But why don't you just make the ten things a little more amazing, make that the number of amazing things and make that a little more amazing?

No need to know the distance, what was measured was the delay between the neutrino burst and the light burst.

I know, I run on mostly beer!

Wow, I never thought about it that way. A human brain consumes less power than a modern CPU (say, 100W).

Plus, the brain does its own glucose burning and that's counted in the 50W. To compare fairly, you'd need to take into account the PSU efficiency, electrical grid losses and power plant efficiency in the CPU power. If we say 50% efficiency overall, that means 200W for the CPU.

Just wow.

We've all coded a quine, but this goes at least three steps further. Documentation here.

I am so looking forward to reading the 2012 winning entries!

Too soon.

Also, it's "for its weight class". Otherwise, there's this 315mph electric car, also built by students.

TFA claims that what they burn averages nearly 10,000Bq/kg, yet the 4 tonnes in the oven accounts for 63,000Bq?

Maybe they gave an average over their whole activity, and the explosion occured when they were burning extremely low activity waste, but phrased like that it's very confusing. Anyone has more info?

Note that either way we're talking about a negligible amount of radiation (the average human being generates about 8,000Bq.)

So, in day to day life, you think and act completely ignoring god, as if nobody ever introduced you to such a concept?

If your answer is yes, I say you're an atheist. And I don't mean that in a bad way, I actually mostly share your view on the subject. I can't properly answer the question "do you think god exists?" because noone's ever described "god" in a way that I could understand. That said, when people do ask me the question, and I don't feel like explaining all that, they get the short answer, which is "no".

But how do you use a spinning computer if you're not spinning?

Just spin the whole world in a cold medium and be done with it. 0.0007rpm at 2.7 Kelvin sounds about right, what do you guys think?

I can't help but imagine future people discovering this and going mental.

"OMG, these ancient and wise Americans predicted the end of the world to be on Dec 21, 12012! We're all gonna die!"

According to wikipedia, K Computer (or Kobe Computer) refers to cuts of computer from the Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu semiconductors, raised according to strict tradition in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The output from such computers is generally considered to be a delicacy, renowned for its flavour, tenderness, and fatty, well-marbled texture.

Use French politicians.

So, what's the option for the people who've had email accounts for 40.5% of their lives?

That's a bold statement.