Clearly those panicking did not bother to read even the abstract. Not a single ferret died from airborne transmission which is how this flu would spread. It's not even clear whether this new kind of flu would be more dangerous than the present wild type flu viruses, which kill many people every year. Why on Earth are there so many people freaking out about what these scientists have done?

...when they found Clippy and the car batteries in my basement.

,,,but what Ellison doesn't know is that only the other 2% is zoned for lair-building.

The price would be reasonable if they had gone another 33%,,,,

Am I the only one who's noticed that neither of his videos present any evidence that he actually walked through the scanner with the metal object? I am sure the system is not foolproof, but this guy has no evidence that he fooled it. Come on slashdotters, pay attention.

I think it's great that this guy found an analytic solution to an old problem, but it is of no practical significance. Most of the complication in ballistics arises from the complicated effects of air resistance which are not limited to simple drag. Numerical solutions will still be required for anything as simple as a golf ball if you want any accuracy at all.

The NYT just posted an interesting article about it http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/technology/zuckerbergs-property-status-post-marriage.html?_r=1&ref=technology.

The astute reader will note that California is a community property state (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_property) and that Zuckerburg married the day after his company went public.

False. Zeros that lead the decimal should never be interpreted as meaningful, unless otherwise indicated.