD BILLBOARDS??? by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's a great idea if you're from a developing country. $25K US can often make you the equivalent of a multimillionaire in a Western nation.

    Sure, your forehead gets scribbled on, but at least you're social and economic status has been elevated many times over.

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  2. Re:Great ideas worth the paper their printed on? by Cherita+Chen · · Score: 0, Troll

    this story has nothing to do with the news... This is in the Ny Times Magazine http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/.

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