Comment so many questions (Score 3, Interesting) 314
Any observation or correlation to right-brained, i.e. left-handedness?
How did the subjects perform with a slightly higher current?
And when they cranked it to 11?
Comment Re:Nice, but... (Score 2, Interesting) 212
Almost seems like their thought process is:
"We aren't going to get more resources in-house to continue developing it. Maybe if we throw it over the wall we'll get something (for free) from the Community."
Comment Re:Who pays 11+ USD to go to a cinema? (Score 2, Informative) 433
Who goes to a cinema anymore?
My wife and I do.
The last time we went was three weeks ago -- tickets were $8 each. The theater we went to serves beer, and they had a special on one of them -- I guess they were trying to finish off the keg -- $2 for a beer.
Went again two weeks ago, no special on the beer, so that was $5 this time, but tickets were still $8.
Yeah, we could wait for the DVD, but by the time it's out on DVD I've probably already forgotten about it. Getting out of the house can be a good thing -- it's definitely an impulse thing.
Comment Will she go down on you in a theater? (Score 1, Funny) 433
Apologies to Alanis Morrisette.
Comment Re:Did you misunderstand? (Score 2, Insightful) 100
There isn't enough money to give everyone a $2 mosquito net treated with an insecticide.
Where will they get enough money to buy, distribute, and vaccinate everyone?
What do you want to bet that after Big Pharma gets through, the vaccine will cost way more than a net.
Comment Re:good luck with that (Score 0, Redundant) 100
patience
English is tough stuff.
Comment Re:Statistics work both ways.... (Score 0, Flamebait) 230
Isn't it obvious?
OP is a Republican and Feinstein is a Democrat. A California Democrat as well. And a woman.
I expect he wants bipartisan cooperation too, but he's disappointed that the Dems are cooperating about as much as the Repubs did during the Bush years.
Boo hoo.
Go ahead, mod me a troll. See if I care.
Comment Re:How many sagans is that? (Score 3, Informative) 380
5x10^-1sagans.
sudo mod me funny
Comment Re:Aren't we over Facebook yet? (Score 1) 357
The best it can do...
Or has ceased being interesting so now they're resorting to pulling ever greater stunts to try to lure people back in.
I look forward to some day in the future when my great grand children ask me where I was when man first landed on the moon and when Fonzie jumped the shark. And I'll say, "I was glued to the TV screen." And then they'll ask me what a TV screen is.
Comment Re:Aren't we over Facebook yet? (Score 1) 357
Mark Zuckerberg, is that you?
Comment Aren't we over Facebook yet? (Score 3, Insightful) 357
Personally I think it jumped the shark about two months ago.
I rarely look at it.
I've filtered out about half my "friends" because if I wanted to know what they had on their toast this morning I'd sign up for twitter and follow their stupid tweets.
Comment Re:Why all-electric vehicles aren't there yet (Score 5, Informative) 157
answers.com says it took Polo four years to get to China -- even with getting stuck in Moscow traffic the vans win.
Comment Re:Automated fill-ups, too? (Score 1) 157
Didn't read the article eh? Or even the summary?
Electric vans.
Comment can we have a marriage license test for this? (Score 1) 841
If we add this to the blood test that many states require for a marriage license maybe we could eliminate all those husband and wife pairs who cancel out each others' votes.
Global Warming's Silver Lining For the Arctic Rim 582
Pickens writes "According to Laurence C. Smith, an Arctic scientist who has consistently sounded alarms about the approach of global warming, within 40 years the Arctic rim may be transformed by climate change into a new economic powerhouse. As the Arctic ice recedes, ecosystems extend, and minerals and fossil fuels are discovered and exploited, the Arctic will become a place of 'great human activity, strategic value and economic importance.' Sparsely populated areas like Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States — the northern rim countries, or NORCs — will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets. Predictions in Smith's new book The Earth in 2050 include the following: New shipping lanes will open during the summer in the Arctic, allowing Europe to realize its 500-year-old dream of direct trade between the Atlantic and the Far East, and resulting in new economic development in the north; NORCs will be among the few place on Earth where crop production will likely increase due to climate change; and NORCs will become the envy of the world for their reserves of fresh water, which may be sold and transported to other regions."
