Actually, I just wanted a demonstration on power through the air that was totally safe. (not the Sony method)

http://www.videosift.com/video/Wireless-Electricity-Demonstration-TED-Talk

Was a demo by TED talk.

They actually demo it with a TV, and cell phone application. Uses high frequency vibrations to generate electricity with magnetic waves.

Super bad ass. Way more interesting that this crap.

I would love to be able to burn backups to non-magnetic disk, and not have to use 40 of them to back up 1TB or more of data. I would hope that one of the early niches they'll look into will be backups and storage needs.

So then what? Nothing happens to these people? If they are connected to this mess and convicted they should press them into service as part of the clean up process of all this crap. Make them work cleaning up the lethal crap they felt no qualms about exposing everyone else to.

If you're going to be tossing around RTS's with "non-identical sides" then the list would be incomplete without including the original Dune (not the 2000 remake).

You could choose Harkonan, Ordos or Atreides which had *very* different units available to them. That game ruled.

I never like when scientists can't explain a major aspect of something like a black hole. They have models/predictions etc., but there are these little pieces that are missing.

Then someone comes along with an elegant solution that fits perfectly into the existing theory/model/design and suddenly all these unexplained pieces make perfect sense.

That is what science is about. Revelation based on fact, not faith. At the end of the day I think it's a lot more rewarding, although a lot harder to come by.

At the end of the day, I guess I'm missing why everyone thinks Apple would care?

The Pre isn't sold by AT&T, and in the US everyone is basically tied to long term carrier based contracts to get smart phones. So if you own a Pre, you're not going to be getting an iPhone for at least a year or two at best.

So why would you want to block the device from working with your music store at that point? There's no lost hardware sale, but if you play nice you'll keep getting music sales. Maybe if you do a good enough job with your software/interface etc. you can get a Pre user to look at an iPhone in year's time.

Will this be the first mass produced consumer product to use an OLED screen? I know I've been reading about them for some time, but other than one digital camera (i think) I don't know that I've heard of any products that will actually contain one. It will be interesting to see how it looks relative to other small media players.

If nothing else it's great that they're raising the bar.

Biodesiel has a wonderful byproduct of Nitrous Oxide, which is a much, much much worse greenhouse gas than CO2 could ever hope to be. But hey, it's made from plants so it must be good for the earth, right?

Don't forget, it wasn't just that it was prescription strength OTC medication (she could have taken a handful of "regular" pills for the same effect)

The entire thing was based on the accusations of another student. No one actually saw her with any pills of any kind. A strip search for what amounts to over the counter medication based on the accusations of another student.

If a student had accused the vice principal of the same thing, would they be expected to submit to a strip search?

Zero tolerance policies are the same as "I just don't want to make hard decisions" so instead you make f'ing stupid ones.

"Without open source, Apple will find itself in the same position as today's Microsoft in seven years."

You say that as if it were a bad thing. I'm guessing that despite the recent drop to 89% marketshare MS is feeling just fine.

I'm not saying OSS would be a bad move for Apple or the iPhone, but to say that if they aren't careful they might end up completely dominating the market and rolling around in mountains of cash isn't going to get your point across to most people.

Can a judge just say "fuck off already" to this kind of crap?