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The attacks on 11 September 2001 could have been prevented by the airliner passengers choosing not to remain in their seats and sending text messages or calling home, but instead putting down the would-be hijackers.

In fact that did happen on 11 September 2001. You should get out from those winger sites you frequent, they're filling your head with garbage.

There is no substitute for soot and thunderous noise. I thought that would be just the thing for you USians?

Heroes can only ever be as interesting as their antagonistic foils.

Well, it depends.

I always say, you can have interesting characters or an interesting story. If you have both, you really have something!

The first Iron Man is a neat example. It's considered a very good superhero movie, but the villains--either the terrorist guy or Tony's partner--are pretty weak. But Tony Stark is an interesting character and Robert Downey Jr. did a great job portraying him. Guardians had a pretty lame bad guy, but the characters were fun enough that we let it slide. I actually kind of like what they did in Iron Man 3 with the "bad guy," but I was not all that invested in the comic book version to really know what I was missing (and I like that Marvel went in and ret-conned it in a one-shot).

... that Wu then proceeds to claim to be entitled to speak on behalf of ALL women IS. That all is a red-herring anyway. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Brianna Wu. Nothing here that can't be independently verified - http://www.dailymotion.com/vid... I really thought this place knew better than to allow professional propagandists and pan-handlers a stage and a microphone.

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I have a bad feeling about this...

(sorry...)

Smelly cat http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

stop it now http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

Somebody stop me http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

Looks like we have a shutdown here http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

Coal is the new energy http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

Would be nice if Apple paid its fair share. http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

There is no reason for creating dodgy software http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

wow, its finally come true. What we see in the movies and TV does come true http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

Not sure if I would agree with the argument in question. http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

I was also buying into this subject matter http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

The telescope is the eyes on the world watching http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

You better believe it!

There never was a middle class. Never has been. It's always just been a line that politicians and pundits have artificially drawn in order to make talking points in order to name and shame their enemies so that they can rally more followers, but there's no mathematical or any other basis for it.

Watch this commentary on it by a physics professor at 18:12

http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

Having rich and poor is an inevitable feature of any civilization that has ever existed or ever will exist. The societies that try to eliminate it (namely, communists) end up destabilizing quickly.

This needs a South Park-style movie montage like with Scientologists and Mormons: "THIS IS WHAT AMERICANS ACTUALLY BELIEVE". It's beyond ignorant for well, anyone from, say Europe. Where we have educations. And societies that has tried to eliminate these things since way before you were even enemies with these "communists".

There never was a middle class. Never has been. It's always just been a line that politicians and pundits have artificially drawn in order to make talking points in order to name and shame their enemies so that they can rally more followers, but there's no mathematical or any other basis for it.

Watch this commentary on it by a physics professor at 18:12

http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

Having rich and poor is an inevitable feature of any civilization that has ever existed or ever will exist. The societies that try to eliminate it (namely, communists) end up destabilizing quickly.

http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...

I bring the public information that will help them on their path to be their best selves. We provide multiple points of view, including mine which is offered without conflict of interest.

Says the man who promotes male genital mutilation. He certainly demonstrates a cultural bias if not a conflict of interest.

This is, of course, an obligatory reference to "The Crimson Permanent Assurance".

This story, and your comment, made me think of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

The Hydraulic Empire was touched upon by James Burke in Connections S01E01: The Trigger Effect. The water stuff begins about ~28 minutes in, but don't cheat yourself out of what comes before. I consider this single program to be the finest hour ever filmed for television. It inspired in my me as a boy a lifelong love of infrastructure and concern for our continued species-survival as modern humans.

Energy is the thread that runs through everything now. With an ocean and technology and applied energy... fresh water is possible, on any scale. It just depends how determined we are to extract it. Every major source of fresh water in North America is presently guarded by peoples who will fight to the death to preserve their own land and way of life. Even the tapping of 'unlimited' deep geological reservoirs of water is fraught with unintended consequences. The only way to really solve the problem is to bring into existence something completely new that changes the game. Whether we be enslaved by access to water, to energy or the parasitic economy and the tax man, the breaking of these bonds are turning points of history.

"Every time mankind has been able to access a new source of energy it has led to profound societal implications. Human beings had slaves for thousands of years, and when we learned how to make carbon our slave instead of other human beings, we started to learn how to be civilized people. Thorium has a million times the energy density of a carbon-hydrogen bond. What could that mean for human civilization? Once we've learned how to use it at this kind of efficiency, we will never run out. It is simply too common." ~Kirk Sorensen, Thorium Remix 2011

and the result was unexpected Twins.

...saw that movie.

Link.

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No actually, there's only a few things I want:
* Control of lights with common "scenes" such as turning on the outside lights from more than just the one switch, and turning on lights "ahead" of me when I come in the door
* Monitoring key safety items, such as leaving my garage door open, water in the basement
* One app to rule them all, one app to find them, one app to bring them all and in the darkness bind themL I've got a Nest, a Squeezebox, a Twine, but each app is independent from everything else

Start at 1:49.

That is because when you plea to the modern world at large to consume less energy, you are asking people to die. [corrected link]

Oops, I intended to link to the entire Connections episode S01E01 "The Trigger Effect" [1978]. It is one of the finest hours ever produced for television, and it accurately portrays the entire world's dependence on modern technology.

Modern thinkers often feel empowered to detach massive surplus energy from the 'things' it has made possible. For example --- imagining an African clinic with a tiny but comfortable bit of energy available --- and (somehow) stocked with antibiotics and modern machines. It is a grossly distorted, even malevolent vision.

There is no rolling back from the goal of delivering a level of world energy per capita equal to its most voracious users. It will not work now that the world has glimpsed its effect, and some are in possession of it. Not even a little bit.

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Whenever I see articles like the OP and comments like these, it always reminds me of this...

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No no... You see their cloud service runs in the cloud. It is out there...

I prefer neighborhood nuclear superiority. It attaches to my garden hose without any special tools.

I have actually been thinking recently about homebrew vacuum tubes.

Do triodes count?

I'd say we've got a pretty big freaking problem.

Yeah, and 95.6% of all Fortune 1000 CEOs are male.

Regarding the gender gap in college: Boys get lower grades than girls, and report liking school less, not because girls are naturally more studious or because schools aren't "boy-friendly" enough, they write. Rather, "our research shows that boys' underperformance in school has more to do with society's norms about masculinity Boys involved in extracurricular cultural activities such as music, art, drama, and foreign languages report higher levels of school engagement and get better grades than other boys. But these activities are often denigrated as un-masculine."

There is, however, still a significant gender gap in STEM careers, with most positions being held by men. So, yeah, there is a problem, but the problem isn't related to educational opportunities for men. There is gender inequality in STEM careers and women aren't usually encouraged to pursue those kinds of careers. So offering a subsidy to teachers who make a point of enabling girls to pursue STEM careers isn't discrimination, exactly ... it is an effort to correct discrimination that is already occurring.

If you are interested in some of the reasons that might cause men to have higher rates of homelessness, or to attend college less frequently, this documentary is probably a good place to start.

not only does apple control everything about the phones we buy, but they think they can tell the owners to fuck off? One more reason that I wont ever buy another apple product

The owners agreed with Cook - the right wing loonie didn't get support from the rest of the shareholders. Which makes sense, as Apple needs not only to have the current premium products associated with its brand, but align with its potential customers - and above all, avoid really bad associations. Or just being boring.

Image is very important for premium brands - and that's what the majority of the shareholders wants Tim Cook to continue to cultivate, alongside its innovation focus.

Tetris, but... that 1988 arcade version. This was the best version of Tetris I've ever known: graphically, musically and the way difficulty increased while playing (not just speed). Too bad this version had to be removed due to licensing issues. See this Tetris in action.

IIRC there is at least one case of an HIV positive mother who refused to test her child. The child later died in an illness with symptoms like those of someone who has AIDS. The mother also died, naturally.

That sounds a lot like Christine Maggiore

Which just happens to be one of the main figures in House of Numbers, and her backstory is brought up in part 1 of the videos in question...

http://www.dailymotion.com/sci...

The only people who don't think the general view is women == people are 'liberals' who like to think they're superior for repeating simplistic rhetoric. In the UK at least females passed equality decades ago. The schooling system in the west is badly gynocentric, we've thought feminist for so long the male being a person of equal worth is in doubt.

Feminism is a dogmatic ideology which believes gender to be entirely a social construct. It's as anti-science as creationism. It's an offshoot of Marxism which acts as a works union for just women. It uses propaganda based around sex and violence. etc

Women aren't inferior, but they are different to males. Evolution leaves females more likely to enjoy working with people. Males in general preferring working with systems. Differences in computer science are not based around the ideological proposition of feminism, male discrimination via patriarchy (A construct only feminists can see, control the definition of and benefit from.)

Simply: ~80% of females think computers are boring, because they're un-emotive abstract systems.

Recommend:
Original: http://vimeo.com/19707588
English: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xp0tg8_hjernevask-brainwashing-english-part-1-the-gender-equality-paradox_news

That has helped build 'trash mountains' so high they sometimes bury people alive

Great, now I can't get the scene from Idiocracy out of my head that involves the garbage avalanche.

Starring Barbara Benedetti as the Doctor. Quite good she was, too!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnc46g_doctor-who-the-wrath-of-eukor_shortfilms

Now what is all the fuss about climate change causing violets? I happen to think that violets are a lovely flower, and there should be more of them. In fact I think the world would be a more beautiful and peaceful place if there were more violets. More violets would mean more good jobs and satisfying work .... Eh?..... Just a minute ......

I have just been informed that climate change may cause more violence. Well then... never mind.

It was an homage.

Welcome to the United States!

can I humbly add to french description : Brain specialists (perhaps due to research about inhibition of action on primates) For those who have the chance to understand french (?) : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjec4_tv-lobotomie-la-verite-scientifique-sur-les-effets-de-la-television-conference-michel-desmurget-fsl5_news [dailymotion.com] in short : Television hurts brain and makes people unable to think. At best. SAT test plunging is synched to television adoption in US (31:53). 20:22 : the effect of television on child brain in one drawing ...

Either your expectations are too high, or your sense of wonder is too low, to get much out of this. Personally, I loved it.

Sigh... Louis C.K. was correct, "Everything is amazing and nobody is happy": http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8m5d0_everything-is-amazing-and-nobody-i_fun

For those who have the chance to understand french (?) : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjec4_tv-lobotomie-la-verite-scientifique-sur-les-effets-de-la-television-conference-michel-desmurget-fsl5_news in short : Television hurts brain and makes people unable to think. At best. SAT test plunging is synched to television adoption in US (31:53). 20:22 : the effect of television on child brain in one drawing ...

Anyone know how they made up the slack besides conservation?

Yes.

Japan takes on more Iranian crude oil
Japan’s energy costs spiral higher
Trade Deficit in Japan Hits Record
Japan's energy imports may outweigh stimulus gain
Skyrocketing energy imports increase Japanese trade deficit

I actually do want to know. Wonder if it'll make a good Ask Slashdot question.

I guess diving into a very fizzy pool might not cause a much bigger splash than normal based on this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xen3mc_human-fizz-bomb-large-scale-mentos_tech