Comment Re:Einstein (Score 1) 48
Most of us just use the shorter form, "Dammit". ;)
Comment All these smart folks.. (Score 1) 332
..and not one "Menáge á Trois" joke? Odd, especially considering the project name: TresAmigas (loosely translated: three girlfriends).
Yay, karma-burn...
Comment Re:Can someone explain this guy's logic to me (Score 1) 367
Yes, you do. It's rolled into the price of the loaf of bread, though.
Comment Re:Good Idea. (Score 2, Insightful) 685
I would think they'd be less visible only at night. In the daytime they're actually the most visible.
Try this.. Place two cars of identical make and model, but one in black and the other in silver, next to each other and stand 50-100 feet away. I'm willing to bet you'll think the black one appears bigger than the other one in the daytime and smaller than the other one at night.
Try this.. Place two cars of identical make and model, but one in black and the other in silver, next to each other and stand 50-100 feet away. I'm willing to bet you'll think the black one appears bigger than the other one in the daytime and smaller than the other one at night.
Comment Re:Interesting (Score 1) 36
...and don't it suck when they work against us?
Comment Wow.. That's quite the Bell Curve (Score 2, Interesting) 252
I don't think I've ever seen a /. poll with that clear a representation of a bell curve. I haven't looked exhaustively by any means, but still..
Submission + - Study Indicates Autism is Mostly Genetic
Old Man Kensey writes: A study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the nonprofit foundation Autism Speaks has found multiple verifiable genetic links to the development of autism, including a gene involved in glutamate metabolism, a process implicated in other childhood neurological disorders like epilepsy. One researcher went so far as to say the findings indicate that autism may be as much as 90% genetic.
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