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Nov 27 15 3:16 PM
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/security-experts-believe-the-premise-of-die-hard-40-could-become-a-reality-in-australia/news-story/cf527c5539f52a85b1fa6343f621110c
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
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Dec 2 15 10:49 AM
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/11/life-imitating-art-strange-cases-where-fiction-has-foretold-the-future/
Dec 2 15 7:08 PM
Dec 2 15 11:02 PM
icepick wrote:What? No Lone Gunman? Their episode about planes being used to attack the towers prior to 9/11 was uncanny. Or simply copied.Speaking of Lone Gunman, I wonder what happened to Rob?
Dec 3 15 8:02 AM
Dec 5 15 5:03 PM
Bartenders see it all the time: a customer who spends more time with their phone than with their friends. Social media has become such an integral part of life — and a marketing strategy — that most bars are hesitant to ban smartphones altogether. But excessive phone use can turn a warm and friendly gathering place into a cold and lifeless business, motivating many bars to restrict how and when customers can use their phones.Ernie's Tin Bar in Petaluma, about 40 miles north of San Francisco, has several prominent signs saying cell phones aren't allowed. In practice, the bar allows texting, photo-taking and other quiet person-to-phone interactions and only bans phone conversations. However, owner Ernest Altenreuther says a lot of people won't even bring their phones into the bar because they're nervous about breaking the rule or changing the atmosphere of the bar."It's annoying to be sitting there at the bar and have someone talking on the phone rather than talking to other people," says Altenreuther, whose great-grandfather opened the bar in 1923. Banning cell phones, he says, "promotes a more social environment where people are speaking to each other."
Bartenders see it all the time: a customer who spends more time with their phone than with their friends. Social media has become such an integral part of life — and a marketing strategy — that most bars are hesitant to ban smartphones altogether. But excessive phone use can turn a warm and friendly gathering place into a cold and lifeless business, motivating many bars to restrict how and when customers can use their phones.
Ernie's Tin Bar in Petaluma, about 40 miles north of San Francisco, has several prominent signs saying cell phones aren't allowed. In practice, the bar allows texting, photo-taking and other quiet person-to-phone interactions and only bans phone conversations. However, owner Ernest Altenreuther says a lot of people won't even bring their phones into the bar because they're nervous about breaking the rule or changing the atmosphere of the bar.
"It's annoying to be sitting there at the bar and have someone talking on the phone rather than talking to other people," says Altenreuther, whose great-grandfather opened the bar in 1923. Banning cell phones, he says, "promotes a more social environment where people are speaking to each other."
Read more @ https://talesofthecocktail.com/behind-bar/banning-cell-phones-bad-business
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Dec 18 15 10:56 AM
(CNN)The invention of guns took warfare to a whole new level. Later, airplanes radically changed it again. Now, experts say another big shift is coming, led by energy weapons, including lasers.The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, said it's on track to demonstrate a working laser weapon on a fighter jet by 2020."It really is a national tipping point," said Kelly Hammett, chief engineer for the AFRL's directed energy directorate. "We see the technology evolving and maturing to the stage where it really can be used." Arming larger planes with laser weapons has been possible for years. But the more difficult challenge is to create lasers small, accurate and powerful enough for fighter jets, Hammett said. The g-forces and vibrations of near supersonic speeds make that tough. Hammett said he thinks those hurdles can be overcome within five years. The AFRL is also working on another idea that sounds like something from "Star Trek":
(CNN)The invention of guns took warfare to a whole new level. Later, airplanes radically changed it again. Now, experts say another big shift is coming, led by energy weapons, including lasers.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, said it's on track to demonstrate a working laser weapon on a fighter jet by 2020.
"It really is a national tipping point," said Kelly Hammett, chief engineer for the AFRL's directed energy directorate. "We see the technology evolving and maturing to the stage where it really can be used."
Arming larger planes with laser weapons has been possible for years.
But the more difficult challenge is to create lasers small, accurate and powerful enough for fighter jets, Hammett said. The g-forces and vibrations of near supersonic speeds make that tough. Hammett said he thinks those hurdles can be overcome within five years.
The AFRL is also working on another idea that sounds like something from "Star Trek":
Read more @ http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/17/politics/us-air-force-laser-fighter-jet-weapons-research/index.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
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Dec 24 15 10:29 PM
What started off as a fitting phrase has now become a reality, as medical researchers based at Leiden University in the Netherlands have suggested that watching a horror movie actually increases the chances of getting a blood clot. So scary films can literally curdle your blood. You couldn’t make this stuff up.Two sets of volunteers were asked to watch either the horror movie Insidious, or a completely plain, boring, or “non-frightening” (to use the report’s words) documentary on the French wine industry. Riveting. Before all you horror buffs go all Speedy Gonzales on your keyboards with rage, the movie was chosen because it is “consistently scary, rather than building up to a climax, and it was unlikely to have been seen by the volunteers.” And before all you French wine enthusiasts get maddened… well, sorry, it’s just boring. Blood samples were taken from each group, and the level of protein factor VIII (which goes a long way to causing blood clots in the veins) in each revealed a significant correlation between it and the horror movie.
What started off as a fitting phrase has now become a reality, as medical researchers based at Leiden University in the Netherlands have suggested that watching a horror movie actually increases the chances of getting a blood clot. So scary films can literally curdle your blood.
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Two sets of volunteers were asked to watch either the horror movie Insidious, or a completely plain, boring, or “non-frightening” (to use the report’s words) documentary on the French wine industry. Riveting.
Before all you horror buffs go all Speedy Gonzales on your keyboards with rage, the movie was chosen because it is “consistently scary, rather than building up to a climax, and it was unlikely to have been seen by the volunteers.” And before all you French wine enthusiasts get maddened… well, sorry, it’s just boring.
Blood samples were taken from each group, and the level of protein factor VIII (which goes a long way to causing blood clots in the veins) in each revealed a significant correlation between it and the horror movie.
Read more @ http://www.wow247.co.uk/2015/12/18/horror-movies-can-literally-curdle-your-blood-says-science/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
Dec 26 15 10:47 AM
Jan 2 16 6:52 PM
http://wtkr.com/2015/12/31/its-just-the-beginning-for-hoverboard-lawsuits/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
Jan 3 16 2:41 PM
Jan 3 16 9:08 PM
icepick wrote:Well, considering this is a Chinese product ........................ and I hate to say this, but I couldn't help noticing that the only three potential plaintiffs from links on that site were black. That seems to lead to an inevitable lawsuit these days. Are we responsible for this trend regarding Afican-Americans and lawsuits? I'll give odds that we wind up receiving said blame, in the event it is assigned. Of course I come from a time when you were a dirty scoundrel if you sued somebody too, so I'm always quick to pick up on the details regarding this sort of thing.
Jan 5 16 11:08 PM
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/7-real-life-products-that-get-their-names-from-dystopia-1749261720?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
Jan 6 16 4:48 AM
PeacefulSwannie wrote:icepick wrote:Well, considering this is a Chinese product ........................ and I hate to say this, but I couldn't help noticing that the only three potential plaintiffs from links on that site were black. That seems to lead to an inevitable lawsuit these days. Are we responsible for this trend regarding Afican-Americans and lawsuits? I'll give odds that we wind up receiving said blame, in the event it is assigned. Of course I come from a time when you were a dirty scoundrel if you sued somebody too, so I'm always quick to pick up on the details regarding this sort of thing.There was another news article I saw where one of those things exploded into flames.