Most remotely-triggered bombs made by extremists of various kinds are triggered by cellphones - so true in fact that some countries shut down their cell networks preventively. Cellphones use some kind of radio network and proprietary protocol for the last mile, but essentially, beyond that, telephony is entirely IP-based these days. You can even call a cellphone from a PC now with programs like Skype.

So I think essentially all recent bombing attacks can be called "murder by internet-connected devices".

the last-ever issue of Nintendo Power. It's bittersweet seeing a part of my childhood ending.

Yeah no kidding. I can't get over the demise of the Phonograph Monthly myself...

I hear 90% of all statistics are made up.

So let me guess: the guys's name is Stan, the kid's name is Steve and the principal is called Brian?

So you think politicians are squeaky clean because they have high moral standards do you? How quaint...

Obama probably doesn't care that ebooks are a dollar cheaper than dead-tree books, because unlike the vast majority of his constituents, he's loaded.

Also, he's the prez, meaning he probably didn't pay jack squat at the local bookstore he graced with the honor of visiting and bringing free publicity to in the first place.

Schools and teachers. Usually parents defer their parenting responsibilities to them nowadays...

You could disown the kid, I suppose

If the kid gets fined one kajillion dollars for each song he downloaded, as the RIAA recommends, you'd better...

how to justify the 13 year old's apparent love of music from the 60s and 70s...

When machines start translating languages on the fly, people will stop learning other languages and that's a bad thing.

Right now, English is the de-facto lingua franca of the world, because peoples need to talk to each other for business purposes. I reckon that need alone goes a long way to (mostly) maintain world peace, because when someone learns a foreign language, they're also exposed to a foreign culture. Machine translators don't expose those who use them to other cultures.

Some sort of brain affliction that makes people distrust and hate the dept. of Homeland Security. I hear it's spreading fast...

Did you read what I wrote? Heating atoms by making them enter resonance is not new, and everybody knows the efficiency is maximum at resonance. All these guys did is change the frequency, more or less.

A shark with a supercharger?

There ya go.

Exciting molecules by resonance: a kitchen microwave does that.
Shaking molecules until they lose their electrons? That's called heating. That's how CRTs work.

So, these guys found a way to heat up a bit of material with X-ray lasers... M'kay...

The only substantial passage of the article is where they say researchers can use their "recipe" to maximize (or minimize the effect). That's a bit thin...

Er.. people staying alive and productive well into their 70s - and beyond - isn't exactly uncommon these days you know.