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Re:Amazing robotic dustpan for greasy material on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @12:10PM (#2387863)
Even more impressive when the sauce was smeared everywhere.

Apparently this will be used for handling dough in industrial bakeries.

Re:What Location Tracking Looks Like on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @06:53PM (#2384890)
This is insane.

Can this information be used in court?

The information here is inconclusive ( https://www.eff.org/issues/cell-tracking ), but I'm surprised I've not heard of a case where this sort of data was presented as evidence?

Re:BBC is down... internal error or ddos? on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @06:45PM (#2384860)
They're up again.
There was an interesting link here the other day, a post titled "What are the picks and shovels of the digital Gold Rush?". It makes some good points.

http://erehweb.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/what-are-the-picks-a...

Other than that, take advantage of the number of willing investors!

Re:Restaurant Menu Pricing on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @02:22PM (#2046416)
"Predictably Irrational" Dan Ariely is a book on exactly such marketing tricks, it's a really good read.