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Comment Magical Pony! (Score 2, Funny) 606

by Repvblic on Monday March 16, 2009 @03:00PM (#27214713) Attached to: What Features Should Be Included With iPhone 3.0?

I always found the weakest part of the iPhones interface to be the lack of the Magical Pony to ride around while you laugh at the poor fools stuck with lesser phones.

UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' 578

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 16, 2008 @06:29PM from the when-everyone-is-special-nobody-is dept.

mrogers writes "British police want to collect DNA samples from children as young as five who 'exhibit behavior indicating they may become criminals in later life'. A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers argued that since some schools already take pupils' fingerprints, the collection and permanent storage of DNA samples was the logical next step. And of course, if anyone argues that branding naughty five-year-olds as lifelong criminals will stigmatize them, the proposed solution will be to take samples from all children."

Comment you bastards! (Score 1) 150

by Repvblic on Friday November 24, 2006 @05:47PM (#16978308) Attached to: Giant Mexican Telescope Launched

Now I know what those motherfuckers are buying with all the jobs they're stealing!

Bloodless Surgery 226

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:38PM from the walk-it-off dept.

isaacbowman writes "Dr. Charles Bridges, a Pennsylvania Hospital cardiologist, says says regarding new bloodless surgery options - "Among the benefits are reductions in recovery time, hospital stay, cost and complications -- as well as an estimated $20,000 in savings per patient." Advances in medicine have made this possible and Dr. Bridges also says, "There's no downside to it that we can see, and there's certainly no downside that's been documented." Dr. Patricia Ford, director of Pennsylvania Hospital's Center for Bloodless Medicine & Surgery, further states, why blood transfusions are dangerous, saying that they are "like getting a transplant; they can be risky and should be a last resort.""

Apple Dumps PortalPlayer Chip 147

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 21, 2006 @12:00PM from the unhappy-executives dept.

Quash writes to mention a BusinessWeek article about Apple's decision to not use the PortalPlayer chip in a future version of the iPod nano. From the article: "PortalPlayer stock promptly shed $9.46, or nearly 42% of its value, and more than $220 million in market value. Apple generally doesn't discuss future products, nor its manufacturing or component supply strategies. It had no comment on the matter. But theories about who may have been the beneficiary of PortalPlayer's misfortune are abounding."

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