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Florida Congressman Wants Blogging Critic Fined, Jailed 549

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @02:27PM from the gov't-we-deserve-is-a-canard dept.

vvaduva writes "Florida Rep. Alan Grayson wants to see one of his critics go directly to jail, all over her use of the word 'my' on her blog. In a four-page letter sent to [US Attorney General Eric] Holder, Grayson accuses blogger Angie Langley of lying to federal elections officials and requests that she be fined and imprisoned for five years. Her lie, according to Grayson, is that she claims to be one of his constituents. Langley, Grayson says, is misrepresenting herself by using the term 'my' in the Web site's name."

Bionic Eye Gives Blind Man Sight 203

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 04, 2009 @07:53PM from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

AmigaMMC writes "A man who lost his sight 30 years ago says he can now see flashes of light after being fitted with a bionic eye. Ron, 73, had the experimental surgery seven months ago at London's Moorfield's eye hospital. He says he can now follow white lines on the road, and even sort socks using the bionic eye, known as Argus II. I wouldn't go as far as claiming he regained his sight, but this certainly is a biotechnological breakthrough."

Comcast Apologizes For Super Bowl Porn Glitch 526

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @03:59PM from the pay-per-view-malfunction dept.

DrinkDr.Pepper writes "Just after the last touchdown by the Cardinals, with 3 minutes to go in the game, approximately 30 seconds of pornographic material was shown, seen by an unknown number of Comcast customers in Tucson, Arizona who were watching the game in standard definition. Comcast has apologized (they used the word 'mortified') and is issuing a $10 credit to any customer who claims to have been impacted. Various news accounts suggest that the incident was a malicious act, but no one knows how it was done or by whom."

Comment Re:Humans already have a 6th, 7th, 8th senses. (Score 1) 308

by infogrind on Wednesday February 08, 2006 @11:08AM (#14669450) Attached to: Shark 6th Sense Related to Human Evolution?

Yes humans can detect infrared, but I would hardly call it a sixth sense. If the infrared level is strong enough, the skin gets heated up and the nerves feel the warmth.

And about the hand in front of the face, the heat transfer happens rahther through the molecules of the air than infrared, I suppose.

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