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Submission + - South Park creators, did a bad, bad thing...again (cnn.com)

magbottle writes: CNN reports that the Islamic extremist web site published thinly veiled threats against South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone after the airing of last week's episode, where the Prophet was depicted, albeit disguised in a bear suit. An Islamic big-time no no naughty-you-must-die-in-a-peace-loving-way.

Comment Re:HD Limitations? (Score 1) 138

Does anybody know about HD support, I know it has it but curious if it's limited to only 720p like the AppleTV or if it will display 1080i/p.

And is there anything to stop me from installing XBMC on there. (I doubt there is but I'm not a big fan of boxee)

I was looking for a high definition media player and ended up purchasing a Popcornhour Model C200 networked media player after ruling out Apple TV. http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

The C200 accommodates 1 or 2 internal hard drives and has a 3.5" bay for a Blue Ray or DVD player as well. 1080P playback is not a problem. There are very few file formats that won't work with this player.

Here are the C200 technical specifications: http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=productspec&item_id=12

Comment 1960's technology Revisited (Score 3, Funny) 282

Back in the late 60's I worked on a program at General Electric, Utica, NY called LAMPS. The technology consisted of very bright strobe lights flashing in the 8 Hz - 10 Hz region. These lights were flown in aircraft and used in the Vietnam war to disorient the enemy. The strobe frequency is unique in that it disrupts brain wave activity that caused the enemy target to loose control of bodily functions (not just vomiting).

We did our testing at night and the lights could be seen from a nearby highway. This resulted in multiple auto accidents.

Biotech

Submission + - Bio Fuel Game Changer

duanes1967 writes: A company call Joule Biotech claims to have a breakthrough in Biofuel production. Their process can create 20,000 gallons of fuel per acre per year at a cost of about $50 per barrel. http://www.joulebio.com/ Via Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/23073/ "Algae-based biofuels come closest to Joule's technology, with potential yields of 2,000 to 6,000 gallons per acre; yet even so, the new process would represent an order of magnitude improvement. What's more, for the best current algae fuels technologies to be competitive with fossil fuels, crude oil would have to cost over $800 a barrel says Philip Pienkos, a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. Joule claims that its process will be competitive with crude oil at $50 a barrel. In recent weeks, oil has sold for $60 to $70 a barrel." Via Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/23073/

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