All this time, I could've been cooling parties for free like a sucker? Aw maaaaaan.
Ehhh, a couple of the items mentioned (the Triton rebreather thing and the magnetic rail car) are just student industrial design projects. The peanut allergy "cure" is pretty misleading. The memory thing is pretty cool, though.
NINJA'D!
(still outrageously awesome application of the technology, though. I'D certainly pay 25¢ to go paddle-a-paddle with it)
--Patrick
I'm just kinda annoyed that it's being paired along with actual science and portrayed as something real. Science reporting is bad enough without mixing it in with stuff that's completely made up.
And then there was the time a baseball game broke out in the middle of a wrestling match.
The fact that they can recognize individual people is remarkable, as well.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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It's sure tricky as hell even for humans to recognize individual crows.
How have you both failed to mention the best part of that video is the designer of the maglev car is named (undoubtedly incorrectly spelled, but in the name of hilarity) Schwang Dong?[DOUBLEPOST=1392055596,1392055564][/DOUBLEPOST]
I believe that is due to the fact that we are Racists.
I promise, I did laugh like a school child when I first saw it
GasBandit
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I think the term would be speciesist. But even then, consider how easy it is to tell different cats, dogs, or other common mammalian pets apart.
Perhaps we are Orderists.
GasBandit
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Toxa Avdeev is a car enthusiast and amateur rally racer with a beautiful Subaru Legacy B4 + VF37 turbo engine. So, naturally, like any dad would do with their kid, he decided to take him for a little joyride.
I saw that earlier today... Really cool. I've been very interested in jury selection.
Please try this.
I knew this existed already, but every jury I've ever tried out for has always settled before the selection process was reached. Booooring.
However, if selected, you better believe to whatever-thou-holdest-holy that I'm going to be as fair, honest, and just as possible, regardless of whether I like the subject matter.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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So far, my magic phrase for getting out of jury duty has been, "Well, he got arrested, he must have done something" when they start asking me questions.
Of course, I don't believe it for a second, but it sure scares defense attorneys.
Wait, what? They're illegal in the US? Or at least in Texas? I'm actually going to do this tomorrow
GasBandit
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They're illegal in Texas, and 13 other states.
In Texas, it's because we have a no-interpretation-zero-tolerance law on the books that says that all beauty, styling and grooming equipment must be completely sanitized/sterilized between each customer.
If you sanitize/sterilize a doctor fish, it dies rather quickly.