My engineering tuition at Purdue was approximately $1000/yr more expensive than a liberal arts degree. They called it the "Engineering Differential Fee", and it went to pay for things like good computers in the engineering labs and equipment.

I would think it would detect odd. It will detect the original person, and a set of reflections for every "level" deep into the mirror until the reflections appear small enough they don't register as people, which I think would happen way before it reached 185.

I wholeheartedly agree that religion should not interfere with science, but I do not think that religion should be abolished.

When it comes to religion, there is such a diverse spectrum of people and beliefs even in a single denomination, and I have to say that not all of them are incompatible with science. Unfortunately, the more rational people are not the ones that are seen in the news, or trying to infiltrate science classes. In short, there are Christians who do not disagree with the big bang theory, evolution, the age of the planet etc, but simply view the magnificence of it all as divine. For them, science and religion are compatible. You are also correct in that short of a second-coming you will never have data to support faith, it is the antithesis of science.

I am not entirely sure Santa Clause and the like are such a bad thing. My parents never raised me to believe in Santa Clause, but the older I get the more I realize that it seems to be a human trait to want to believe in something bigger than oneself. Humans repeatedly demonstrate that we are not wholly rational beings. I am simply not sure, good or bad, of what a perfectly rational human society would look like. Part of me is afraid that they would be less human in a way.

Summary: I don't have any answers, but I would be very careful about trying to remove all irrational traits of humanity.

I am currently reading Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Sagan does an incredible job at promoting skepticism, fighting ignorance and all while being extremely respectful of religion. While I love Sagan, I just can't stand Dawkins.

This is correct, it recognizes the card just fine.

I just got an HTC ONE V through Virgin Mobile and dropped a 64gb MicroSD card in it. This may not be a "new" phone, but it is Android 4.0, and 3G. It is new enough for me. Same size as the Incredible I just upgraded from but 2/3rds as thick.

I'll trade space debris for a non-permanent layer of gas.

Sadness.

But I didn't RTFA.

Since when is bartering illegal? Also, there are always thousands of posts on craigslist like "TRADE PS3 for LAPTOP" etc.

It is this kind of thinking that makes people build something out of legos instead of trying to learn a new skill.

Whenever I see "professional" projects like this use legos- I have mixed feelings. Here is another example, a lab using legos for automation

I love to see legos doing advanced things, but for a chassis? I feel like people can be very smart, but sometimes afraid to learn how to build something with their hands. The lab example I posted above is at Cambridge University. Cambridge has a very competent engineering department, why not reach out to them?- It could have made for an excellent project for some engineering students.

I'm reminded of the very cited researcher who reinvented some calculus instead of simply reaching out to someone in another department for help

It is a sad day, but our low UID forebearers are going senile. I guess it was only a matter of time.

Nice Michael Crichton reference!

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