Comment Hmm... (Score 1) 182
..Water..fire..earth..air..four elements around the fifth.. Aziz! Light!
Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140
Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."
Comment Hulu / Boxee (Score 1) 166
Why would I need Boxee or a Hulu app when I have Plex on my Mac..
Comment Re:.htaccess (Score 1) 297
Not sure how effective this always is. For example, I live in Pennsylvania and use Embarq DSL. However when I attempted to buy something from the Zippo site a few weeks ago, I got a message saying that they did not accept international orders! Last time a checked Zippo was located in Bradford in the same state I am in. I figure this has to do with the company using a general IP spread to block international users from certain features, in this one example they lost out on at least one sale from me and I'm sure from others who are in the same circumstances.
Comment Why not.. (Score 2, Informative) 85
If we're working on making a touch screen phone more accessible to the sightless, why not ditch the screen entirely and replace it with a tactile display capable of adapting to the needs of the user? This would make it possible to still have your email or even text messages right at your fingertips - literally!
Here's a prototype that I'm sure could be improved upon and made portable given the right amount of funding.
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/visualdisplay.htm
Comment Re:Here's the bottom line: (Score 1) 1002
First off, this WAS DISCRIMINATION and RACISM!...PERIOD
Actually, while this is discrimination it had nothing to do with racism. The article states nothing about their particular family origins or even their physical type other than the fact that the men have beards (which I happen to be sporting one at the moment) and the ladies were wearing head coverings (which any trip to the mall would tell you that maybe they're on to something, makeup can only help so much - I'm thinking of you, Tami Faye). While I may be making a few cheeky remarks, you're the making a fundamental error and being racist by assuming that a Muslim has to be of some other race than Caucasian. Stick with the facts delivered in the article and not your own conjecture. Ysuf Islam and Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq would be rather upset to know they couldn't practice their religion just because of their racial makeup.
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