Comment Re:So Many Questions (Score 1) 303
Imagining the tenth dimension, but there are eleven of them. You're forgetting 0, nothing or a non dimensional point - which is the first.
Scientists Discover Booze That Won't Give You a Hangover 334
Kwang-il Kwon and Hye Gwang Jeong of Chungnam National University have discovered that drinking alcohol with oxygen bubbles added leads to fewer hangovers and a shorter sobering up time. People drinking the bubbly booze sobered up 20-30 minutes faster and had less severe and fewer hangovers than people who drank the non-fizzy stuff. Kwon said: "The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage reduces plasma alcohol concentrations faster than a normal dissolved-oxygen alcohol beverage does. This could provide both clinical and real-life significance. The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage would allow individuals to become sober faster, and reduce the side effects of acetaldehyde without a significant difference in alcohol's effects. Furthermore, the reduced time to a lower BAC may reduce alcohol-related accidents."
Comment Re:Stunts (Score 1) 227
Stupid? Absolutely.
Nonetheless, I did find it funny however skewed and distorted their logic was.
Trade Your Bible For Porn 227
An anonymous reader writes "Atheist students at the University of Texas at San Antonio announced that any student over the age of 18 will receive pornographic materials if they trade in religious materials. From the article: 'Leaders of this atheist campaign allege that porn is no worse than what's written in religious texts. A university spokesman says that this controversial cause is completely legal, though he admits a majority of the students on campus do not agree with it.'"
Submission + - UK Police retains DNA data despite promise not to (circulartriangle.com)
redalien writes: "In 2008 I invited two policemen into my home and voluntarily gave them a DNA and fingerprint sample to help with a murder investigation, as they'd promised it would only be used for that investigation. I was never under any suspicion and could just as easily have said no. Almost a year after the investigation closed they have now confirmed that they've retained my samples and at my request have begun an investigation to see if there are sufficient "exceptional circumstances" to remove them.
I'm not the only one that was told samples would be removed, so if you've had such a promise from the police I recommend contacting their data protection registrar immediately."
I'm not the only one that was told samples would be removed, so if you've had such a promise from the police I recommend contacting their data protection registrar immediately."
Comment Re:Chip and Chip security... wait a second! (Score 1) 245
"The American "contact" systems are actually reasons to not require a signature or a PIN"
I may have misunderstood this statement, but by stating it you appear to be implying that the European system is contactless.
Or is "contact" meant to mean something other than physical contact?
Comment Re:Well yes... (Score 1) 645
NICE is independent of the NHS and government. Certain procedures and medication is not made payable on the NHS because of extortionately high costs by the pharmaceutical companies.
Also if you want you can buy health insurance and be treated by private hospitals. Difference is that here we're all covered (from what I understand in the US that's changing though), if you can afford health insurance you can get it, or if you're sceptical of socialised healthcare go ahead and get health insurance. Some companies even subsidise or pay for it - my Mum's University offer the choice.
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