"As a South African I would like to say that this is an utterly ridiculous notion.
If he can compete without prosthesis that is a different story.
There is another disabled Olympic athlete from S.A.: Natalie Du Tooit she competes in the Paralympics and has just qualified for the able bodied Olympics as a swimmer."
"I'd like to add to my previous comment the fact the Giz is required reading for someone looking to get a job at Wired magazine: [howto.wired.com]
...may not mean much to you but thats battleships full of credibility AFAIK!"
"I found Engadget 1st and only stumbled upon Giz a month or so later ...at the time I got the distinct impression that Engadget was cribbing off of the 'real' tech blog.
Since then I only read Engadget when I'm feeling crabby and want to get all sarky with a barrow full of Appletards."
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