my point was that a localized EMP or blast would knock out the ships radios and electronics not the satellites.

No common mode of failure? An EMP or nuke would beg to differ.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=13sxFHM6Mjg

What if he is descending from one wandering group that ran into and and interbred once in their history. There would be no genetic fragmentation with this individual, however yet another find could be from a different group that interbred at a different time or times. This would result in many different, geographically isolated, groups of humans with different genetic histories of interbreeding with neanderthals.

Does not conclusively prove. Mixing could have occurred at many times and locations. While useful, more data needed.

I like some of the prospects, and I cut my cord in favor of netfix (and ..other.. sources) long ago, but i do not want to pay HBO, ESPN, Showtime, netflix, Hulu and a dozen different providers either.

I was here then and remembered the post. I have had 3 different UIDs. A 5 digit, where I was a young asinine troll - don't even remember the name, a 6 digit where I was better, slashdot.org/~Undocumented , and my current incarnation.

This site is only interested in deadlocked AGW arguments, political infighting, and tinfoil hattery. Please do not misunderstand, I am not complaining about that. These things have their place. However, real technical discussion is unappreciated here.

http://science.slashdot.org/st...

That's simply to prove that he is not, in fact, a Muslim. However, given the propensity for Muslims to bomb each other, I think it may prove the opposite. :P

But then we would not need to put as much pork into the defense sector!

An interesting question. Perhaps hurricane formation is down because the temperature gradient between areas of the ocean is decreasing? Maybe it is not warm water only, but the difference between the hot and cold areas that are a large factor in development/strength of large storms?

Vehicle safety does have many associated costs. Manufacturing costs for cars have risen due to safety stndars.. crumple zones, airbags.. all these things require advanced engineering and manufacturing.

Then there is the bureaucratic cost, in inspections, tests, etc.

I would argue that there has been a significant cost in pursuing vehicle safety in this country. There is a reason Indian and Chinese cars are not sold here (yet).

We know car accidents happen, probably.
We don't know when you will be in one
We don't know what type of accident you will be in.
We don't know the severity of the accident you will be in.

This is car travel in a nutshell. Aren't you glad that the government mandates safety belts, airbags and car seats for children?

Just because something is not 100% does not mean we should not protect against it. I feel like using some ad hominem against you but I will refrain today.

I have never seen the 'man' in the moon. What particular features make it look like a man or a face? I cannot discern them. Do others have this issue?