One way to insure that your shiny new iPad overheats is to turn it on, lay it down so that the noontime sun shines directly on its screen, and wait awhile for the iPad to be smart enough to turn itself off to avoid damage. Apparently, a group of attorneys somewhere has noticed that if you do something that stupid, the iPad in question does indeed overheat and turn itself off. Having proven to their satisfaction that the laws of physics still apply, the attorneys in question have filed a class action suit against Apple (instead of the universe, which actually enforces the laws of physics) and are currently looking for people to join them, which is the way class action lawsuits work.
via Overheating iPad results in Apple being sued – MAC.BLORGE.
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via 80 Extreme Advertisements That Will Challenge Your Mind | Onextrapixel – Showcasing Web Treats Without A Hitch.
Tennessee Lt. Gov.: No Religious Freedom For Muslims. This, plus some pretty bald-faced religious bigotry elsewhere in the state, should be cause for concern for everyone—not just those who follow Islam. Let us not forget that the United States is not, and has never been, a “Christian” nation and that freedom to practice one’s faith (or lack thereof) is a fundamental part of the Constitution—no matter how strenuously bigots and muckrakers try to deny it.
…we are not mindful about how we use and then integrate our lives with our communication tools. At this level our actions in a given situation are dictated by the ease-of-use and handiness of our tool.
We can see that other level clearly, seeing sexting as a tool-induced behavior, by comparing it to another tool-induced hazard: talking on a cell phone while driving.
via Do Communications Tools Drive Our Behavior? | Florida Thinks. This is an excellent and thought-provoking article on the impact of communication tools and the allure of immediacy on our lives, and well worth reading.
» Blog Archive » Negative Calorie Foods: 15 Foods That Actually Burn More Calories Than They Contain.
Not surprisingly, I love virtually everything on this list (I’m not a fan of hot chili peppers mainly because they upset my stomach).
Apple: Reception questionable, revenue excellent – MAC.BLORGE.
Another excellent post by my friend Michael. “Antennagate” is annoying, to be sure, for those who it affects—but the reports of Apple’s death from iPhone problems are seriously exaggerated (once again).
Back in the day, one of the key Republican arguments against the estate tax was that it forced hardworking, salt-of-the-earth children of small farmers to sell the family plot in order to pay their taxes after dad died. It was a sad story, but with one problem: no one could find even a single small farmer who had been forced to liquidate in order to satisfy Uncle Sam’s voracious maw. Even the American Farm Bureau Federation was eventually forced to admit that it couldn’t come up with a single example, and a few years later the Congressional Budget Office estimated that under the now-current exemption level, only a tiny handful of small farms were likely to owe any estate tax to begin with — and of those, only about a dozen lacked the assets to pay their taxes. And even those dozen had 14 years to pay the bill as long as the kids kept running the farm. In other words, the story was a fraud from beginning to end.
via GOP Fairy Tales | Mother Jones.
