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To quote Isaac Asimov: “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’” This is another “That’s funny…” moment, and I’m very curious to hear what the cause turns out to be. Along with some other recent and curious discoveries, it suggests that the …
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Monopoly: The Movie? Apparently not as far-fetched as it seems at first glance.
It’s a good question, and one that we simply don’t have the information to answer yet. We can’t even prove that there are E.T.s at this point. From the science that I’ve read, it’s likely that life is fairly common in the universe. And once you have life, you have a biological arms race to …
It makes sense, things that are “good for you” never feel good. 😉
Now if we could only get more people to use it… there’s a nail salon near our house that proudly declares itself “Finger’s & Toe’s”. I wince every time I see their sign… unless it’s run by two people with the nicknames of Finger and Toe, they really need to check their punctuation.
Hm… maybe the sign of the Golden Pyramids was just as bad for you as the Golden Arches. 😉
I’ve long suspected that brains don’t have to be human-sized for intelligence.
Short answer: not bloody likely. At least not in my lifetime.
It just goes to show that no matter who you’re dealing with, or how trustworthy you think they are, it’s always a good idea to count your change. (In other words: “in God we trust. All others pay cash.”) 😉
The last paragraph is particularly heartening: FireEye researchers said the key to dismantling the giant ring was a coordinated effort that worked in multiple directions all at once so that bot herders didn’t have a chance to counteract. “As it turns out, no matter how many fallback mechanisms are in place, if they aren’t all …
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