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Justice Not As Blind As Previously Thought 256

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @03:05PM from the too-pretty-for-jail dept.

NotSoHeavyD3 writes "I doubt this is much of a surprise but apparently Cornell University did a study that seems to show you're more likely to get convicted if you're ugly. From the article: 'According to a Cornell University study, unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted than good-looking ones. And the unattractive also get slapped with harsher sentences — an average of 22 months longer in prison.'"

Comment Re:What good is freedom of expression (Score 0) 484

by maartynp on Monday April 26, 2010 @03:26PM (#31987938) Attached to: In Brazil, Google Fined For Content of Anonymous Posting

That's not necessarily a misconception, but rather a simplification. BTW, how would you classify defamatory gossip? It's not permanent but it's also not transient.

Comment April 1st (Score 0, Redundant) 62

by maartynp on Thursday April 01, 2010 @05:48PM (#31703208) Attached to: Postgres Project To Go NoSQL

It's gotta be another Topeka or "John" Hopkins.

Cooling the Planet With a Bubble Bath 219

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 26, 2010 @04:58PM from the rubber-ducky-optional dept.

cremeglace writes "A Harvard University physicist has come up with a new way to cool parts of the planet: pump vast swarms of tiny bubbles into the sea to increase its reflectivity and lower water temperatures. 'Since water covers most of the earth, don't dim the sun,' says the scientist, Russell Seitz, speaking from an international meeting on geoengineering research. 'Brighten the water.' From ScienceNOW: 'Computer simulations show that tiny bubbles could have a profound cooling effect. Using a model that simulates how light, water, and air interact, Seitz found that microbubbles could double the reflectivity of water at a concentration of only one part per million by volume. When Seitz plugged that data into a climate model, he found that the microbubble strategy could cool the planet by up to 3C. He has submitted a paper on the concept he calls “Bright Water" to the journal Climatic Change.'"

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