Comment Re:Slashdot death rattle (Score 2) 250
Ditto
Ditto
If you're Bill Murray, all you need is a cigarette case
A copy of his original article, has been archived here: http://svetlana14s.narod.ru/Simon_Singhs_silenced_paper.html
There's more information (videos, interview with creator) about the Rubik's Cube solving robot, here:
http://www.mechatrons.com/rubot.html
Insert joke about Cylons and Rubik's Cubes...
You can measure the ratio of different types of carbon in tree rings.
What has been found is that 13C/12C ratios are the lowest they've been for 10000 years, and that there is a sharp decline starting in 1850.
RJ Francey et al, Tellus 51B, pp.170-193, 1999
The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut.