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Comment This is Microsoft Covering Their Ass (Score 1) 553

by stupidcomputers on Friday December 18, 2009 @05:18PM (#30493318) Attached to: Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers

This is Microsoft Covering Their Ass - this patent combined with project NATAL is about making sure Fatty Mcfatterson doesn't have a heart attack while punching the monkey. They will gracefully make the game easier so it doesn't stress out the player.

Comment Re:OT: Asus B202 (Score 3, Interesting) 371

by stupidcomputers on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @05:11PM (#24295359) Attached to: $250 Freescale-Based "Green" "Cloud" Computer

What's up with that?

Intel doesn't want Atom to succeed. Rumor has it that Intel is purposely shipping a low volume of the Atom chips to drive consumers to higher power and higher margin chips. What would happen to the Home PC user when they find they can browse the net on a cheap, low power, Atom chip?

Third Undersea Cable Cut 655

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 01, 2008 @03:47PM from the someone-doesn't-like-connect-the-dots dept.

Many readers are reporting that another undersea fiber optic cable has been cut, apparently caused by another wayward anchor. It looks like Iran has completely lost Internet connectivity."

Submission + - High tech Squirrels trained to conduct espionage (hughpickens.com)

Submitted by

Pcol

on Sunday July 22, 2007 @12:09PM

Pcol writes: "In the July 20 issue of the Washington Post, columnist Al Kamen reports that the BBC has translated an story headlined "spying squirrels," published in the Iranian newspaper Resalat on the use of trained animals to conduct espionage against their country: "A few weeks ago, 14 squirrels equipped with espionage systems of foreign intelligence services were captured by [Iranian] intelligence forces along the country's borders. These trained squirrels, each of which weighed just over 700 grams, were released on the borders of the country for intelligence and espionage purposes." According the story the squirrels had "GPS devices, bugging instruments and advanced cameras" in their bodies. "Given the fast speed and the special physical features of these animals, they provide special capabilities for spying operations. Once the animals return to their place of origin, the intelligence gathered by them is then offloaded. . . ." Iranian police officials captured the squirrels before they could carry out their assignments."

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