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  1. Nanotube Array on Microthrusters For Small Satellites · · Score: 1

    Actually, I'd been wondering if an array of large-diameter nanotubes could be used to eject ions faster and more efficiently.

  2. Abraham Lincoln - Cyborg on Chinese Man Builds His Own Prosthetic Hands · · Score: 1

    But Lincoln could have killed more vampires with mechanical hands than he could with a log cabin.

    Emancipator 2: Judgement Day

  3. Thank You, Captain Obviate on Microthrusters For Small Satellites · · Score: 1

    But this thruster seems to be just a new variant on the ion thruster, albeit in a compact form

  4. 1.21 Jigawatts? on NASA Testing Supersonic X-51A Jet Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    The Libyans will never catch you

  5. Tobin's Spirit Guide on Huge Pumice Rock 'Island' Seen Floating In South Pacific · · Score: 4, Funny

    Another entry for Tobin's Spirit Guide - the most significant event since the 1908 Tunguska cross-rip.

  6. Madame Jiang on Indian Government Mulls Giving Away Mobile Phones To the Poor · · Score: 1

    Sonia Gandhi is India's Jiang Qing. Now they just need a Deng Xiaoping.

  7. New Extreme Sport on Skydiver Leaps From 18 Miles Up In 'Space Jump' Practice · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you could run this as a business operation, I wonder how much you could charge people for "space jumps"?

  8. Stretch Armstrong on The Secret of Cornstarch Physics · · Score: 1

    Adults will remember their kiddy years playing with Stretch Armstrong, the ultimate cornstarch hero

  9. Terrorist Weapon? on Cat Parasite May Increase Risk of Suicide In Humans · · Score: 4, Funny

    (obligatory)
    But what if terrorists find a way to use this?

  10. License to Search? on Apple Forces Google To Degrade Android Features · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Licensing fee? For what? License fee to search your local device? This is patentable?

    Good fucking grief! This reminds me of Amazon's patents on single-click ads.

    The rotten bastards at Apple have patented ordinary concepts that they have no business patenting. There needs to be patent reform.

    Next those bastards will patent the word "phone" so that anybody selling one has to pay fees to Apple.

  11. Honey Trap on Feds Plan 'Fog of Disinformation' To Track Information Leaks · · Score: 2

    Personally, I was hoping that the govt might come up with a honey trap operation, to test which budding science nerds are most susceptible to seduction by hot women to betray their country. The idea is that hot women would constantly seduce nerds with hot sex in order to test their loyalty.

    Lacking a cleverly themed name like Cloud or Fog to designate this project, I would just call it Heaven.

  12. Proteome on X-ray Generator Fits In the Palm of Your Hand · · Score: 2

    Unlocking the Proteome is the next big challenge beyond the genome. With instruments like this, it will make the task of X-ray crystallography determination of protein structures much easier. It's through the analysis of protein structures that we'll eventually be able to connect the genome to physical traits. The Phenome?

  13. xenomania on DHS Best-and-Brightest STEM Program Under Fire · · Score: 1

    I think xenophilia is a mild term - xenomania is a more appropriate description.
    Btw, I'm a non-white Asian, and I approve of your message.

  14. Re:Let me guess on Boeing Hydrogen Powered Drone First Flight · · Score: 1

    Only in the ponyverse

  15. Re:India's Congress Party = One Party State on India Lurches Toward Internet Censorship · · Score: 1

    It's the rising middle class who pose the greatest threat to Congress Party rule, since they aren't so poor that they're easily cowed by the state and yet not wealthy enough to float above the fray. While the poor don't have sufficient internet access to be a threat, it's the middle class who make the most use of the internet, and are increasingly bold in their criticisms of Congress Party rule. Furthermore, Indian ex-pats living and working abroad are the most vocal critics of Congress Party rule, since they're beyond the reach of the govt to retaliate against.

    History around the world has shown that it's a strong middle class which ensures the protection of democracy and democratic rights. It was during recent protests led by an old man named Anna Hazare that the Indian middle class rallied around him to support his protest against govt corruption and the ruling Congress Party's connivance in it.

  16. India's Congress Party = One Party State on India Lurches Toward Internet Censorship · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's the ruling Indian Congress Party which is supporting moves to crack down on the internet, because they view the internet as a threat to their continued rule. The Indian Congress Party likes to outwardly market itself to the world as democratic, but inwardly they really want a One Party State, with a mere token opposition as a figleaf.

    The ruling party has been making a lot of predatory moves since it took office - like trying to get its own men onto the Election Commission, which under the constitution is supposed to be an independent oversight body for elections. They've also brought in dubious new inventions like Electronic Voting Machines, which they claim will allow elections to be conducted more efficiently, but which could dangerously be used to rig votes, since they could easily be tampered with while offering no paper trail.

    The Congress Party has increasingly been using the courts to harass members of political opposition parties, even while blocking any criminal investigation into their own party members. They are also engaging in rampant wiretapping and eavesdropping on opposition party members. The ruling party also wants to create new security agencies which are directly under the control of the central govt where the party currently holds power, while diminishing the rights of the states.

    They are doing all these things because they want to keep themselves in power in perpetuity. Oh, and this is the same party that invokes Mahatma Gandhi's name at every opportunity, since they figure that by doing so, it gives them unlimited carte blanche to do whatever they want. They're just trying to keep India safely in the arms of Gandhi, you see. :p

  17. Re:your chronological age will still increase on Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Lifespan · · Score: 2

    but when cancer is diagnosed, it means we have too many cancer cells to slough off - and that can often be fatal

    some of how you feel may be related to frame of mind, but the basic stuff is really based on physiological health - like whether you have cancer or not

  18. your chronological age will still increase on Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Lifespan · · Score: 2

    no cancer is a pretty good side effect, tho

    how about just making some stem cells from a tissue sample, and then treating them with the telomerase virus, and then injecting them back into you?

  19. Too Late on Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Lifespan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just make sure to get it before you reach the age of 1 or 2

  20. Re:Wrong superhero on Gamma-Ray Bending Opens New Door For Optics · · Score: 1

    I thought it's because high-frequency radiation can be aimed more precisely, while also delivering lots of energy to burn targets quickly. (eg. "gamma-knife")

  21. Wrong superhero on Gamma-Ray Bending Opens New Door For Optics · · Score: 1

    Don't make me bendy - you wouldn't like me when I'm bendy

  22. Polymer Solar Coating on Electric Airplane Ready For Production · · Score: 1

    There are photovoltaic coatings now, which admittedly aren't as efficient as standard solar panels, but nevertheless could charge up your plane over time, if it was just sitting out in the open under a sunny sky. How often does one fly anyway?

  23. Does It Involve Being Digitized? on IBM Offers Retirement With Job Guarantee Through 2013 · · Score: 1

    Or can you stay in corporeal form?

  24. Rafale F16 on India Turns Down American Fighter Jets, Buys From France · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The F16 is a "4th generation" fighter, whereas the Rafale is a "near 5th generation" fighter. Yes, it's cheaper, and also newer than the F16. Unfortunately, past US behavior has shown its willingness to use military supplies to arm-twist countries, and this unfortunately damages US credibility as a supplier. No sense buying jets you can't use because someone is witholding vital spares. Meanwhile, India is buying the C-17 Globemaster from the US for airlift capabilities.

  25. Hope it's Not Vaporware on SpaceX Tries Out Its New SuperDraco Rocket Engine · · Score: 0

    I'm glad Elon Musk is such an inventive individual, but I'm worried that new promises come flying out of his mouth faster than he delivers on existing commitments. Sometimes it seems like he has ADHD.

    It seems like it would be more credible if he were to slow down on the new promises, and give his organization time to fufill existing commitments.