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Submission + - A Ghost Car?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I thought the crowd at slashdot may have some better explanations for this one than the guys over at google video. So, does the car go around the fence, under the fence, or through it? And why? http://video.google.com/url?vidurl=http%3A%2F%2Fww w.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCO9Ve03s41w&docid=6438 27259813978972&ev=v&esrc=sr2&usg=AL29H20b72Qddyhwc Fy6DVRNEu21OZw0YA
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft refuses to assist police w/hot xbox 360

Submitted by
Karzz1
Karzz1 writes: "Microsoft refused New Zealand police demands for information regarding a stolen Xbox360. Apparently the hot Xbox was registered with Microsoft with details the police sought to apprehend the thief. According to Microsoft, "The privacy and safety of customer information was a "huge issue" for the company and the details could not be handed out.". Is Microsoft being truly altruistic or is there possibly something else at play here?"
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Proposed Slashdot Poll: Best Archrivalry

Submitted by
lagomorph
lagomorph writes: "Pirates vs. Ninjas
Superman vs. Lex Luthor
Emacs vs. vi
Gates vs. Jobs
Coyote vs. Roadrunner
Evolution vs. Creationism, cough, Intelligent Design
CowboyNeal vs. IndianNeal"
Star Wars Prequels

Submission + - Wookie succumbs to Dark Side in Hollywood

Submitted by
daeley
daeley writes: "It wouldnt be a day in Hollywood without at least one wonderfully odd thing happening.

Ersatz Chewbacca succumbs to dark side

A street performer dressed as Chewbacca from Star Wars apparently succumbed to the dark side when he allegedly head-butted a tour guide operator in front of Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles police said today.


I guess the tour guide operator never heard that you always let the wookie win. Oh, it gets better.

The lesson here is you can have the force with you, [LAPD Spokesdroid Lt. Paul] Vernon said. You just cant use illegal force.


Ooof."
Wii

The Good Fortune of Wii Exercise 81

Posted by Zonk from the wiiberobics dept.
eldavojohn writes "While some users of the Wii complained of soreness or 'Wii elbow' when playing it too much, others are heralding its workout value. The University of Toronto is working on a 'therapeutic video game' for the Wii that is designed to help children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy exercise their weaker limb, people are claiming weight loss and in the January issue of Pediatrics the Mayo clinic is proposing that gaming systems like the Wii can combat child obesity."
Privacy

Submission + - The State vs Jehovah's Witnesses

Submitted by
CohibaVancouver
CohibaVancouver writes: "There's an interesting legal battle brewing in British Columbia. In January, a woman in Vancouver gave premature birth to sextuplets. That's news in itself, but what's really interesting is that the parents are Jehovah's witnesses. Typically, in order to survive, 'preemies' need blood transfusions, and the parents have refused to allow them for religous reasons.

As a result, the state has been seizing the babies and giving them the transfusions so they have a better chance of survival. Once the transfusions are complete the babies are 'given back' to their parents.

The relationship between the parents and doctors are reported as 'strained' and now there's a court battle brewing to prevent the further seizing of the babies by the state.

Fascinating stuff. You can read more here:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/20 07/02/01/sextuplet-transfusion-070201.html"
Education

Submission + - The Most Important Aspects of Geek Culture

Submitted by
ender-
ender- writes: "In the course of pursuing a long-overdo college degree, I am attending the local community college. For my Business Communications class, we've been assigned to give a 4 to 5 minute speech on a 'Culture' we feel we are a part of, or which we find interesting. As I spend the majority of my time on Slashdot or playing around with computer hardware and software, I have chosen to do my speech on the culture of computer [or internet] geeks. I am interested in getting the opinions of the users of this fine website.

If given less than 5 minutes to describe computer geek culture to an audience which is mostly ignorant of geeks and technology, which aspects do you feel would be most important to hit upon? Social? Dress? Hobbies? Philosophies? Others? I'm not asking for anyone to write my speech! I would just like to know what geek concepts this group feels are important to communicate to the non-geek world."
Education

Submission + - Preschool Education from a geek's point of view?

Submitted by
andres32a
andres32a writes: "I currently own a preschool that attends to 150+ kids aged from 1 to 5 years old, located in Ecuador, South America. We do have some classes with the kids that gives them some interaction with a mouse and so on... and i might be able to write a program or two using perl and/or flash if neccesary. I'm looking for suggestions on how to use computer technology to "give these kids a leg up in life", so to speak. Any ideas on how to improve Preschool Education from a "geek's" point of view is appreciated."

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