Cerebral Stasis

Just so you know, this has already been discussed here. As I've said, it looks like an excellent design, and even if the OLEDs burn out, thanks to the basic keyboard configuration layout, one would still be able to remember what buttons are what (as long as it is set to the normal keyboard configuration).

According to the Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy, matter and energy can be converted from one state to another, but none of it can be lost. So, in theory, a person could be converted into magnetic energy and back again, although in practice, it may be too complicated to ever be accomplished.

No, P2P isn't illegal, but transferring copyrighted material that would normally be purchased across a P2P network in order to own it for free is illegal. P2P is just a very efficient way of transferring large files (since one shares the file with others, instead of all the bandwidth being sucked from one website).

Maybe I should purchase Dance Dance Revolution sometime, for the sake of exercising at home and still having fun (currently there is no way to accompish both those goals at once). Of course, I don't want to end up looking like a total moron for having bought it, so maybe I'll wait for DDR2 (assuming there will be one).

... the most advanced country in the world - the United States of America.

That can be debated. As much as it pains me to say it, Japan is ahead of the United States, at least in general technology (of course they can't beat us when it comes to weapons, since they cannot officially have an army). And then, there are a few European countries that may be able to stand up the United States. We aren't the industrial superpower that we were right after WWII.

Ironic, isn't it? It takes World Wars to make the United States great - they only became truely powerful after WWI and WWII. While everyone else is in shambles, trying to build up, we go through a golden age of sorts. One must admit that we benefit from war, as strange as it sounds.

Whether that's good or not, you decide.

This is going out in a completely different direction, but terraforming Mars would take centuries, and even then, it may not be warm enough to support life as we know it.And I'm not completely sure we are "destroying" our planet. Sure, there's all this talk about destroying the enviroment and such, but just a decade it was all about "Global Warming" and now it's all about "Global Cooling", as if the minds that be cannot decide which to complain about. Maybe we should all start whining about a "Global Medium."

It is possible that her husband was unable to be reached at the critical moment. Besides, once again, telling him the facts would allegedly violate someone's rights to privacy. It's kind of a dog-chasing-his-tail case, but it sounds mostly legal to me.

If I'm not mistaken, it is generally not allowed/illegal for minors (under the age of 18) to buy things over the internet.Personally, when I had that problem, I would just tell my mother the truth and ask nicely. It would almost always work.

Just a little comment here. I believe that the original phrase was that America is the smelting pot of the world; not the "melting" pot, since "smelting" means to fuse, while melting means simply to turn from a solid state to a liquid state.

I would recommend you wash the soap off/shampoo out as soon as possible. Dry soap on your skin will cause your skin to dry out and flake, while shampoo in your hair can cause you to get dandruff (flaky scalp).

I agree, Brainless. The Treaty of Versailles asked Germany to take full responsibility for all of WWI, regardless of the fact that Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and others were allies that supported the war. Hitler had been a commanding officer in the German army during WWI and he managed to arouse his fellow Germans (granted, not all of them) against Jews, which he blamed for being the reason behind Germany's fall. One cannot solely blame Germany for any of that, though, since people tend to want a scapegoat during times of trouble, and Germany was going through times of trouble. Hitler simply stepped up and gave the people what they wanted - someone to point a finger at.

I think you guys are being a little hard on him. Can you tell me, truthfully, that you've never made a bad decision? You probably haven't killed anyone, but everybody makes mistakes. Everyone does things wrong.

Sure, everyone makes mistakes, but I don't shoot people in the eye, stab people in the neck, and bash people on the head with a hammer as a joke. Some things are just STUPID, and someone of his profession, more than anyone, should know better than to shock someone with defibrillator paddles. If these things are powerful enough to jump-start a heart, it's pretty obvious that they would also be powerful enough to stop one.

They didn't tell her because, as the article said, it woud infringe another patient's confidentiality. If they did that, the doctors could be sued. However, since they saved the lady's life and didn't disturb anyone's privacy, they really can't be sued, regardless of how insane it may seem. They didn't break any laws or violate any rights, so they can't be sued, unless the lawyer is able to sweet-talk the jury into pitying the lady who has been dismembered, but I'd guess the hospital would be able to afford a much better lawyer than the woman could.

I think you guys are being a little hard on him. Can you tell me, truthfully, that you've never made a bad decision? You probably haven't killed anyone, but everybody makes mistakes. Everyone does things wrong.

Sure, everyone makes mistakes, but I don't shoot people in the eye, stab people in the neck, and bash people on the head with a hammer as a joke. Some things are just STUPID, and someone of his profession, more than anyone, should know better than to shock someone with defibrillator paddles. If these things are powerful enough to jump-start a heart, it's pretty obvious that they would also be powerful enough to stop one.

man that planet is small

Did you even pay attention? It has been said twice in this thread already that the planet is 5.5 times the size of Earth. Now, if you have gotten past third grade, you should know that "times the size" means it's LARGER, as in BIGGER, as in NOT SMALL. Just because it's the smallest planet found outside our solar system doesn't mean the planet is small.

It doesn't seem likely for humans to actually discover a planet far away. They can't even see the starts properly... lol!

I don't know what decade you are from, but here in the early 21st century, scientists have found over 100 extrasolar planets, the first having been found in 1995. Read more here. Furthermore, scientists can see the stars VERY well. Those gigantic orbital telescopes and massive Earth-based mirrors aren't just for show.

This has got the be the DUMBEST financial transaction I have heard of since someone bought a french fry for over 200 dollars.

Well, you might as well give up, IWC. The chances of finding a completely new form of primate is slim to none. Sure, one can still find all kinds of new species of animals in different biospheres, but to find something of a completely new family is very unlikely.And finding new sea creatures isn't "boring" - there's much more to find down there than there is up here.

Sprnknwn, it doesn't matter if Bush wants to be president for another term or not. According to the Twenty-Second Amendment to the US Constitution, a presidential candidate cannot serve more than a total of two terms in the presidential office. Since it would take a 2/3 majority vote in Congress to repeal that amendment, I'm sure that Bush will NOT be elected to office for another term, unless the United States government is somehow overthrown and reinstated in that time, of which I rather doubt.

My website contains (hopefully) sardonic humor in the form of articles, rants, images, etc.Oh, and it contains a HUGE abscence of child porn. There's a lot of no child porn.

Just a few comments here.

 

When talking about the Honda robot, I assume you mean ASIMO, which was built back in 2000. While it has many breakthroughs in walking and interaction technology, it is a far cry from being any C-3PO. Furthermore, there are many more accurate and believeable robots (via animatronics) that are used in movies, such as Jurassic Park. Besides, the way the digital effects industry is going, it will soon be much cheaper to use 3D effects made in a computer than build real-life animatronic characters to use.

 

As for the QRIO robots being fluid in motion and quick to move, it may appear that way, but robots using motors will always have a slow response time. However, there have been experiments with robotic muscles that can react almost as fast as human muscles, and are about as strong. Furthermore, there have been theories concerning a new kind of artificial muscle that could react 1,000 times faster than an organic muscle, and could be much stronger, as well.

I've heard of that too, Wassie, but that's a completely different technology. I have to agree that flat keyboards (for me, anyway) would be difficult to use, simply because I have to feel the keys under my fingers in order to know that I'm putting my hands in the correct positions. However, if the clicking sound is the only thing you hold against standard keyboards, there ARE rubber keyboards that can be rolled up for the sake of being portable. Furthermore, you can feel the raised rubber keys. When it comes to things like a keyboard that is 100% projected, there is a high margin for error. For example, what if one of the lasers burned out? There would be no way at all to tell where the keys were, unless you managed to draw them in or memorize it from experimentation.

I can't imagine how a laser would cut in color, anyway, so it makes sense it's only "black and white."I must say, those labels are very impressively detailed. Thanks for posting them, Delivi.

RPG stands for Role-Playing Game, which is a game in which one takes the role of a character throughout a virtual world and develops that character through different plotlines and experiences.But I don't think that trying to incorporate a fitness program into an RPG directly would be a good idea - it would just result in a cheesy mixture that people would consider to be easily dismissed as nothing BUT a game, and as a result they would not take any of it seriously.I must say this is an impressive program, especially for only $25. I'll have to read more about it.

But I can't help but wonder how many car accidents will happen as a result of someone watching a movie on the edge of their sunglasses and, as a result, not pay attention to the road and the other people on it.

That's why most people are in-between. I know it sounds cruel, but I have little or no sympathy for dirt-poor people (who live in the USA), because there are so many opportunities out there, if they would put some elbow-grease into it, they could get a job and a decent living, perhaps even further their education, allowing them to get an even better job and even more money. There is no excuse for being poor in the USA, unless one is completely unable to work, due to a crippling mental disease or due to disfunctional body parts, and those kinds of people are taken care of by the government.I wouldn't call money evil, though. It can cause people to do evil things, but in itself, it is not evil. It can fix many problems, not to mention if there was no money, or if currency didn't matter, nothing would get done (for example, if one had to work all day but wouldn't get paid and would instead just be given enough food to live on, they wouldn't care too much about how good of a job they did - money offers an incentive to improve oneself and do better).