Comment Re:All I can say is... (Score 1) 237
...and if you look closely, you can see at least one of the fire engines says "NASA" on the side.
Comment Re:Poor... (Score 1) 515
Looking at this 1960s used car ad, it appears used cars could be had for as low as $95. but ~$500 seems to be the low end for anything decent.
Comment Re:School inquiry? (Score 1) 170
I'm guessing it has something to do with this:
The wall switch was particularly dangerous and I left as a last resort. With no access to the circuit breakers of the dorms, the contacts and wiring inside the wall switch remains live even as I open and try to modify it.
Comment Re:hope it was worth the megan's law list (Score 0) 434
According to the Portland Police Bureau:
Being naked in public in Portland is legal if it falls within the guidelines of ORS 163.465, which are included below. Or. Rev. Stat. 163.465. Public indecency (1) A person commits the crime of public indecency if while in, or in view of, a public place the person performs: (a) An act of sexual intercourse; (b) An act of deviate sexual intercourse; or (c) An act of exposing the genitals of the person with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person. (2) (a) Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, public indecency is a Class C felony if the person has a prior conviction for public indecency or a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.445 or for a crime in another jurisdiction that, if committed in this state, would constitute public indecency or a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.445.
Comment Re:Just wrong on all counts (Score 0) 235
If Amazon wants to charge the consumer less than what they have to pay the publisher for each copy sold then I'm pretty sure they can. It depends on how much profit Amazon is really making from its eReader sales.
No, they can't. That's the whole issue here.
Comment Re:Really? (Score 0) 235
So what you're saying is paper books are cheaper because they're more expensive...?
Comment Re:Time (Score 0) 709
Eminent domain is confiscation of private property, which is one of the people's rights. This is clearly unconstitutional[...]
Is the fifth amendment somehow not part of the constitution in your world?
Comment Re:Hulda Clark (Score 0) 417
She also claimed that device could cure cancer... until she died of cancer.
Comment Re:Two seasons... (Score 0) 454
Buy a drysuit and Awesome can be the only season.
Comment Re:No sports on Netflix (Score 0) 574
I'm not sure which aren't, but here are the ones that are.
Comment Re:No sports on Netflix (Score 0) 574
ESPN3 to the rescue.
Comment Re:what's the difference? (Score 0) 258
- it's not that useful as industrial material, and as the value of fiat plunges, the usage of gold as of industrial material will diminish further, as people will find alternatives.
So if I understand you correctly, gold is valuable because its relatively useless?
Comment Re:Where did this idiot learn English? (Score 0) 48
Possible Treatment For Ebola 157
RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have found a class of drugs that could provide treatment for Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The new drugs are called 'antisense' compounds, and they allow the immune system to attack the viruses before they can do enough damage to kill the patient. Travis Warren, research scientist at USAMRIID, said while the work is still preliminary -— the drugs have been tested only on primates — the results are so far promising. In the case of Ebola, five of eight monkeys infected with the virus lived, and with Marburg, all survived. The drugs were developed as part of a program to deal with possible bioterrorist threats, in partnership with AVI Biopharma."
Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219
trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."
