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Comment Homeopathic politician? (Score 1) 526

If a politician is in a bath, and we shake the tub, after the politican gets out is the "essence of politician" in the tubwater sufficient to serve in the role of politician? We could experiment.. put the tub of "minister water" in to the committee roles the politician serves on, see if it does as good or better of a job...

Comment Re:The obvious question (Score 1) 315

If he was just ripping off two other engines, why did his win?

Even if you use two pieces of identical software on identical hardware in a tournament, it's irrational to expect the results will be the same. The results will depend on who you face, what colour you have, and what opening the opponent selects, at the very least. Expecting exact parity means expecting exactly the same set of game circumstances, which never happens.

New Molecules for a Faster Internet 94

Roland Piquepaille writes "An international team of researchers has discovered a new generation of optical molecules which interact 50% more strongly with light than any molecules ever tested. These organic molecules, known as chromophores, have been theorized by physicists at Washington State University, synthesized by chemists in China and tested for their actual optical properties by chemists in Belgium. But if they're excellent candidates for being used in optical technologies such as optical switches and Internet connections, these new materials should not be used before several years — if ever. Read more for additional details and a picture of the physicist who broke a law he established in 1999."

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