Carreon claims victory, drops his lawsuit against The Oatmeal et al.

Don't want these emails? Unsubscribe here. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Top stories: Jun 29 - Jul 06 Features Tech remorse: worst gadgets we ever bought by Ars Staff As much as we love technology, it can also be a downer. With every bad gadget purchase, however infrequent, we're reminded that chip-based life forms are cold and indifferent. A touchscreen insists you tapped a full inch to the left from the icon you meant to hit; a laptop spins up its fan as the hard drive refuses to yield a Word document; a voice recorder drains its 4 AAs, dabs the corners of its lips, and dies for the third time today. Read More Law & Disorder Carreon claims victory, drops his lawsuit against The Oatmeal et al. by Megan Geuss Late Tuesday afternoon, Charles Carreon dropped his absurd federal lawsuit against The Oatmeal cartoonist Matt Inman, Indiegogo, The National Wildlife Federation, The American Cancer Society, and 100 unnamed Does in Northern California District Court. Theoretically, the whole crazy debacle should all be over. Read More Scientific Method Stephen Hawking on time travel, M-theory, and extra terrestrial life by Ars Staff Stephen Hawking is near-universally recognized as a brilliant scientist, and one small facet of his complex genius is the rockstar ability to democratize scientific knowledge. It's becoming increasingly important as purveyors of pop culture continue to eschew acknowledgment and respect for the most basic scientific principles. Hollywood in particular has continued its marginalization of scientific knowledge with blatant disregard in recent films. Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories Facebook, Yahoo will end litigation in "patent peace deal" HP says Itanium, HP-UX not dead yet Ars Technicast, Episode 5 - Retro gaming New record for faking data set by Japanese researcher Apple fixes App Store DRM error, crash-free downloads resume Amazon reportedly looking to enter the smartphone game Dolby Digital Plus for Tablets tries to compensate for weak speakers Cisco backpedals after uproar, drops cloud from default router setting How software-defined radio could revolutionize wireless Here comes Skynet: Army drones almost ready to share sky with airlines Email Admin Center This newsletter is a service of Ars Technica. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, unsubscribe. To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add civis@arstechnica.com to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. You are receiving this email at narrongs.hotmobile@blogger.com. Condé Nast Digital 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Ars Technica Email Coordinator To view our Privacy Policy click here.