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jamie writes: "Simple question: "what happens if you put your hand in the beam of the Large Hadron Collider?""
Comment Will he get trial by a jury of his Peers? (Score 1) 9
(Yes, that SL was bad, groan...)
I don't know about the UK, but in the USA - if I understand the law correctly - technically it is not illegal to be drunk. Only D&D or DUI/DWI. Or passed out (aka sleeping) in public where you shouldn't be. So, if you can restrain yourself from climbing the bus stop lamppost, can prove you gave your car keys to your neighbor's (neighbour's) pet marmoset, and don't make anybody call the EPA because your breath is making people within a two mile radius pass out, you're golden as Fort Knox.
Comment Re:library of congress (Score 1) 495
How heavy is a library of congressmen/women?
Revived Microbe May Hold Clues For ET Lifeforms 126
krou writes "Science Daily is reporting that a microbe, Herminiimonas glaciei, buried some 3 km under glacial ice in Greenland, and believed to have been frozen for some 120,000 years, has been brought back to life (abstract). The microbe, some ten to fifty times smaller than E. coli, was brought back over several months by slowly incubating it at gradually increasing temperatures. After 11.5 months, the microbe began to replicate. Scientists believe that it could help us understand how life may exist on other planets. Dr. Jennifer Loveland-Curtze, who headed up the team of scientists from Pennsylvania State University, said: 'These extremely cold environments are the best analogues of possible extraterrestrial habitats. ... [S]tudying these bacteria can provide insights into how cells can survive and even grow under extremely harsh conditions, such as temperatures down to -56C, little oxygen, low nutrients, high pressure and limited space.' She also added that it 'isn't a pathogen and is not harmful to humans, but it can pass through a 0.2 micron filter, which is the filter pore size commonly used in sterilization of fluids in laboratories and hospitals. If there are other ultra-small bacteria that are pathogens, then they could be present in solutions presumed to be sterile. In a clear solution very tiny cells might grow but not create the density sufficient to make the solution cloudy.'"
Comment Re:I WANT TO BELIEVE (Score 1) 208
Welp. They have the basic goal To Serve Man. What do you expect? Lighten up; so they goofed the first couple of tries. Maybe they should stop trying to make sense of our Ronco commercials and try frying themselves instead of these insipid stir-fry thingies they've been masquerading as so far.
Goldman Sachs Tries To Shut Down Dissident Blogger 161
The Narrative Fallacy sends along a piece from the Telegraph on efforts by Goldman Sachs to silence a blogger who is posting commentary critical of the bank. "Goldman Sachs has instructed Wall Street law firm Chadbourne & Parke to pursue blogger Mike Morgan, warning him in a recent cease-and-desist letter that he may face legal action if he does not close down his website goldmansachs666.com. According to the C&D letter, dated April 8, the bank is rattled because the site 'violates several of Goldman Sachs' intellectual property rights' and also 'implies a relationship' with the bank itself. Morgan claims he has followed all legal requirements to own and operate the website and that the header of the site clearly states that the content has not been approved by the bank. In a post entitled Goldman Sachs vs Mike Morgan, the blogger predicts that the fight will probably end up in court. He went through a similar battle with US home builder Lennar a few years ago after he set up a website to collect information on what he alleged was shoddy workmanship in its homes. 'Since I went through this with Lennar, I've had advice from some of the best intellectual property lawyers, and I know exactly what I can and can't do. We're not going to back down from this.'"
Comment There'll always be a need for some brainless fun? (Score 1) 266
The newest games are great -- but stuff like PacMan and Galaga have timeless appeal to middle-aged/^B/^B/^B/^B/^B/^B/^B/^B/^B/^B^Bwisdom-endowed foks like me imho... on a cell phone you can't beat these games to pass a couple of minutes with some good, brainless fun...
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