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  1. Re:With the war on terrorism... on Neuroscientist Halts Research to Stop Extremists · · Score: 1

    The Boston Tea Party was a staged protest by black market importers after a reduction in the duty paid on tea threatened their livelihood. Nevertheless your point is well made.

  2. Shut up with your crap xPosiMattx on HOWTO, Cook an Egg With Your Cell Phone · · Score: 1
  3. Good Points but.. on Hackers Rebel Against Spy Cams · · Score: 1

    ..in these cases, the police don't require any judicial over-site to place these cameras. A normal 'stakeout' requires exactly that, and I think this is might be viewed as a dangerous development.

  4. Dude - you have just blown my mind open.. NT on Quantum Trickery - Einstein's Strangest Theory · · Score: 1

    NT

  5. Evolution. on Quantum Trickery - Einstein's Strangest Theory · · Score: 1

    When an evolutionist looks at various rings on a fruit fly, they make a leap and say, see that proves their is no God. Christians say, that proves nothing of the sort, you made an interpretation leap that is illogical. No they don't foolish child. The only reason evolution is an issue for a minority of Christians of the world , is that they see evolution and the existence of million year old fossils as a threat to their world view. That is all.

  6. The theory of Evolution is perfectly scientific. on Quantum Trickery - Einstein's Strangest Theory · · Score: 1

    Try this. For your confusion.

  7. Re:Clockwise=Counter-Clockwise on Quantum Trickery - Einstein's Strangest Theory · · Score: 1

    In fact, the spin stay the same from any perspective. Perhaps in a higher dimensional universe that doesn't remain the case?

  8. VapidVapourVare on Tomorrow's Coolest Tech · · Score: 1
    Don't confuse these wafer-thin devices with other prototypes of "electronic paper" on the market, mainly targeted for publishing text. Lunar Design's MicroMedia Paper -- in concept stage only
    Yeah thats right don't confuse with existing prototypes, beacuse Lunar Design's MicroMedia Paper is in the does not yet exist stage only.

    Flexiable/foldable electronic paper, capable of full color video has been in the concept stage for a long time.

    The other products look damm fine though.

  9. Technically speaking, on Reality TV "Astronauts" Lift Off · · Score: 1

    all objects are gravity generators :)

    Not in C++, gravity_generation() is just another method.

  10. Sounds like PayAsYouGo mobile.. on More Online Publishers Inching Toward Paid Content · · Score: 2

    ..phone accounts in the UK. The Business model is already proven here. Might actually work tekiegreg!

  11. The particular frequency used in.. on The Billion-Dollar Telescope · · Score: 1

    ..city lighting is important too. The orange sodium lamps, seen in much of London, are prefered because they emit light in a limited range, allowing astronomers the rest of the spectrum.

  12. Sorry TykeClone.. From the article on Researchers: Wolves Might Slow Spread of CWD · · Score: 1

    "Wasting disease makes its victims distracted and unwary as it eats tiny holes in their brains, the Denver Post reported"

    I think that clears that up.

  13. N-acetyl Cysteine on Pop a Pill, Save Your Hearing · · Score: 1

    Is also being tested for use as a treatment for cataracts with good success in Africa. Surgery is not always an option there, and the treatment invloves daily eye drops for a period of six months for the worst afflicted.

  14. Not all webs are meant to hard to see.. on Scientists Crack Silk's Secret · · Score: 1

    Some silk reflects light in the UV range which is thought to attract flies. dense read.
    Another possible use is to confuse potential predators Silky doodles may confuse spiders' enemies

    I think the main benefit of thinness maybe that less resources are used in its manufacture. Just my 2 cents worth.

  15. Red Warrior.. on Enterprise Getting New Aliens, Hairdos, Weapons · · Score: 1

    ..very much correct, too easy for the writers to create no impact scripts. The best holodeck was Picard, with safe settings off, killing borg. One Voyager when the 'what evers' created a holographic 'prey' species was also OK. But 99% of holodeck stuff is guff. I find timeline elements dangerous for a decent script as well.

  16. Some more on this from the BBC on Scientists Accurately Predict Supernova · · Score: 3, Informative
  17. Re:Smoking can fool the test on Singapore Using Thermal Imaging to Check for SARS · · Score: 1

    And of course one has no need to smoke, just chew some good old nicotine gum.

  18. Re:Predicting thunder upon seeing lightning on Scientists Accurately Predict Supernova · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have to agree, I wondered how they could predict when light from an event they haven't seen, so don't know has occurred, will be detected. All they have done is join the dots, to form the line that the gamma burst precedes the supernova, and both are caused by the same event. So they are predicting a change in the dominant frequency of light rather than the arrival of it.

    However this is good evidence for their model, when it isn't known that lightning caused thunder to paraphrase. The line they've drawn dramatically points to the Cannonball theory as being accurate.

  19. Heaven and Hell.. on The Ethics of Life Extension · · Score: 1

    are secretly afraid they don't exist.

    ahem.. personally I'm a little afraid that they do exist.

  20. Re:Degrees ?? on Cow Manure --> Electricity · · Score: 1

    Has to be farenheight, as 100 C would kill the process.

  21. His own hands.? on World's First Double-Arm Transplant · · Score: 1

    Me hinks the reference is not about having feeling or control over them. [His hands.] Rather that he feels the appendages are part of him, even if lifeless and numb. So far transplants of this kind have failed; yes the flesh can live, but never connects with the mind. One might as well sew a steak too your ass.

  22. Re:This article is bullshit. on Vision is a 'Reflex' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The reason why the brain confuses colors and such is because it quite sensibly corrects for shadows. It very sophisticatedly determines the light source, and compensates for it. Why is that so hard to grasp?

    This seems partly their point. Millions of years of evolution and decades of personal development lead to this sophisticated compensation mechanism. Which makes assumptions which turn out to incorrect, and can be fooled. The light hitting the eye is ambiguous, the brain applies assumptions that in the past worked, but fails when exposed to illusions of this sort.

  23. Re:How, exactly, would this work? on Holographic Television and Optical Transistors · · Score: 1

    Well the proportions of TVs are already fixed. The extra depth perception only needs to be proportionally correct. So 3ft of depth would be quite enough for even TV with a width of 3ft. Limited depth would be a problem only on exceptionally large screens. So really there's no problem for most televisions in the home.

  24. Re:yet another cow machine WTF? on Robots Milking Cows · · Score: 1

    WTF is your point?? A cow raping machine, if you have no moral problems with eating meat, then how is this repugnant? Your eating habits kill cows/steers, do they not? Could you please make a point or a consecutive set of points? WTF is your point, you anaemic meat eating morally superior Cow rights hero. Please make a point.

  25. Re:Asbestos on Leaked FEMA/ASCE Draft Report On WTC Collapse · · Score: 1

    I would reply logically to you, I would use facts and statistics or maybe be the devils advocate. But I feel so angry that this happened, at all, to you. It's hard to 'think' about that day. I'm 32, but this day is the one thing that won't be forgotten or forgiven. I can only hope we can learn what can be learnt, and not lose sight of what we can achieve.