We can trap particles for a real amount of time. We don't need to slow them down. But just because you asked, we can slow down the speed of light in a vacuum by first putting it through a different medium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_light

I think there's still disagreement on whether consciousness can enter a Von Neumann chain in this case. But yeah, basically the interpretation of this experiment is that nothing went back in time- only observing what happened collapsed the wave-function that included not just the photons, but the scientists themselves.

Well most cables are good enough in the $2 range, but I wanted to chime in that coax and optical audio is passive and unidirectional, so there is no parity checks. If the receiving clock isn't right, there can be jitter. That's not usually a problem with the cable, but it can be. (Unlike TCP/IP which resends bits if stuff goes missing)

This cable is far superior to present-day televisions. We're talking about Christmas 2018, when the quality of televisions will finally meet this cable.

" Is it because everybody is discontented but doesn't what to do about it,"

This. If you look at these protesters for the 99%, they don't even really all agree on their goals.

Hahaha a joke about women and star trek in the same sentence! Why do we have such trouble getting laid with gold like this around?

You must be new here...

I think it's meant to be ironic.

You just don't get it. Until Arnold Schwarzenegger comes back to acting, we NEED this technology.

Plus, I heard a rumor that once they get all of Cameron Diaz's moves, they'll throw her out of acting altogether and use the computer version for pennies on the dollar! PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR!

I'd like to hear more about this theory. I've heard of a land, in a far off world, where this may be true.. but I'm just so skeptical.

It does prompt you when you first install, asks if it can send anon usage stats. You can decline.

I used to run a site that integrated multiple different theme servers and a central ebay-like store where you could buy/sell materials gained in each server. Gold was the standard of currency. It was a lot of fun. I ran out of money, so the site remains but the servers are offline. Check it out, maybe I'll revive it: http://www.mineverse.com/

He did use infinimer as a muse, but the code he wrote is all 100% from scratch.

So all this time I've been "playing" mafia wars, I've actually been using an interface to do the mafia's real dirty work? oh man..

Google Voice commands allow that format. When I'm on the road, I never type- I click the microphone and say "navigate to mcdonalds" which it then uses gps to determine which mcdonalds i'm looking for. Or "navigate to 22 somwhere st. " Here's the full list: http://www.google.com/mobile/voice-actions/