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Comment Re:And you are surprised? (Score 1) 169

by anvilmark on Thursday April 23, 2009 @08:44AM (#27685825) Attached to: Kindle 2 Tear-Down Reveals Price of Components

Amazon: "We're hemorrhaging money but we're selling LOTS of product!"

Comparing a software product delivered electronically to a physical device that must be assembled, stored, shipped and maintained is an apples-oranges comparison.

"Insightful"? "Funny" perhaps.

Submission + - Bringing Patients Back from the Dead (msn.com) 1

Submitted by FattyBoeBatty on Saturday September 29, 2007 @04:39PM

FattyBoeBatty writes: Interesting article claiming that patients generally don't die from lack of oxygen — but from the rapid reintroduction of it. Cells without oxygen can conceivably live for upwards of an hour without any damage. While this idea is already proving successful in small ER trials, this may change the way emergency medicine is delivered around the world.

Submission + - UPDATE: Apple 'Falsified' Files on Jobs' Options

Submitted by

theodp

on Thursday December 28, 2006 @02:26AM

theodp writes: "UPDATE: The Financial Times is now reporting that Apple 'falsified' files on CEO Steve Jobs' options to show that a full board meeting had taken place to approve 7.5m stock options that were handed to Jobs in 2001 without the required authorisation from the company's board of directors."

Submission + - Melting US Coins Now Illegal

Submitted by superbrose on Saturday December 23, 2006 @01:44PM

superbrose writes: In addition to Iran's recent decision to drop the US dollar in favour of the euro, it looks like there's another good reason to get paranoid. The Funny Money Report writes that

The United States Mint has implemented regulations to limit the exportation, melting, or treatment of one-cent (penny) and 5-cent (nickel) United States coins, to safeguard against a potential shortage of these coins in circulation. The United States Mint is soliciting public comment on the interim rule, which is being published in the Federal Register.

Currently the face value of these coins is lower than the value of their metal content.

Vending Machine For Books Coming Next Year 214

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 23, 2006 @03:23AM from the i've-heard-of-worse-ideas dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN writes about a $50,000 machine that can print books on demand. It can print up to 550 pages and put a binding on the book in seven minutes. It will be debuting in a select number of U.S. libraries in 2007. The machine is the 'output' end of a service called On Demand Books, which is also just debuting. From the article: 'Some 2.5 million books are now available - about one million in English and no longer under copyright protection. On Demand accesses the volumes through Google and the Open Content Alliance, among other sources. [Co-founder Dane] Neller predicts that within about five years On Demand Books will be able to reproduce every volume ever printed.'"

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