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Spider Bite Allows Man To Walk Again 221

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @04:04PM from the web-slinger dept.

Manastorm writes "A man who was wheelchair bound due to a motorcycle accident twenty years ago gained the ability to walk again after being bitten by a recluse spider. 'I can't wait to start dancing,' he said as he looks forward to a full recovery after experiencing what some call a 'true miracle.'" I think we all know how this story is going to end. I hope The Sinister Six have been practicing.

How Mobile Phones Work Behind the Scenes 220

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @01:20PM from the they-all-suck-to-different-degrees dept.

adamengst writes "We seldom think about how our mobile phones actually work, but in this TidBITS article, Rich Mogull pulls back the covers and peels away the jargon to explain why text messages work when voice calls are dropped, why your battery lasts longer in some places than in others, why you're not allowed to use phones on airplanes, why you can be notified of a voicemail message when your phone never rang, and more."

Comment Re:Video always loses to audio (Score 1) 895

by amanies on Thursday August 07, 2008 @07:01PM (#24518267) Attached to: New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray

I take issue with your premise.

According to your line of reasoning, the films of Chaplin, Keaton, Murnau, Lang and others are somehow less valuable because of their reliance on video alone.

Au contraire!

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