Mucus drips down the sinus and keep gastric juices from destroying the stomach. Amazing stuff, snot is.

"Mucus is known to prevent particles such as dust, pollen, bacteria and dirt from reaching the lungs and the trachea. This is because these particles can cause irritation and infections to the lungs. Mucus is usually produced in the nose, where it lubricates the hairs found within the lining of the nose."

http://www.ask.com/question/what-does-mucus-do

At least The Onion has a positive take on Yahoo's purchase...

Yahoo Back On Top After Purchasing Millions Of 13-Year-Old Girls’ Blogs

SUNNYVALE, CA—Finally overcoming competition from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and AOL, internet corporation Yahoo firmly re-secured its place as an industry leader after Sunday’s purchase of millions of blogs written by 13-year-old girls.

“While Yahoo has seen its share of struggles over the years, the company’s acquisition of over 100 million blogs written by middle-school females before bedtime has already majorly revitalized the company’s brand,” said BCG consultant Timothy Shore, praising the $1.1 billion purchase of web pages filled with complaints about parents, speculation about cute boys in school, and photos of Robert Pattinson.

“Yahoo is looking to the future here, and tying the entire life of their company to a bunch of pubescent girl bloggers was the smart move.”

Yahoo has projected that 13-year-old Melissa Wheeler’s blog, mellisasworld.tumlbr.com, would eventually pull in over $2.3 billion for the company.

(Reprinted without permission from TheOnion.com)

http://www.theonion.com/articles/yahoo-back-on-top-after-purchasing-millions-of-13y,32497/

For me the real problem with time travel that makes it all implausible is knowing that the world would be in a completrly different location in space. Planets, solar systems, galaxies, even the known universe is constanly moving. To successfully transport through time you'ld also need to know exactly where the planet you're on will be at the exact moment you time travel, else you will most likely arrive somewhere in space. Now, suspension af belief is necessary when watching sci-fi, but in reality anyone time travelling would have to account for this.

With Star Trek credits, of course!

From the website'Songfacts:

Bowie wrote this after seeing the 1968 Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. "Space Oddity" is a play on the phrase "Space Odyssey," and the title does not appear in the lyrics. The song tells the story of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who cuts off communication with Earth and floats into space. In a 2003 interview with Performing Songwriter magazine, Bowie explained: "In England, it was always presumed that it was written about the space landing, because it kind of came to prominence around the same time. But it actually wasn't. It was written because of going to see the film 2001, which I found amazing. I was out of my gourd anyway, I was very stoned when I went to see it, several times, and it was really a revelation to me. It got the song flowing. It was picked up by the British television, and used as the background music for the landing itself. I'm sure they really weren't listening to the lyric at all (laughs). It wasn't a pleasant thing to juxtapose against a moon landing. Of course, I was overjoyed that they did. Obviously, some BBC official said, 'Oh, right then, that space song, Major Tom, blah blah blah, that'll be great.' 'Um, but he gets stranded in space, sir.' Nobody had the heart to tell the producer that."

In 1980, Bowie released a follow-up to this called "Ashes To Ashes," where Major Tom once again makes contact with Earth. He says he is happy in space, but Ground Control comes to the conclusion that he is a junkie.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1201

The original David Bowie song is really about drug addiction. In his later hit, 'Ashes to Ashes', Bowie sings, "We all know Major Tom's a junkie."

The decent $50 smartphone article

http://www.zdnet.com/firefox-os-puts-a-good-50-smartphone-within-reach-7000015212/

Firefox is getting into the cellphone market with a $50 phone. In a year all this arguing over $600 phones may be over. http://www.zdnet.com/firefox-os-puts-a-good-50-smartphone-within-reach-7000015212/

Er, Android on mobile devices is far ahead of all others.... Worldwide smart mobile device market share Quarter 1, 2013:

Android: 59.50%

Apple: 19.30%

Microsoft: 18.10%

Other: 3.10%

(source: Canyls/ZDNet)

http://www.zdnet.com/android-is-crushing-apple-and-microsoft-in-the-mobile-device-market-7000015206/

That's the heat sink, AC. "Wed128" is correct, you would have to swap out the mother board completely. Or buy the Ouya2, Ouya3, etc. Engadget covers that issue... http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/07/ouya-annual/

I have the Android based emulators for all the specific consoles of days gone by. I have the game roms (including C-64 ones) that I downloaded from sites found in a google search (gave away the c-64 and other consoles long ago). As long as de-bugging mode lets you run android apks Ouya will work out fine for me. My $100 tablet's got a 1ghz A7 processor, which isn't enough power for NIntendo64, PS1, and several MAME roms.

Do I need a credit card/debit card or some other payment instrument to get an OUYA account?

Yes. You will be asked to provide payment information *before* you can download any games. Everything is free to try so you may never purchase anything, but, we need to collect your information upfront. We will expand our options as we grow. Initially, we will support credit cards, debit cards, and pre-paid/gift cards and promo cards (in June). Remember: we will never charge you unless you decide to make a purchase (for example, you want to unlock the full game or buy the flaming sword).

http://www.ouya.tv/faq/

I expect that this thing's going to be hacked like crazy after a few months time. When I see that it can be modded so I can run an android apk I'll surely buy one. All my Atari 2600, 5200, C64, MAME, SNES, NES, Genesis, N64 and PS1 game roms playing on my tv with a decent controller will be worth the $100. Even if I never hook it up to the internet, to have a plug and play type rom player that's got enough cpu power to run these without slow performance, that's really all I'd want. Anything else it'll do would be just icing on the cake.

Yes. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/119164-ouya-works-xbox-360-ps3-controllers-wirelessly