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Submission + - "Home-made" helicopter in Nigeria (sybpipe.com)

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on Monday October 22, 2007 @09:59AM

mi writes: "Yahoo! carries an article describing a helicopter, that a Nigerian physics undergraduate has put together from various parts: Honda Civic's 133hp engine, seats from an old Toyota, and parts of a Boeing 747, which crashed nearby some years ago. The thing has already been flown several times.

If a 24 year old student can do it — while also repairing electronics to supplement his income — where is my flying car?"

Submission + - E3 Downsized (reuters.com)

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eldavojohn

on Monday October 22, 2007 @09:29AM

eldavojohn writes: "E3 has been radically downsized to make it "more personal, efficient and focused." This comes following a year after year escalation of the size of booths, the flashy displays and the number of dancers in tight skirts willing to smile and bat their eyes at you for a nominal charge to the vendor. Perhaps this is a good sign that they're getting back to what E3 used to be about — the games themselves. Unfortunately for Zonk, there may not be as many women this year being paid to flirt with him."

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