I was dismayed to discover that the utility room in our new house does not have a drain in it, one of its very few shortcomings. If the water heater ever leaks (as happened in our previous house once already), it will be a major problem — there’s nowhere for the water to go. There …
You’re joking, right?
I suspect that this is only good when the suspected person doesn’t know to expect it, and how it’s judged. When he does, he’ll have worked out how to draw the visual details along with the rest of his story. Of course, I could be wrong, he might still give himself away.
How long do you think it will take for this to be adopted by intelligence services worldwide? 😉 So much for hiding conversations from electronic eavesdroppers by holding them near running water. (My guess: they’ve already got it. I could be wrong, but it’s an obvious idea to any science guy — or hard science …
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To think that for my entire life, I thought “weird” was an actual word. Now I find out that it’s an acronym for Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. 😉 All joking aside, this is some really interesting psychology stuff.
Happy Hallowe’en! And to celebrate, here’s a story about a different kind of mask — one that firefighters can use to keep Fido and Fluffy breathing while they’re being rescued from a burning building. In the last few human generations, cats and dogs have gone from working cohabitors of our land, to beloved family pets, …
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I was somewhat surprised when I read that people are getting more intelligent, on average, every decade. (Here’s more evidence of it.) But it makes sense… no matter what the cause, more people are learning how to think better all the time. And more people believe they can be smarter, from seeing smarter people around …
First, for those of you who know and care about it: after seven years of work, the theory for Project X is successfully finished! (Hurray!) However, I haven’t found a simple — but not too simple — use for it so I could prove that it works. I’m not sure I’ll be able to commercialize …
I certainly hope that these were intended as a gag gift. Most guys go out of their way not to walk around with that kind of silhouette, outside of a bedroom. The only person that I can remotely imagine that a guy might want to impress that way is a potential sex partner. And in …
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Just in case you didn’t have enough to worry about already. 😉 For the record, I sometimes use my Apple MacBook Pro on my lap, occasionally for extended periods, and have never suffered from Toasted Skin Syndrome. But then, like almost everyone, I’m smart enough to move it when it gets uncomfortably hot, even if …
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