Comment Re:I can see the historians now (Score 1) 470
No, magnets.
Comment Re:Explains something that always bothered me. (Score 1) 384
It still doesn't explain why the blaster beams usually fly with about the same speed as arrows(or bullets, if you are lucky)
Comment Re:This stuff matters (Score 1) 620
Actually, you raise a very interesting point. As soon as you can convert real money to not just game time, but chips(PLEX) and then gamble them using odds(which depend on your ship and stats), you have a casino... and not just any casino, a casino where you can only spend your winning on other games in it and never cash out. Made more interesting by the fact that other players can gamble without any chips and yet take all of yours, like in this story... It's like a medieval arena in a bad fantasy novel - somebody challenges you to a fight and you can't refuse it... and if you lose, you lose everything, if you win, you get nothing, just more battles until you eventually lose.
Comment Oh yea? (Score 1) 283
I'm telling you, the government has a car that runs on air, man! They just don't want us to know, because then, we'll buy all the air. Then... there will be nothing left to breathe but pot smoke! and the government knows that weed....will set us free!
Comment Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? (Score 2, Funny) 160
Is that the one where you don't know whether or not your will get shot for killing meth dealers that work for your boss or something?
Comment Re:radiation and solar flares a serious problem (Score 1) 294
Yeah, also go during full moon so you can actually see stuff in the moonlight.
Comment Re:How many Libraries of Congress (Score 1) 149
How much energy would that equal when expressed in Ballmers, with one Ballmer equaling to energy required to throw an average chair by a CEO in vacuum?
Comment Re:Hobbit 2: Electric Boogaloo (Score 1) 298
Hobbit 2: The Electric Boogaloo
Comment Ok, flying cars are good... (Score 1) 136
...but can I get my very own jetpack first?
Comment Re:10 years is a LOOOOOOOOONG time... (Score 1, Funny) 77
I don't know what it is, but i definitely know that Bing Is Not Google.
Comment Re:There's a nice formula to show the world won't (Score 1) 324
You haven't seen my hadron.
Researchers Neutralize Parkinson's Dopamine Killers 105
futurity.org writes with news that Iowa State researchers have made a breakthrough that could eventually lead to a cure for Parkinson's. Identifying the protein that kills the dopamine-producing cells in the brain has allowed the researchers to disable it and could be the first step in the development of new treatments. "Now, Kanthasamy’s group is looking for additional compounds that also can serve to neutralize protein kinase-C. By identifying more compounds that perform the function of neutralizing kinase-C, researchers are more likely to locate one that works well and has few side effects. This discovery is expected to provide new treatment options to stop the progression of the disease or even cure it. 'Once we find the compound, we need to make sure it’s safe. If everything goes well, it could take about 10 years, and then we might be able to see something that will truly make a difference in the lives of people with this disorder,' says Kanthasamy."
Comment Mr. Hodgman (Score 1) 401
He claims to be a geek, but does he post on Slashdot? Huh? Well, DOES he?! Thought so. He's gonna have to hand in his geek card, as soon as he receives it, that is.
Comment Re:It honestly is just which politics you are... (Score 5, Funny) 139
Well, you're a topic NAZI!
Comment Re:No, thanks (Score 1) 419
You just killed the joke. I hope you're happy.
