"MIT professors claim the gear would let grunts leap 20-foot walls, become nearly invisible on command, deflect bullets, heal their wounds quickly, protect against chemical and biological agents -- and strike fear into the hearts of evildoers everywhere. " Noah Shachtman --America's Might: A Comic TaleWired)The researchers reportedly used a comic book hero as an illustration in their $50 million grant proposal.
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29 Aug 2002
America's Might: A Comic Tale
"Navigating through digital texts was one of the e-book users' biggest complaints. They found moving from page to page 'tedious.' They also found it difficult to find specific chapters in texts and to find particular words." --Students Complain About Devices for Reading E-Books, Study FindsChronicle)
26 Aug 2002
I just love the States!
I am Brazilian!E-mail I got from someone who read my tribute to the World Trade Center.
I'm here on tourism!
I really feel bad and sorry for what they've done to this the World Trade Center!!
This is such a blessed country!
God bless America!
God bless this land!
I've always loved America!
I wish this was my country!!!!
I just love the States!via E-mail)
22 Aug 2002
Let Users Control Font Size
"Tiny text tyrannizes users by dramatically reducing task throughput. IE4 had a great design that let users easily change font sizes; let's get this design back in the next generation of browsers." Jakob Nielsen --Let Users Control Font SizeUseIT.com)This apparently the Week of Cute Headlines. Why not "Tiny text type terribly trashes task throughput"? (Alertbox alliteration alarms all!)
