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False Dichotomy

They could have dropped the bomb on an uninhabited area, as a demonstration to the Japanese government. They could have allowed a longer period of time for the Japanese to surrender after Hiroshima instead of following up so quickly with the Nagasaki bomb. Etc. etc.

Overall, I agree with your point, better two cities lost than all the deaths that would have followed an invasion, but that's not to say that nuking two major cities was the best possible outcome

"The Vita has front and back cameras, a touchscreen in front, a touch pad on the back and two knob-like joysticks."

Who's their target audience? An octopus?

Salesforce runs on Oracle....

Speaking as someone who had no choice but to use paypal to transfer money out of India, thanks to the Indian govt's byzantine regulations, I'd say there are times when it's good to have a service that evades regulation. Trying to transfer money out via international bank transfers took 8 months struggling, with no results. Transferring money via paypal - despite the poor customer service and random account freezing - took only 2 months. The solution is for the Indians affected by this to pressure their government to cut the red tape and ease currency restrictions.

The biggest problem with current photochromics in sunglasses is not the speed, but the fact that they darken beautifully in strong sunlight, but only when it's cold.

In hot conditions the temperature sensitive dark=>light process is favoured over the uv sensitive light=>dark process and they stay clear. I don't want glasses that change colour quickly, I want glasses that change stay dark on the beach.

The only use I have for my current "light sensitive" glasses is if I ever go to the Arctic in summer.

... Muslim head scarves / veils, anyone?

He works for CERN...

There is no need for "an essential electric vehicle infrastructure". what is needed are cars that run off the current infrastructure.

There's a car in india called the Reva that runs off electicity, and can be charged from any common power socket. Sure, it's a bit crap, but I'm sure Californian ingenuity can come up with a better design.

If the californian govt. wants to encourage electric car usage, they should sponsor design competitions, or offer tax breaks on electic cars, etc. etc, not plough money into massive top-down infrastructure projects.

Well, that's what I think anyway.

What exactly does the non compete clause say? Is there a time limit? Does it impose specific conditions? Does it ban you from competing companies, or from working on competing products, or what?

As it is likely to form the basis of any lawsuit against you, make it the basis of your defence.....

Even assuming you're basically correct, there is one major difference, a mammoth genome could be placed in an *elephant* cell and implanted in an *elephant* host mother. Could a Neanderthal be placed in a chimpanzee host, or would it require a human? Regardless of the practical difference, a Neanderthal "child" created from a human cell and born by a human mother will be viewed as very different from one born by a mere "animal". Ethical positions are likely to be formed more by this than by the actual nature of the Neanderthal "child".

Wouldn't this then become something of a pyramid scheme? Yes, we'll charge you a vast amount of money for your transplant, but you can recoup it, AND MORE, from selling your own marrow later!!!! I guess it would speed up the treatment, you wouldn't want to be the last person to receive a marrow transplant, after all....