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Low Tech Solution for Oil Spill Clean Up-> 0

Submitted by 1mck on Tuesday June 15 2010, @04:32PM

1mck writes "This is probably one of the most low tech solutions to handle the Gulf oil spill, and it is suggested and proven by two American Farmers no less!
This is doable right now, and actually makes sense. The video speaks for itself!"
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Vook = A Web Page With Video?-> 0

Submitted by 1mck on Wednesday February 10 2010, @02:50AM

1mck writes "Anne Rice agreed to terms with the video book company Vook on a multimedia edition of "The Master of Rampling Gate," a vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th century. "Vook represents a very exciting combination of new technological elements, that I think is long overdo in publishing," Rice said in a statement released Wednesday by Vook.

So, it's text with video...isn't that a web page with video...what's so innovative about this /.? http://vook.com/vook.php"
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EMI Loses Case - I Get To Keep My Minivan 0

Submitted by 1mck on Thursday October 02 2008, @04:27AM

1mck writes "I didn't know that Michael Robertson was embroiled in a battle to keep his personal property. http://michaelrobertson.com/minute.php You may remember him as the CEO of MP3.com, and Lindows (now Linspire), and more recently MP3tunes, where he wants you to be able to have access to all of your music anywhere, and at any time, and EMI decided to take him to court on it. EMI lost the case against he personal property in an attempt to scare him into settling. Now, he's fighting for the right to PARTY...(Sorry, couldn't resist) access YOUR music over the Internet."

Atlantis, using technology to find it 0

Submitted by 1mck on Monday September 08 2008, @11:18PM

1mck writes "Has Atlantis been found? Author, and adventurer Jim Allen took a different approach when looking for the mythical city; he looked to see if there was a place on earth that would have the rectangular level plain, and the canals that Plato described, and he found it using Google Earth: the Bolivian Altiplano. Fantastic theories, and his evidence is almost overwhelming convincing! http://www.atlantisbolivia.org/atlantisboliviapart1.htm"

SCO Still Believes It Owns The Copyrights to Unix! 0

Submitted by 1mck on Saturday September 15 2007, @04:41AM

1mck writes "What are they going on about??? http://www.sco.com/company/news/statement.html

I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box, but I just don't get how they can still come up with this FUD with all the latest rulings that they clearly do not own UNIX!!!

Also, pop on by, and read what Darl says to everybody http://www.sco.com/company/news/Letter%20to%20SCO%20Customers%20and%20Partners.pdf

When is this going to finally end?"

No More Clogged Toilets! High Tech Toilet Seat. 1

Submitted by 1mck on Sunday July 08 2007, @10:54PM

1mck writes "I had a good snicker when choosing the Section, and Topic for this! It is an "Input Device" I guess? Whenever I use my "facilities," I'm always armed with the toilet bowl plunger to ensure that everything goes down where it should, and I have a saying, "Don't turn your back on a flushing toilet." This is the way of life for me in my home, but when I saw what this toilet seat does, and the technology that has gone into it, to stop this daily war of mine, I'm frantic to get one! I'm not affiliated with the company or anything, but you have to admit the WOW, and FINALLY factors are there! (No more cold toilet seats, and the never ending wiping sessions will be wiped out;-) http://www.washlet.com/"

Mainstream Video Games Developed for Linux

Submitted by 1mck on Thursday April 12 2007, @04:58AM

1mck writes "With all of the attention on how great Linux is over other operating systems with regards to stability, updating, and maintaining it, I have to ask why aren't mainstream video games being developed for Linux? I have talked with hardcore gamers/geeks, and the only reason that they have Windows on their computers is because they can't play the video games that they have purchased, such as Battlefield 2142, Unreal Tournament 2004 on Linux unless it is using emulation software such as Wine, etc."

Vista Is Now In Control!

Submitted by 1mck on Sunday February 04 2007, @04:20AM

1mck writes "I chanced upon this article "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection" by Mr. Peter Gutmann, http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_c ost.html and I am more than a little bit upset as to what is going on! I've had problems with Microsoft in the past with them, such as having menu options totally ignore what I've chosen, but this is getting ridiculous! Can anyone enlighten me more on what this new operating system, Vista, going to do for me, the user if I purchase it, or is it, once more, just all about Microsoft making money, and trying to kill the competition? Isn't it just an operating system for me, the user to operate my programs, and devices? With these draconian measures, it seems that Microsoft is going to cause more, and more people to switch to Macs and Linux, or am I way off here?"