just went to my toolbox to measure some - looks like they are about 6mm (so i guess 1/4"). nice find! we (europeans) also measure our tv-sizes in inch. and there's no such thing as a 8.9cm - harddrive. it's 3,5 inch. still it would be nice not to need a calculator when reading some measurement on an US-Website.

been there, done that. for sure, an e-reader is better suited for this. but this hasn't kept me from reading for hours on the beach on my ipad. actually, i'd love to buy a dedicated kindle just for books, i just can't justify it to myself. besides, i read e-magazines as well - so it won't replace a tablet even just for reading.

don't know, what happened to my eyes, but since about the advent of the flat screen (coinidentially about the same time i seriously started editing videos - sometimes for 12-20 hours a day), my eyes don't tire any more - i can read for hours on my ipad before getting tired - and i'm pretty shure i'd get tired on a vintage dead-tree book after the same amount of time. so, no, as someone who reads quite a lot, I can't agree on this. but i'd still like to get one of these fancy e-ink readers - i think really optimized single-purpose devices are the future, not the past. (ntil the shape&size changing mothr of all tools is invented, anyways)

afaik 911 works in most european countries. not sure about the U.S. - but you're right - it's not like this standard has any relevance in a technical sense - why not standardize both? maybe the u.n. has some "emergency call" - poster prinzed in english, they want to use worldwide?

"we need 75.000 for an unspecified marketing campaign for an unspecified project" doesn't sound too inviting to me - how about "we need at least one million people to give us at least 100$ a year over the next ten years to accomplish these awesome goals (insert planned projects here)". "give us 1$ on kickstarter to set up the big money-collecting and to show your interest" (and for your 100$-1000$ / year you get your name on a plaque on the moon, beautiful HD-Video Footage of everyting and a share of the company (which you might exchange to a space-ticket in the future)

In Austria it's about 15€/Month for 10Mbit down / 4 up, 24€ 30mbit/5mbit, 49€ 100mbit/50mbit. And then there's 10€ for UMTS throttelnd to 64kbit after 2gb, plus 1000/1000 (to all Carrera/to own carrier) minutes & 1000 Texts, 15€ throttled after 4gb, 2000/2000, 1000 Texts 20€ 6gb 3000... and there are no roaming-costs for other countries with the same carrier (three/hutchinson in UK, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Hongkong)

sounds like they are writing on behalf of their advertising-customers. nobody expects the mother of all consoles for 95$. it's supposed to be a small, cheap & hackable gaming toy - nothing more. sure, most arguments are valid - but they are not as important when you consider the price-point.

there are so many things that need to be done on wikipedia - like a more structured approach to information. the design is sparse, and that's a good thing, imho. good design is about usability first, not about fancy-schmancy fonts and graphic design. and even if the minimalistic design weren't a good thing - a new design should be way down on wikipedia's to do list. i can understand the "simple design makes it easier to contribute"-argument. but really - wikipedia's design isn't overly complex or anything. if megan garber or someone else is to lazy to grasp the interface of your run of the mill-wiki, she probably shouldn't be contributing to wikipedia in the first place. maybe she should also think of returning her computer and go back to using a typewriter instead.

so no worries - the times when everyone has access to perfect posable and modular 3d-models and enough processing power to produce photorealistic results in the short turn-around times which are common in professional photography haven't come yet. and even if - where's the difference in work to a typical photograph? sure, models will feel the impact, but for a photographer it shouldn't make to much of a difference if he uses a real or a virtual lens.

makes me sad just thinking about it

although i live in austria, i've never heard of the "austrian times" (and it's really not that big a country). also, the story lacks information about where this has happened (except that the fortune tellers are romanian), and i would't be the least bit surprised if the pictures from the two women were random stock photos. i'd take this story with at least a grain of salt...

sorry