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Comment Re:guess what! (Score 1) 102

I came back from a trip from Istanbul to Los Angeles. I got passed many security checkpoints in Frankfurt and Istanbul. I've been in a camping trip prior to my flight. When I was unpacking my bag in LA, I realized I had two radios and a pocket knife in my carry-on the whole time.

I Guess these new security measures don't really work after all.

Comment Re:Missed by Voyager? (Score 1) 255

In a vacuum you only lose heat via radiation, and you know that's pretty slow, since Vacuum flasks can keep things hot for a really long time.

So yeah, breathing would be your concern.

That's not really true. Vacuum flasks are also covered with reflective coatings inside so that the heat loss from radiation is also minimized. Also when considering heat loss from radiation, what's important is the difference of temperature between the surroundings and the object. If the surrounding's also warm, it would also give the object heat by radiation. If the surrounding is space, the heat you get by radiation is negligible, so yes, you would freeze very quickly. But whether it would be quicker than explosion of your body due to lack of outside pressure, I don't really know. But my guess is you wouldn't have time to be concerned about anything.

Comment Re:Doomsday Machine (Score 1) 638

Ground-based sensors would detect that a devastating blow had been struck and a counterattack would be launched.

Nothing can go wrong!

Well, seems like they made earthquakes much more dangerous then they really are. As far as I know, even Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty] people can't distinguish 100% accurately between earthquakes and nuclear explosion tests.

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