These itty-bitty low power organic transistors can be placed on the surface of bank notes for security or tracking by transmitting information wirelessly to a scanner. A group of German and Japanese scientists manufacture these 250-nanometer-thick transistors using minute amounts of aluminum and gold and a special dry process. They work well on the rough surface of paper and need only three volts to operate.
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You put your $5 bill on my gold.
And voila! the next american snack food was invented.
But really, they will just get damaged too quickly. I don't how much redundancy is built in but if you loose just one or two it may stop working.
Also what about recycling. I know it is an incredibly small volume but it all adds up. Gold is an incredibly important resource. If only we could rapper to stop putting it in their mouths.
Whatever word processing program you used to give you the word count probably gives you a character count too.
It's less that they're not all that bad of a company (not the evil, crippling crap-machine people make it out to be), but this EULA is just ridiculous. It's obvious they're just trying to not be sued, but they don't seem to realize that not everyone will actually use their site to follow their feed. It's basically a waste of words, space, and lawyers.
That said, it's probably there to cover their ass if someone tries to sue them for any reason involving their feed. There are people who would try, so they're probably just betting on it.
This is non sequitur, but with the text in front of it, the Neatorama space guy looks vaguely like a Cyberman from 'Doctor Who'. Thought everyone should know.