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Comment Re:Cases (Score 1) 427

The metal plates are not the antenna, the black lines are...

Bzzzzttt, wrong.

The metal plates *are* the antenna, the black lines are what separate one antenna from the next. The magic finger works by connecting the two antennas when placed over the black line.

Comment Re:Clever, but he has a lot of work ahead of him (Score 1) 609

Hey, what if that bottom shaft was connected to a motor tough enough to be the starter?

Lock the output shaft, spin the bottom shaft, me would think that would spin the motor. Taking the car out of park means unlocking the output shaft.

Though if the torque can't go one direction, could it go the other? Probably right? Too tired to think through. :)

Comment Re:Oh good, another scary number (Score 1) 235

I was wondering about that. 10,000 individual mutations is not so bad like you said, chances are a lot of those cells would die off.

But if that 10,000 number refers to the number of mutations they could find today, ie, mutations that survived and live on in patches of your lung tissue right now, that is a different story.

Comment Re:Two preventable cancers (Score 1) 235

I do not see the difference between these cancers and any others. There is no preventable and unpreventable class system.

Whether the mutations occurred as a result of cigarette smoke, sunlight, red meat, physical damage (think asbestos) or just some other chance event, cancer is cancer is cancer for the most part.

Maybe they can build

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