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Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project 687

Posted by samzenpus on Saturday January 16, 2010 @05:37PM from the duck-and-cover dept.

garg0yle writes "Police in San Diego were called to investigate an 11-year-old's science project, consisting of 'a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics,' after the vice-principal came to the conclusion that it was a bomb. Charges aren't being laid against the youth, but it's being recommended that he and his family 'get counseling.' Apparently, the student violated school policies — I'm assuming these are policies against having any kind of independent thought?"

Comment Re:The real question is... (Score 1) 165

by TXGB324 on Thursday March 19, 2009 @01:02PM (#27257943) Attached to: Nintendo To Take On Apple With DSi App Store

The DS can, with the right hardware to enable homebrew: http://www.dslinux.org/

DRM Shuts Down PC Version of Gears of War 598

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 30, 2009 @02:58AM from the you-know-what-really-grinds-my-gears dept.

carlmenezes writes "It seems that the DRM on the PC version of Gears of War came with a built-in shut-off date; the digital certificate for the game was only good until January 28, 2009. Now, the game fails to work unless you adjust your system's clock. What is Epic's response? 'We're working on it.'"

Comment Re:Well, screw Britannica (Score 2, Informative) 385

by TXGB324 on Thursday January 22, 2009 @01:28PM (#26561913) Attached to: Britannica Goes After Wikipedia and Google

Well, I typed "Wikipedia download" into Google, and lo and behold, the first link was to Wikipedia (not Britannica):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_database

You can download the whole of Wikipedia from there.

Comment Re:Assault (Score 1) 324

by TXGB324 on Saturday March 08, 2008 @08:45AM (#22686198) Attached to: Homemade Robot Patrols Atlanta Streets

Hell, I bet you 10 bucks the old duffer doesn't even vote.

From the article: "He ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Georgia in 2006."

I'll take my $10 now. Or you can just donate it to Child's Play in my name.

Day of the Robotic Tentacle 199

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 08, 2006 @04:16PM from the of-course-they-will-do-a-sequel dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist is reporting on a robotic tentacle developed thanks to funding from military agency DARPA. From the video it looks to have a lot of potential, I can almost feel it fastening around my ankle right now."

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