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Comment Re:Other prisons are the same (Score 1) 142

by RedOctober on Thursday November 06, 2014 @06:50PM (#48329489) Attached to: Australian Post Office Opens Mail Forwarding Warehouse In the USA

Though around 150,000 convicts were sent to Australia, we can't forget that around 50,000 were sent to the American colonies as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Bound-Iron-Chain-Transported-Convicts/dp/098367440X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309874514&sr=8-1

America has some claim to convict glory as well :-)

Comment Re:The point is ? (Score 1) 146

by RedOctober on Saturday November 14, 2009 @01:48AM (#30095334) Attached to: Commodore 64 Runs Again On the iPhone

If you have to ask, you will never know.

Submission + - Human Immortality: A Scientific Reality?

Submitted by socram on Friday February 16, 2007 @08:49AM

socram writes: From the moment of birth, we begin the battle against death — against the inevitable. Statistics say that a newborn child can expect to live an average of 76 years. But averages may not be what they use to be.In 1786, life expectancy was 24 years. A hundred years later it doubled to 48. Right now, it's 76. The cause of human aging is now being understood.

Submission + - Scientists Dubious of Quantum Claims

Submitted by Dollaz on Friday February 16, 2007 @08:20AM

Dollaz writes: And independent quantum computing researchers said they are dubious of some of the claims made by D-Wave Systems Inc. because the privately held Canadian company has not yet submitted its findings for peer review, a standard step for gaining acceptance in scientific circles

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