Here's Pear Cable CEO Adam Blake's response received by Don, a member of the forum at DIY Mobile Audio:

Hello Don,

Nice to hear from you. Yes, by now we have heard about this challenge (although we were never contacted directly). Unfortunately, like most offers of $1 million this one is a hoax. While James Randi is claiming to offer a $1 million dollar prize to differentiate between these speaker cables, by reading the official rules of the challenge, it becomes immediately clear that the offer is not valid. One must be able to "demonstrate any psychic, supernatural or paranormal ability" in order to qualify. Since there is a wealth of scientific information explaining the differences between speaker cables, the offer is not a valid one (and James Randi knows it).

While we publish a frequency response plot demonstrating the differences between cables on our own website here: http://www.pearcable.com/sub_product...cyresponse.htm, there are also independant measurements and data that can be found for example here: http://www.audiodesignline.com/howto...leID=201807390 In addition, the High School eductated James Randi who claims to have consulted unnamed experts on the matter makes unsubstantiated claims that our science is junk. Unfortunately true experts do not agree. For example, despite his claims that RFI is not a problem in speaker cables, according to publications by the Amateur Radio Relay League, RFI has been documented as a known problem that can exist in speaker cables.

In addition, according to the editor of Stereophile magazine John Atkinson, James Randi has completely fabricated the statements about Atkinson made in this "challenge". Furthermore, another audiophile who goes by the moniker "Wellfed" on the AudioAsylum forums, says he tried to take the challenge twice for what I consider a more dubious audio tweak (the GSIC chip), but was denied the opportunity and was lied to by the Randi Foundation. Finally, according to these forum posts: http://www.talkaboutaudio.com/group/...es/719041.html at least one person has tried to take the "challenge" previously to show that they could differentiate between loudspeaker cables and they were denied by Randi who said "Wire is not wire. I accept that".

So, at the end of the day we have claims made by a high school educated retired magician, which are refuted by independent studies and publications conducted by experts. Most importantly, James Randi's "challenge" is backed by nothing. Many audiophiles have already expressed interest in taking the challenge, but they are barred by the contest rules unless they are part of the media. And, in the past, Randi denied audiophiles the chance to take the "challenge" with regard to differentiating between speaker cables.

At Pear Cable we publish objective measurements to demonstrate the improved fidelity of our cables. In addition, we publish reviews and opinions that are based on both blind and non-blind testing. In fact, the comments made by Richard from the Bay Area Audiophile Society on the Comice Silver Interconnects were the result of a blind test he conducted.

We have not yet put together an official response to this joke of a "challenge", so we are not currently participating in the many conversations going on in audio forums as we speak. In any case, I hope you find the above to be informative.

Sincerely,

Adam Blake

Another analyst, from the Center for Defense Information, says at best its blast is just 50 percent bigger than our MOAB. The list just keeps going: It wasn't dropped from a bomber (as implied in the video, but check the cut when the bay doors open), but probably shoved out the side of a cargo plane, which is almost kind of cute in its quaintness. But regardless of its actual size or power, we still wouldn't want one dropped in our backyard. [Wired]

"If they're that desperate they could have had my iRiver player instead—I really want a smoke now. Besides, my real phone has 3.6Mbps HSDPA; an IC-chip that works as a train ticket, bus ticket, e-cash, e-credit and can open doors; a 5-megapixel camera with optical zoom and auto-focus; real songs as ringtones; a dictionary; face recognition; a barcode reader and ringtones that make my girlfriend's tits bigger. Oh, and not only did it cost me nothing, I'm not stuck with a two-year contract either."

The points were all a little too targeted anti-iPhone to be taken seriously. And it wasn't just the breast-enlarging ringtone thing that made us call BS.

First iPhone muggings reported - and it hasn't even launched yet ... [Digital World Tokyo]

Hoax Devices [via Boing Boing]

As Err the Mooninite flipped the middle finger in an obviously menacing way at passersby, paranoid citizens figured that this was some kind of bomb, and triggered a gigantic fraidy-cat response of police, security officials and politicians. WTF?

The crude moon man devices were all part of a marketing campaign instigated by the Adult Swim network, part of Turner Broadcasting, which apologized for the incident. Looks like the promotion worked.

Even though the devices were distributed in 10 different cities, Boston was the only one that responded with such fearful enthusiasm. Boston officials, on the lookout for terrorist threats, were obviously not familiar with the television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

As they communicated among themselves, they quickly determined there were numerous light boards of identical design distributed throughout the city. "It had a very sinister appearance," Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley told reporters. "It had a battery behind it, and wires."

The light boards were placed in their public locations by Peter Berdovsky, a freelance video artist, and Sean Stevens, both employed by Turner Broadcasting for the stunt. Now the two are in jail, charged with disorderly conduct, and also for "placing a hoax device in a way that results in panic."

It's hard to believe that a harmless device such as this would cause a reaction similar to that of the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey—creeping up to the monolith, nearly paralyzed with fear, touching it and jumping back in horror. Be afraid. Be very afraid. That's life in the 00s. – Charlie White

Two held after ad campaign triggers Boston bomb scare [CNN]

The device was invented by Dr. Ming Fang, whom we suspect is the proud holder of a doctorate in economics. One thing's certain: whoever plunks down the $112.68 for this will be less wealthy as soon as they place the order. There's also a high probability that those fortune-telling gadget buyers and the rest of their money will be soon parted. You heard it here first. – Charlie White

Product Page [IWantOneOfThose.com, via Shiny Shiny]

Thank goodness we have the ZeroPA to protect us from getting killed by a list of cancers and horrific things as long as your arm. Just look at them, they're all listed right there on the company's website. The ZeroPA blocks 95% of those murderous electromagnetic waves, keeping you safe and drying your "hiar" at the same time. However, we're a little skeptical of a product whose wordsmiths can't spell the word "hair." – Charlie White

Product Page [Unix Electronics, via treehugger]

It is possible and rising has not changed and is visible about that, but It reached the point where it is visible in the spirit? feeling which is small considerably, tightens. In addition and to cope a little in cooling, with this completely last kana.

UPDATE: Man enough to admit when I'm wrong? You betcha!

This G4 Cube in a G5 Case is not only real, but it's from last April.

G5 Cube

UPDATE - Oh, I'm sorry. I just discovered THIS!

UPDATE 2 - Dr. Gendlin laid his patent numbers one me, and guess what? They exist—and even bear the titles he named.
Memory material and method of its manufacture
Non-volatile record carrier with magnetic quantum-optical reading effect and method for its manufacture
Thin film composite having ferromagnetic and piezoelectric properties comprising a layer of Pb-Cd-Fe and a layer of Cr-Zn-(Te or Tl)
Method of manufacturing a non-volatile random accessible memory device
Memory material and method for its manufacture

Plus, he showed me photographs from 2003 of his chip manufacturing plant, CompuTechnics, based in Malaysia. There were photos of the good doctor surrounded by Malaysians in white clean room outfits, and one of him cutting the ribbon on a clean room shower. He claims the Israeli government is backing him to open a $3.5 billion chip manufacturing plant in Singapore this March.

Another award in the cabinet that I couldn't figure out turned out to be an Archimedes medal from Russia.