Yes! It is the year 2012, and our traffic lights are still running on timers. They're stupid, they waste time and fuel needlessly... they need to go. We have computers that can understand the spoken word, read the written word, and do whatever the hell it is that Kinect does. Our traffic semaphores should be far more intelligent than they are. I think I'd prefer something more along the lines of computer vision than and RF announcement -- for privacy reasons, but at least there's technology in the works.

Me too. I owned the Motorola Cliq XT before, which is probably the absolute worst Android phone ever made. I never knew it could be so good, but after having owned the GS2 for a month now, I am quite happy.

I ran Cyanogenmod on my Cliq XT, and I've rooted the GS2, but I think I might (maybe) be sticking with stock roms this time around. I've really enjoyed the free Wifi calling (T-Mobile) without having to set up any kind of SIP service. Then again, the added battery life that CM9 will almost certainly yield will be hard to pass up. I guess I can try both!

Others have already pointed out the merits of evaporative cooling, but I'll add this. It works, because the nuclear fuel is adding energy to the system. The motion of the water itself is not the energy source. Just like in your car, the gasoline is adding energy to the system, and this is why your radiator can keep your engine cool. The water pump and fan do not consume the total kinetic energy from the engine.

What use is a plane with a range of a mere 600 nano meters?

No it isn't. You're assuming that the water is not capable of cooling at all without first being cooled. This is not the case. If the water is even one degree cooler than the reactor, it is capable of cooling. The fact is, the water would not have to be cooled much to be completely effective -- you would not need to use the total of the energy produced to cool the system, because the water already has some cooling capacity.

Ah, and here it is: "I can't refute your arguments, so I'll claim you got them from Fox (or Faux) News" which, in some people's little minds, is actually a viable retort.

The truth is, I don't watch fox news. I am not a cable or satellite subscriber. I get all my news online from sources like NY Times, the Breitbart sites, LA Times... Reuters... In the case of OWS, all anyone has to do is search for the subject on YouTube -- there are plenty of citizen videographers documenting the goings-on at the OWS rallies.

For one, nobody knows what the story is with that picture.

The guy shat on a cop car. That's the story. If you have another witness to counter the photog's account, by all means proceed with the presentation. You can try to whitewash this particular incident, but it doesn't matter. With all the rape, murder, theft, exploitation, stockpiling of weapons, stifling of free press and other violence at the OWS rallies, dropping duke on a cruiser is a minor misdemeanor.

For another, there aren't nearly as many OWS people as there are Republicans who reject evolution

Is it only Republicans who reject evolution? I wonder where Obama stands on the issue -- being that he's *cough* Christian and all.

The Republicans are very much anti-intellectual.

The largest group of anti-intellectuals in present-day America that I can think of would be OWS. And, I'm pretty sure they're not Republican.

Old, yes. But, at least five moderators + me think it's funny enough to CTRL_F gore, just so we could read it.

Wow, you've garnered a lot of hatred for asking a simple question.