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811.
by thret 15y ago
Once drones become prolific, they will start killing drones instead of people and maybe we can have a bloodless war the same way we have paperless offices.
812.
by thret 15y ago
My major peeve with the show is how the exciting villains introduced in the first five minutes never return. I was also annoyed that Inigo Montoya died so soon.
813.
by thret 15y ago
Um, MWI is not QM. MWI is an elegant way of explaining the results of QM just as 6000 years ago God was an elegant way of explaining creation. It is interesting to think about but without proof of any kind it has little value. Think about t
814.
by thret 15y ago
Ivanhoe was quite an eye-opener, I genuinely had no idea Europe was so strongly anti-Semitic during that period.
815.
by thret 15y ago
Absolutely. The few times I've been surprised by the kindness of strangers stand out to me as some of the most pleasant experiences of my life.
816.
by thret 15y ago
Perhaps, but you are comparing Jupiters to raisins.
817.
by thret 15y ago
You are of course referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive Which does not actually break Einsteins limit, although it does work like a Star Trek warp-drive. Of course the energy requirements are virtually impossible to s
818.
by thret 15y ago
Have you considered exactly which frame of reference would be required for it to appear to happen in our future?
819.
by thret 15y ago
The phrase 'interactive textbooks' is very interesting. A kindle textbook, where you could play with values and see the results... That's something I would like to see in highschools.
820.
by thret 15y ago
Could you make it so that the longer someone plays, the harder it is to stay alive? Armour provides progressively less protection, you require more food, there are more monsters, monsters are more powerful, lightning more frequent etc...
821.
by thret 15y ago
You can't stop the signal, Mal.
822.
by thret 15y ago
40,300 and I am astounded that there were words I hadn't seen before. Funambulism is my new favourite word.
823.
by thret 15y ago
I don't see why a special spec would be necessary, you could just physically disable the usb drive.
824.
by thret 15y ago
The issues he discusses seem to be addressed by phygg, essentially a combination of arvix and digg for physics: http://www.phygg.com/phygg/ I see no reason why this shouldn't work for arvix as a whole.
825.
by thret 15y ago
Lethal to people who don't look where they are walking. Natural selection thinning the herd, I think it's a fair trade for reduced noise pollution. I'd be surprised if iPods haven't already begun the process.
826.
by thret 15y ago
Not sure that matters too much? I can still identify myself through other means. For example if my online bank password is lost that's an inconvenience. If someone else gets it, that's a nightmare.
827.
by thret 15y ago
Could this problem be solved with a global one-child policy?
828.
by thret 15y ago
I'm quite happy to see Felicia Day #43. She's the hot gamer/geek from The Guild webshow.
829.
by thret 15y ago
Seems impractical on a large scale, but it would make situations like the e.coli outbreak in Germany much easier to manage.
830.
by thret 15y ago
Quoting from article: What scientists don't know yet is how 46 chromosomes came to win out over 48. There is almost certainly no advantage in how the DNA is packaged. If anything, having a different number of chromosomes hurts someone in te
831.
by thret 15y ago
If that isn't already a science fiction short story, it should be.
832.
by thret 15y ago
Australia got these in 1992. The main benefit is that they don't suffer when you accidentally put them through the wash/ocean/pool.
833.
by thret 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2600:_The_Hacker_Quarterly
834.
by thret 15y ago
#5 is the only one that doesn't apply to me. I quite enjoy observing crowd activities and can do this for long periods of time. I don't know how to 'let go' and join in with the crowd but it is precisely that release I find so fascinating t
835.
by thret 15y ago
I read Job as a story about God settling a bet with Satan, by allowing him to torture the most righteous man he could find to see if he would break - killing his wives, his children, causing him agony and taking away everything he loves. Wh
836.
by thret 15y ago
Powers of Ten is a good way of visualising how large our universe is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
837.
by thret 15y ago
+1
838.
by thret 15y ago
Well, if it is in oregano then it's in every pizza base. Perhaps junk-fooders are okay.
839.
by thret 15y ago
That was my first thought too. What a selfish waste of human life.
840.
by thret 15y ago
In case anyone is wondering, Kal-El is Superman's Kryptonian name.

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