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    99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest

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    Image of Sean Harrington Sean Harrington
    11/04/09

    In reply to 99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest
    Dan, I think the problem with this contest is that it's self-defeating: those who are creative enough and care about an iPhone case don't want to spend time decorating a cardboard cover that depricates the beauty of the device. And those who might be interested would be doing it for exactly the opposite reason: they'd be wanting to slam the iPhone and want to purposely sully it. The latter group, many of whom are equally as creative as the former, prolly can't garner the time or will to do it because there's no pay-off.

    $0.02 #cardboardiphonecase
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    Image of ytkliu ytkliu
    11/04/09

    In reply to 99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest
    I'm not sure the Obama thing is a drawing - I'm studying abroad in Denmark and I remember seeing that as a poster from a war protestor's group. You're right though...it makes absolutely no sense. #cardboardiphonecase
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    Image of crackel crackel
    11/04/09

    @ytkliu: it looks to me like a Photoshop job. #cardboardiphonecase
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    Image of Notsorf Notsorf
    11/04/09

    In reply to 99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest
    Not to get into a political argument, but I happen to be a specialist in political theory with the degrees to back it up and socialism/anarchism aren't necessarily conflicting ideologies at all.

    Also, must you be so condescending with those who don't agree with you? The Alabama/pick-up truck statement was unnecessary. #cardboardiphonecase
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    crackel approved this comment Notsorf was starred Notsorf was unstarred
    Image of crackel crackel
    11/04/09

    @Notsorf: care to explain how? It's safe to assume that many here are wondering how. Off track, but interesting, I think. #cardboardiphonecase
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    Image of exoren22 exoren22
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Not to mention that windfarms reduce wind and make the surrounding area heat up as a result. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @exoren22: I don't even know how to reply to the stupidity of your statement, other than I hope you forgot your sarcasm tag. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of exoren22 exoren22
    11/03/09

    @EBone: Well, considering it's a real world problem, I don't even know how to reply to your ignorance, except to tell you to go to San Francisco in the summer time, when they used to have a cooling wind coming down from the mountains.

    You know we can't get energy for free, right? Hydroelectric power reduces water flow and causes the destruction of wildlife both upstream and downstream. Solar power has local heating problems that CANNOT be fixed, and massive wind farms destroy the natural heat transfer created by wind patterns. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @exoren22: You really believe that the turbine blades take the wind "away"? That the wind doesn't turn the blades and keep on blowing past, over, and around the blades?

    I have no words. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11/03/09

    @EBone: I think he's actually right, but he's blowing it way out of proportion. It's more on the same scale of dumping a bottle of filtered water into a lake to change the pH. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of runamok1001 runamok1001
    11/03/09

    @EBone: exoren22 is right though I don't know to what degree. Conservation of energy means there is no free ride and no perpetual motion machines. Just like a hydroelectric dam can slow a river to a trickle, wind farms use the wind to do work, thus depleting some of the kinetic energy in that wind. But once again, I have no idea of the total energy of the wind or how much energy is extracted so I could not testify to the effect.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @runamok1001: Do yourself a favor and look at an isobar map of the United States. They measure pressure gradients. Wind is generated when air moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.

    Isobar front lines are hundreds to thousands of miles long. Wind projects don't even show up on the scale we're talking about here. It would be the equivalent of trying to stop the Mississippi River with a 2x4. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of mnerd mnerd
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The wind farm thing really speaks more to how we really need to upgrade our air traffic control to newer modern technology stat. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 70watts 70watts
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Wind turbines really don't kill that many birds in comparison to things like planes, trucks and... trees. That's a common myth.

    Here's the google results for that.
    [www.google.com]
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Edited by 70watts at 11/03/09 12:40 AM 70watts was starred 70watts was unstarred
    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Thank you for being a champion for the essence of e-readership! And also, I've seen at least one notably less comfortable bike design.
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    Image of curious-character curious-character
    11/02/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Grandpa bikes excluded (upright riding), a bike seat needs only provide support to the bony part of your bottom while minimizing interference and chaffing with your thighs. This is why racing seats look so terrible, but are actually quite comfortable. This seat seems to give you a choice of supporting your weight on your anus or testicles. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/02/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The obvious solution is to put the wind farms in Manhattan, so they'll kill all these fucking pigeons. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Mmm... Gotta love those post-windfarm mornings, with the surreal pink mist of pigeon guts over Manhattan, and little feet and feathers falling to the streets below... #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/02/09

    @Gordonium: Sounds heavenly. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/03/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: a wind turbine of the vertical axis variety, about the size of a water tower, would probably do very well at both generating electricity and getting rid of pesky pigeons. And properly designed it could also have a receptacle for the remains so that they could be put to good use. Then we'd have cheap electricity and we wouldn't have to make soylent green out of people anymore.

    PS I'm trademarking the term "squabchoppers" #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of seriously, saycarramrod seriously, saycarramrod
    11/03/09

    @weatherman: Plus when the pigeons hit the side of the turbine, it would actually make it go faster. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/03/09

    @weatherman: and @saycarramrod: It's exactly this kind of ingenuity that made America what it is today! #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Toastie Toastie
    11/02/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    I want a picture of a person trying to sit on that bike. #gizmodoremainders
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    11/02/09


    @Toastie: Oh no, it's on a mission to grind that man's genitals into a fine powder. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    11/02/09

    @Toastie: Damn, that looks so awkward to pedal. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/03/09

    @Toastie: I loved this bike until I saw what a person looks like on it. A good idea but needs some work. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/03/09

    @The Lab: yeah, the first pic looks like it makes some sense, but then you realize there's almost no leg extension (which means no power). Cool look though. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Odin Odin
    09/25/09

    In reply to Case-Mate iPhone Credit Card Case Review
    You know this would be perfect not for credit cards/ID but rather for NFC cards (e.g. Oyster card). No need to ever remove them, just wave your phone when you want to get past the barriers.
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    09/25/09

    @Odin: Yeah, just what I was thinking - the kind of card that you just wave in front of a device and it grants access, I have one to get into our offices that I never remove from my wallet, so I know that it'd work in the sleeve...but I'd worry about random interference issues (yes, I'm a bad geek, I don't actually know how the card that I use everyday works...). I do know that you can't carry two of those cards together (or at least when I had two, I couldn't - the signals would cancel each other out, had to pull them out of my wallet & away from each other to make them work).
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/25/09

    @Lupus_Yonderboy: Most likely it has an RFID chip. A reader sends out a signal that is used to power the chip. Once powered the chip sends back a burst of information.
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    09/25/09

    @Xeno: Yeah, I always assumed RFID, but I never looked into it, so I'm not sure. Would RFID be disturbed by cellular transmission? Vice-versa?
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    Image of chasper14 chasper14
    09/25/09

    In reply to Case-Mate iPhone Credit Card Case Review
    This sounds like a thieves dream.

    Thief 1: Do you see that awesome iphone that guy has? I think I am going to take it.

    Thief 2: yeah I will distract him while you take it.

    Thief 1: Whoa, jackpot. Credit Cards and an iphone. Today is my lucky day!
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    Odin approved this comment chasper14 was starred chasper14 was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    09/25/09

    @chasper14:
    Thing is though carrying everything in one has it's advantages too. The pro's of splitting your valuables up means that if one's gone you haven't lost everything. The bad thing is though is it means you have more to keep track of and thieves can quite easily pick something off.

    Having it all in one means that while you do lose everything if it gets nicked you also only have to keep track of one thing. Plus you can keep it somewhere secure on your person quite easily.
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    Image of kebbin kebbin
    09/25/09

    In reply to Case-Mate iPhone Credit Card Case Review
    even though it says you cant get it personalized, I was able to get it engraved at a store like where they sell engraved flasks.
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    Odin promoted this comment kebbin was starred kebbin was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    09/25/09

    @kebbin: I think what they mean is that they (the company making/selling these) don't personalize them rather than it being impossible to personalize. Everything is personizable but not everything is sold with the option to at purchase.
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    Image of WrightSea urchin WrightSea urchin
    09/24/09

    In reply to Case-Mate iPhone Credit Card Case Review
    it comes with a screen protector and a protector for the back.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    09/24/09

    In reply to Case-Mate iPhone Credit Card Case Review
    not a lot of room for cash? how much money to you make!?!?
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