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Rooftop Wind Turbines power lights in house 0

Submitted by bcmbyte on Thursday January 29 2009, @03:27PM

bcmbyte writes "A Seattle man has invented a small wind turbine that can be installed on homeowners' rooftops. The "Jellyfish" wind turbine generates about 40 kilowatt hours each month, which is enough to light a home using high-efficiency bulbs. http://www.physorg.com/news152460451.html"

Comment: The article forgot or missed Dihydrogen Monoxide (Score 2, Informative) 496

by bcmbyte on Monday October 27 2008, @06:14PM (#25534927) Attached to: The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes?

Who can forget the very toxic substance Dihydrogen Monoxide? How many dozens of people have fallen for this???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_hoax

Is Linux out of touch with the average user?

Submitted by MrSmith on Wednesday May 23 2007, @08:13AM

MrSmith writes "Is Linux's less than impressive market share an indication that the movement is out of touch with the average computer user? ZDNet examines five reasons that could explain why people are still winning to pay (or pirate) an operating system when free alternatives exist. One of the reasons seems to be that despite what many Linux advocates claim, Windows users aren't on the whole dissatisfied with their OS:
'Despite what you read on websites and blogs, newspapers and magazines, people on the whole aren't all that dissatisfied with Windows. There are millions of users out there who just get on and use their PCs without any real difficulty.'"