It's probably meant for the Kindle. Mabye even a future 'smartphone' variety of the Kindle brand.

Suggesting he's designing inventions for Apple seems fairly absurd considering.

Woah! Revelations mentions 144,000!!! Coincidence? I think not!

At this point I'm convinced /. does it on purpose, whether for more hits, or more comments - there is no other reasonable explanation.

From a WoW comic:
[chat] Noob : Hey, how do I get to the blacksmith?
*crickets*
To assist this noob simply give the wrong directions.
[chat] Player A : Take a left by the boat house.
[chat] Players B, C, D : No it's not you idiot, you take a right by the mailbox. What a noob.

Conclusion:
You now have 4 active participants instead of just 1.

Thank you anonymous reader for trying to start the "Curse of the Ring!"

I hope you fail miserably.

I happen to enjoy 'studying' coincidences, but trying to insert them when it's just happenstance is pretty lame.

In my honest opinion, Fringe is the greatest television show I've ever seen hands down. Someone had to get me to watch it (the ads didn't interest me) but once I started watching I was hooked.

The characters, the "science", the plot, just the right amount of suspense & drama. In my mind they took all the good parts of Lost and ditched the junk. And if this summary is correct and happens, it will go down in history as my all-time favorite show. I loved what Dollhouse did when they realized they would be cancelled. An entire series worth of plot lines and story arcs jam packed into one action packed season.

I for one, can't wait to see Fringe to it's conclusion. Even being cancelled (and handled like this) would be good. It would prevent the Matrix sequel effect... and leave me with three top-quality seasons of a show I literally get excited for waiting for the next episode.

P.S. Why are TV execs so brain dead?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q

Maybe, but the movies you'd make aren't nearly as exciting. ;)

The Tribes franchise was purchased by HiRez Studios. Their current game is Global Agenda, an fps/mmo hybrid, focusing on smaller squad based team combat. Their first Tribes title will be Tribes Universe.

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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you drive a Segway off a cliff and die.

(with apologies to Mel Brooks)

Oh my!

Or maybe they resist seizure / headache inducing technology.

The current technique is not awesome. Being able to see the flicker is horrible, and extremely distracting. It needs a lot of refinement before it's ready for prime time.

And like any art, that is your personal take on it. I on the other hand happen to agree that it does a lot more for me fully black and white.

For one you'd stare at it far longer, analyzing and thinking about what you're experiencing.
For two the whole point of the work is the blending of past and present, something more effective if the line separating the two isn't painfully obvious. At least.. from my point of view.

Unless all Wang Chens are "processed" due to the actions of just one.

My first thought was that this is a sneak attack on facebook.

First they buyout facebook's most popular app(s), then add them to Google products, and discontinue the facebook versions. Offer a 'bonus' for using it on Google if needed.

But if I had to guess, people who have spent $100+ on their farmville game etc, will have a strong desire to not throw away that "investment", including following it to a competitor's social network. Especially since google's buzz or wave is free, and it's not like they force you to give up your facebook account to join...

Even if a large chunk of those users come to the realization they can live without farmville but not facebook, it still seems like a pretty solid plan to steal a few million users from facebook...

If it was intentional, I agree, defective by design. But who knows. I find it just as likely it was an unfinished version with no DRM.