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Comment Re:Sigh (Score 2, Insightful) 419

by fnagil on Thursday September 03, 2009 @07:00AM (#29297429) Attached to: Airborne Boeing Laser Blasts Ground Target

Mirrors reflect (typically) 60-70% of the light that hits them, turning the rest into heat.

Have you ever looked in a mirror? Seriously!

The next time you go to the barber, and he shows you the back of your head by holding up an extra mirror, check if the reflection looks even detectably darker than the real thing. If you check out one of those places where you can stand between two mirrors and get "infinitely" many reflections, how do you think you can see so many reflections?

(Assuming we are speaking about visible light, of course)

Thai Gov't Sets Up Site For Snitching On Royals' Critics 329

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 05, 2009 @10:41PM from the yes-yes-the-king-is-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a move that would make the old eastern German Stasi green with envy, the Thai government has modernized a system that allows citizens to snitch on fellow citizens. 'Internet users are being urged to show their loyalty to the king by contributing to a new website called protecttheking.net, which has been set up by a parliamentary committee. On the site's front page it is described as a means for Thai people to show their loyalty to the king by protecting him from what it calls misunderstandings about him. It calls on all citizens to inform on anyone suspected of insulting or criticising the monarchy.' An large unknown population of political prisoners are currently being held for 3 to 15 years in Thai prisons for being interpreted as insulting the monarchy."

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