I feel a great disturbance in the Internet. As if millions of Slashdotters suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. NO CARRIER

Depression + Above average IQ + Philosophy and psychology + cynism = A very interesting view of life. I kind of enjoy my cynism induced depression. It's a bit like a mild mental masochism.

These little things are what makes bigger safety improvements possible. Still, there are things that have a bigger part in emergency exit safety. Cultural differences seem to have a big part in the success of speed evacuation. In some cultures we tend to see more people who run for their lives, thinking only for their own survival and push down those who are in their way. In some other parts of the world there are more people who try to keep order, try to form a line and wait their turn. (the Brits aboard the Titanic for example)

The University of Tokyo seems to have a research group for everything these days...

Too many jokes to choose from...

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...and hiding the humans.

So, when can we expect to see these things on sharks?

Otherwise a good theory, but: Finland | 40 people/mi^2 $10.95 average United States | 86.5 people/mi^2 $52.99 average Western Europe | 514 people/mi^2 You really can't compare Finland's population density with the rest of Western Europe.

Well when the time comes we can still attempt landing on Europa, right?

...then the next step is to see what a little overclocking would do to it...

But weren't budongs supposed to be extinct?

Add a Windows 7 in that and we are set.

So I can't use it to do a cheap, do-it-yourself CAT-scan?

We (humans) caused that huge mass of plastic to form in the sea by dumping our garbage in the beach or sea and in my opinion we should also try to get it out, or at least stop in from increasing in size. The problem with modern Western society is that we are not ready to start a long term project like that unless it is profitable for us in short term. And that is something that it isn't. It would be a long term money sink with no real market value, and thats why not many seems to care. In a way it feels like we are crapping our own pants because we have more important things to do than go to the toilet.