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1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film? 685

Many of you have submitted a story about Irish filmmaker George Clarke, who claims to have found a person using a cellphone in the "unused footage" section of the DVD The Circus, a Charlie Chaplin movie filmed in 1928. To me the bigger mystery is how someone who appears to be the offspring of Ram-Man and The Penguin got into a movie in the first place, especially if they were talking to a little metal box on set. Watch the video and decide for yourself.

Comment Re:Engineers are the perfect drones (Score 1) 769

Maybe if pre-engineers took a PRACTICAL course in ethics and put a little of it into practice in their lives, only 1 or 2 might learn that they can change politics and corporate ethics, even just by themselves. I've seen it done many times and not just with people with as many tools as engineers, just the will and the focus and a few ethics.

Comment Engineers are the perfect drones (Score 1) 769

I notice in this looong thread that hardly anyone offered that engineers have no social/political critical thinking skills or interest which, with their tech skills makes them the perfect terrorists. OK, maybe a generalization, but I recall while in university during heavy political times, while we were immersed in rallies, protests and every get-together was full of political commentary, the engineering students were off getting shit-faced and not getting laid. (We got laid, BTW). It might be of some value to the world if schools would offer some serious practical ethics courses (not just philosophy) to engineering students so that they don't rush headlong into a terrorist cell because "Wow, that's an interesting tech problem you have there! I bet I could solve it!!"
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Apple Announces iPhone 4 1184

In a keynote presentation today at WWDC, Steve Jobs officially unveiled the iPhone 4. It's powered by an A4 chip, has a glass front and back, and has stainless steel around the edges, which turns out to be part of the antenna system. The new iPhone uses what Jobs called a "Retina display," running at 960x640, or 326 ppi. The battery is also bigger, with a corresponding increase in battery life. The iPhone 4 supports 802.11n, has two mics for noise cancellation, and a three-axis gyroscope, which allows rotation and precision that accelerometers can't match. The iPhone 4's camera is using a 5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor, which Jobs said does better at low-light photography. It also records 720p video at 30 frames per second, with tap-to-focus. In addition to this, they've created an iMovie app, which allows users to easily edit videos on their phone. Several live blogs of the event, with pictures, are available. The device ships in the US on June 24. Apple's product page has been updated with specs and a video. Read on for more details.
Update: 06/07 18:34 GMT by S : Steve's "One More Thing" this time around: FaceTime, live video chat from one iPhone 4 to another. It is Wi-Fi only at the moment, but they're working with carriers to expand that in the future.

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