Comment Re:Nuclear power plants are offtopic, but here goe (Score 1) 262

by Vulture101 on Friday November 27, 2009 @07:44AM (#30244476) Attached to: The World's First Osmotic Power Plant

Amen

Comment Re:Put the damn thing in neutral! (Score 1) 1146

by Vulture101 on Thursday November 05, 2009 @07:17AM (#29993024) Attached to: Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms

I drive an Audi and you dont need to wait for for the gas to be cut, the moment you hit the brake pedal, the gas is cut to around 1200/1500 RPM - i think it doesnt cut to idle so it can maintain more vacuum to the servo. I found it when i bought it and was trying to do that maneuver where you brake with you heel and accelerate with the tip of the foot to keep the rev (yes, its a manual) - impossible to do in vw/audi :(

Comment Re:It is their DUTY to kill US soldiers (Score 1) 679

by Vulture101 on Thursday November 29, 2007 @10:56AM (#21517905) Attached to: How Tech Almost Lost the War

Amen

Feed New Scientist: Type 1 diabetes genes identified (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Wednesday November 21, 2007 @08:32AM

Faulty versions of genes that usually help the body fight infection may instead promote attacks on insulin-producing cells

Feed New Scientist: China plans first spacewalk (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Wednesday November 21, 2007 @07:52AM

The nation will attempt its first spacewalk during its third crewed flight next year, according to local newspaper reports

Smarter Teens Have Less Sex 1285

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @10:33AM from the still-no-excuse-for-you dept.

Tech.Luver writes "Gene Expression reports, "Tyler Cowen quotes from a new study testing the relationship between grades and delayed sexual activity. Last December I passed a paper along to Razib showing that high-school age adolescents with higher IQs and extremely low IQs were less likely to have had first intercourse than those with average to below average intelligence. (i.e. for males with IQs under 70, 63.3% were still virgins, for those with IQs between 70-90 only 50.2% were virgin, 58.6% were virgins with IQs between 90-110, and 70.3% with IQs over 110 were virgins) In fact, a more detailed study from 2000 is devoted strictly to this topic, and finds the same thing: Smart Teens Don't Have Sex (or Kiss Much Either). ""

Feed NASA's Scarecrow rover to scour Mars in 2009 (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @10:52AM

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Just months after learning the truth behind the fall of the late Mars Global Surveyor, NASA is already test driving the next great planetary invader. The vehicle, dubbed Scarecrow for its (current) lack of brain matter, is already conquering terrain in the Mars Yard as it prepares for a scheduled launch in 2009. Its sole mission in life will be to "follow the evidence of water that has already been found on the surface of Mars," and just in case any unforeseen hostiles attempt to sabotage its assignment, the engineers have equipped it with a "laser that can pulverize rock from 20 feet away." So much for a peaceful visit.

[Via The Raw Feed, image courtesy of NASA]

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