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  1. The foundations of science on Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From? · · Score: 1

    Are very stable in theory.Thats why we call them laws.They work almost every time.
    The exceptions are more likely to be equipment glitch then a
    exception in the law of nature.
    However when examining the thing from logical perspective we can get to some sets of assumptions not bound by any logic.These gaps are not
    threatening us in daily life,but they are as real as gravity is(dark matter,black holes,the list goes on) but aren't sufficiently described.
    The question:What are origins of these laws?
    The common trend is to regard this as it we a unique model of symmetry which fits into observations in order to process the data we gather(e.g. triangles and a^2+b^2=c^2).
    In fact these laws,as the whole science is very culture specific and more represents the reflections/level of culture in homo sapiens now,in this blue planet.
    The "universality of experience" generalizing(e.g. the visible universe) the knowledge into laws is not more then imperfect subset of "hyper-theory" which is in fact the source of laws,but isn't yet reached due our limited cognition and human nature.
    see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

  2. Simple on Should Wikipedia Allow Mathematical Proofs? · · Score: 1

    If the proof is too long for inclusion in article,add it to math wikibooks.

  3. Re:This is not unprecedented. on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 1

    A neural net based robot,fed with thousands of virtual sex memories(of real humans),would probably simulate human sexual behavior.There is no need to the other end to be human(and if the thing is happening in virtual reality,it could be just a program).

  4. Idiocracy on Brawndo, It's Got Electrolytes. It's What Plants Crave · · Score: 1

    Doesn't exist IRL and won't exist ever.
    Smart people always have advantage,and bigger pool of knowledge then average idiots.Education and culture cannot choke off really "smart" people.Smart people are smarter then the system.

  5. only a game? on Brain Changes When Viewing Violent Media · · Score: 1

    Do it cause violence in mice? Why doesn't anyone expiremented? Do violent games cause people to expirement in small animals? Do violent games cause global warming due more people buying more expensive computer parts(which are produced with extensive pollution)?

  6. Re:The Internet is wonderful on YouTube Breeding Harmful Scientific Misinformation · · Score: 1

    Gossip.

  7. Re:"Defies the laws of physics" on Blast-Proof Fabric Resists Multiple Explosions · · Score: 1

    Physics describes how things //should// work.

  8. Re:Good idea but... on The Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault · · Score: 1

    Or more like to rot in water.

  9. Air on U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    ..Is aiding terrorists to breathe.
    By outlawing air we can prevent terrorism.
    Write your congressman.

  10. Re:Stoopid scientists get sailors killed. on New Software Could Warn Sailors of Rogue Waves · · Score: 1

    Mainstream science,is very conservative and defends its dogmas and knowledge with near-religious zeal.This is not surprising.
    E.g. meteors before 1833 were considered a meteorological event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids
    And only a strong Leonid meteor shower changed it.

  11. Cat is dead on The Universe Damaged By Observation? · · Score: 1

    The cat is probably in process of dying,and the scientists don't know it.
    Its doesn't depends on human brain to recognize/observe the death to be real.
    Its like believing in God doesn't make it exist.Reality is external.
    Schroedinger half-alive cat is bullshit.The probability doesn't make things choose both
    incompatible states.

  12. Re:Moon's diameter as viewed from Earth on Earth's Moon is a Rarity · · Score: 1

    There alot of planetary and sun cycles,which were correlated to seemingly unrelated things like epidemics and stock market behavior.I don't think they are exact predictions,just a number that matches. "correlation is not causation".

  13. Its not a stupid question on Why Do Games Still Have Levels? · · Score: 1

    It probes the stagnation of design philosophy :Level-based games are discrete chunks of gameplay,and level-less games redistribute content into one big meta-level which is more homogeneous in detail(and much rarer in games).Like experience points,these levels indicate how "far" you advanced inside the gameworld.
    When the story is non-linear(do whatever) there is no need for such content levels,they could be better quantized as skill level or material advantage ingame.
    The real question is:Why most games remain linear? Why do we need the hierarchy of gameplay experience based on invested gametime(i.e. time/strategy vs immediate skill/tactics)?

  14. Reminds me on Man Sized Sea Scorpion Fossil Found · · Score: 1

    Of the sand sharks(the fictional kind) which looked like a mix between a manta ray and scorpion.Nature is stranger then fiction.

  15. Re:That's the bit that gets me, the console makers on US Senators Take On The ESRB Over Manhunt 2 · · Score: 1

    The same senators who voted yes in their majority to authorize all these issues?
    They are NOT some liberal activist group,they're
    "professional politicians" doing their job(or pretending to do it).

  16. fast enough on Firefox 3 Beta 1 Review · · Score: 1

    I keep Firefox for entertainment(games,slashdot,complex sites etc) and Opera for heavy duty browsing where speed matters.

  17. Re:The data has to go somewhere... on Terabit-Per-Second Class Connections over FTTH · · Score: 2

    Its the year of Solid State Disk on the desktop.

  18. Is it? on Solid State Drives - Fast, Rugged, and Expensive · · Score: 2, Funny

    A year of Solid State Disk on Desktop?

  19. Re:Dupe, dupe, dupe! on MIT Reinvents Transportation With Foldable, Stackable Car · · Score: 1

    Whats if they just keep the names and outsourced the editors jobs to China?

  20. Re:What I want from a motherboard... on AM3 Reference Diagram Disclosed · · Score: 1

    Not everyone buys Video/Sound cards.

  21. Another technology catches up with windows on Samsung Announces Fastest 64-GB SSD · · Score: 1

    First they require a GPU accelaration for Vista(Aero), and now you can use much faster swap file(majority use big gigabyte-size pagefile).Windows is pushing the computer technology further ahead.

  22. Re:Private Lives Private on The Implications of a Facebook Society · · Score: 1

    Join Snubster,The anti-social network.
    http://www.snubster.com/

  23. Re:Ballpoint pen theory of mass differential on Intergalactic Missing Mass Missing Again · · Score: 1

    The problem of missing socks is explained by Supersymmetric Sock theory.

  24. Its looks good on the surface on Bypass Windows With Fast-Boot Technology · · Score: 1

    And may be useful in single-task envirompent(though with new internet appliances its less of value).The big problem is vendor lock-in and no one here thinks deeply enough to discern where the BIOS apps lead.Imagine Phoenix as another Apple,with limited upgrade possibility.
    Eventually these BIOS app layers,evolves into a small os(e.g. LinuxBIOS) though ti will be closed source,proprietary and incompatible with normal software.

  25. Re:What about the Pirahã? on Brains Hard-Wired for Math · · Score: 5, Funny

    these were non-numbered footnotes so they don't count.