It is an unfortunate fact that several of the successful, and worst, terrorist attacks in this country (USA) have been carried out by right wing extremist groups or "lone nutcases" closely associated with Tea Party causes.

During the Obama administration right wing hate radio, and television, have blatantly espoused the overthrow of the government, advocated the failure of both foreign and domestic policies, and have made thinly veiled threats to assassinate prominent "liberal" political figures, including the president.

Given these right wing and Tea Party agenda, it makes perfect sense that the IRS, which was mandated to target terrorist affiliated organizations, would target Tea Party groups, and it is mind boggling that they would apologize for doing so.

The original poster didn't make that comment - it's a direct quote from whoever wrote the article in gizmag. Also, plants have been evolving for BILLIONS of years, not "millions."

Another example of publicly funded research hidden behind a profit motivated paywall. Too bad the public can't RTFA.

Don't be afraid to confuse them - just be sure that you prove the benefits of your idea first. A hands-on, real-time, first person demonstration of before and after would probably work best.

Once you've shown them that it works, launch into a short thesis of the technology, and don't be afraid to use technical terms and equations and leave them shaking their heads - this is a good thing because they will walk away saying things like "I'm really impressed."

This is because people in general, including vc's, devalue anything that is explained in simple, understandable terms, thinking "if even I can understand it, it must not be all that impressive."

Just make sure you prove that it works first.

The point is that you don't know when they're spying on you - that's why they use drones in the first place. If they were easy to detect, they wouldn't be as useful.

It's an 8 bit system.

As the amount of carbon in the biosphere increases as CO2, the total biomass will increase to absorb it via photosynthesis, but it will also produce oxygen. Green plants convert CO2 to sugars and cellulose, but produce oxygen by splitting water in the process, so there is probably plenty of oxygen available.

6 CO2 + 12 H2O + photons C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + 6 H2O

The net effect will be to return the planet to a state that existed a hundred millions of years ago, when much of the planet was a steaming jungle.

and old guys love pinball. We grew up with it. I'm 66, and I've got 14 machines, a whole room full, all digital. Fun to play, fun to maintain. My kids love 'em too, but they prefer their MMO's.