Then it is pure coincidence that the prescriptions to remedy the "problem" just happen to be exactly the anti-capitalist ones the left has been pushing for the past couple generations? Only more government control over industry can solve all the problems perceived by scientists funded by government?
We recently learned CO2 emissions were way down because of the increased utilization of cleaner-burning natural gas. Will the left get behind the gas industry? Only if they stand to gain money and power, as with anything else. I'm stunned that people still believe that the left is benevolent and altruistic, like some 1960s hippy commune retards.

I think this guy got exactly what he wanted: publicity for the anti-TSA cause. Try "saying" something loud about bombs or terrorism in a security line or on a plane. You're asking for trouble, and you know it. I'm not saying it's good or justified, but I don't walk up to cops on the street with anti-police shirts with "robbery", "assault" or "weapon" on them, even though it's legal.

Hah! I do the reverse. I use black Sony earbuds with my iPod Touch, and nobody looks twice. I actually felt embarrassingly trendy with the white ones, but still love the iPod.

Is this something to brag about in 2012? You can get an off-the-shelf DSLR with more pixels than that. Of course, it wouldn't have a 4.3 meter mirror.

This is a patent applied for in 2007, when most "smartphones" had physical keyboards. It is a basic element of the iPhone touchscreen interface, and you can absolutely bet that Apple will use the system to stop their competitors from copying everything they do.

Right. Plus, everyone's jumping on this as if Apple just applied for it. This looks like a basic early iPhone filing which is just recently granted and published. It's not news.

I must agree with you about the family aspect. My mother had never heard of MySpace, but she, my dad, sister, cousins, high-school and college friends are ALL on FB and use it almost daily. Facebook has crossed the threshold, just as Google did (and I used the Mom test for that, too.) Once my Mom said she needed to Google something, I knew that race was over. I have no great love for FB, but it's won.

People are idiots.

Actually, only the ones pronounced as a word, like RAM, are acronyms. The others are called initialisms or just abbreviations.

Nice article, but totally unrelated. Google influenza. Droplet transmission. See if the CDC considers pig flu airborne. They don't. If they did, there would be headlines screaming AIRBORNE. But there aren't. You're wrong. Accept it. We all make mistakes.

airborne transmission - if the microorganism can remain in the air for long periods.

droplet contact - coughing or sneezing on another person

These ARE medical definitions, asswipe

Airborne: "airborne transmission - if the microorganism can remain in the air for long periods" You're as wrong as the day is long, pal.

The word is "absurdity," moron. Something transmitted by coughing and sneezing aerosols is not considered airborne any more more than I'm considered a flying mammal when I jump a few feet. You are mind-bogglingly rude and stupid.

The word is "absurdity" and no, the virus is not airborne. If you are coughed or sneezed on, or are touched by someone who has the liquid droplets of same on their skin, or touch a doorknob, etc... you can be infected. Perhaps you should find out what an airborne virus is before commenting.

Aerosols containing H1N1 (droplets of snot and lung-butter) are airborne, such as cough and sneeze. The virus itself is not airborne.