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+ - Volkswagon develops car that gets 282 MPG

Submitted by maddmike on Tuesday May 29, 2007 @11:45AM

maddmike (131437) writes "Engineers at Volkswagen have developed a car that can get only use 1 litre/100km or 282mpg. The new car has Cameras and LCD screens instead of mirrors to reduce drag, a magnesium frame and a carbon fiber body. So why can't US car makers build cars that can get 50 mpg?"

+ - OneNote Replacement for OSX

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23, 2007 @11:14PM

An anonymous reader writes "In my personal life, I have recently switched from an XP box to using OSX (filmmaker tired of fighting Adobe Premier). The one thing I miss is Microsoft OneNote. Its notebook style structure, ease of use and straightforward ability to share notebooks (and synch them) aided me in organizing both my personal and professional work. I have struggled to find something as intuitive (or feature rich) for OSX. Short of running parallels (and buying a legal copy of XP), can anyone suggest an alternative for OSX?"

+ - The Golden Age of CRPGs: 1985-1993

Submitted by

Matt Barton

on Friday February 23, 2007 @10:45PM

Matt Barton writes "I thought that Slashdot readers might like to know that Gamasutra has published the second installment of my comprehensive history of CRPGs: The Golden Age of CRPGs (1985-1993). This installment covers such venerated classics as The Bard's Tale, Wasteland, Pool of Radiance, Quest for Glory, Phantasie, Autoduel, The Legend of the Red Dragon, and Dungeon Master, as well as dozens of lesser known (but not less loved!) CRPGs. I've also included dozens of screen shots of these classics for those who haven't played them. GamaSutra has also re-posted the first installment on their site for anyone who missed it on Armchair Arcade. Thanks!"

+ - NASA plans to duct tape unruly

Submitted by edwardpickman on Friday February 23, 2007 @08:47PM

edwardpickman (965122) writes "It reminds me of a scene out of Armaggedon, duct taping an unstable crewman or more recently crewwoman. Amazing how many applications duct tape has.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/23/astronaut .plan.ap/index.html"

Comment: Less Fortunate Kids (Score 1) 133

by funked on Monday January 29, 2007 @02:52PM (#17803024) Attached to: OSSDI to Distribute OpenOffice.org in Schools

IMO, The less fortunate should learn something more mainstream that they can get a job with. Like Microsoft Office.