Slashdot | Homebrew Underwater ROV

Slashdot | Homebrew Underwater ROV'A very geeky member of TechReport has built himself a homebrew Underwater ROV to use while on vacation. For what they said was 'Version 1', I would have to say the results were great. Full build log, with videos, can be found here. Good job guys! 'Being the geeks that we are, we always come up with some sort of project to bring up to the lake and play with. This year, two weeks before vacation, we decided to build an Underwater ROV. For those not familiar, an ROV is a Remotely Operated Vehicle. Generally 'real' ROVs cost anywhere from $8,000 up to Millions of dollars. We had two weeks and a $100 budget. Usually they have high-resolution camera systems and high powered thrusters to maneuver. We had two weeks and a $100 budget.''"

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Wired News: "Liquidated Art
Did a dehydrated art thief drink a watery artistic statement about global warming? That's one theory behind the mystifying disappearance of Weapon of Mass Destruction, a 2-liter clear plastic bottle filled with melted Antarctic ice and valued at $74,137, according to Scotsman.com. The artwork, by American-born artist Wayne Hill, disappeared during a U.K. art show. 'It looked like an ordinary bottle of water, but it was on a plinth, labeled, described and in the program of the whole festival,' said Hill, baffled by the mysterious H2O heist. 'It was very, very clear what it was -- a work of art.' The biggest mystery of all? Who placed the hefty price tag on the piece.
-- Lewis Wallace"

Fuck that, I would have drank it too...

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Wired News: "An F for Effort
Fearing a bruising blow to underperforming students' precious self-esteem, some British educators are mounting a campaign to eliminate the concept of failure. Retired teacher Liz Beattie wants the Professional Association of Teachers to 'delete the word fail from the educational vocabulary to be replaced with the concept of deferred success.' Beattie painted a picture of slow-but-steady students who, um, fail to complete tests in the allotted time, and whose tender egos might be traumatized if they received poor marks. While Beattie's idea will be debated at the next meeting of the teachers' association, it looks like sanity will trump oversensitivity: Education Secretary Ruth Kelly dismissed the cuddly concept outright, according to BBC News.
-- Lewis Wallace "

Well, it is good to hear that someone has some common sense (the Education Secretary) to dismiss this. I don't understand why a retired teacher thinks this is a good idea? Most teachers I know are firm believers that kids need to learn responsibility. Changing to wording of 'failing' to be kinder is a cop-out and doesn't teach the kid anything - even more so when they get into the 'real world' and find out that you can fail.