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brock_r

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    Comment #10152483

    So if the parchment's carbon dating window contains the known date in reality, doesn't it make more sense to throw away the low end of the window? (Unless of course, you just want …

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    Comment #10124558

    Book Face? Huh.

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    Comment #10118340

    NASA's video shows the mountain nicely in 3D at the 1:06 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inc9BtRip04

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    Comment #10100384

    The Chicago gas prices jumped up 50 cents the day after this hit the news.

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    Comment #10043183

    Maybe they need to add a button that converts it to a normal spray?

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    Comment #10022701

    I can't see how it's just a temporary marketing ploy, as your link suggests. Nobody wants CHIP, they want the "$9 computer". I can't see how they can ever sell it for $39. As a los…

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    Comment #10022619

    They are probably too busy still counting the $2 million dollars they got from kickstarter.

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    Comment #10019692

    I see a cheetah in the static, too...

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    Comment #9981828

    >> Gauge transformations in physical theories can lead to possibly unpalatable conclusions if you believe a certain way. This sounds very interesting. Could you provide some exampl…

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    Comment #9976227

    >> especially for IPython Notebooks which need time to be read/appreciated. I agree wholeheartedly. You need to capture people's attention in 5 seconds or so. That means visuals, s…

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    Comment #9973164

    Blood trails...

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    Comment #9971731

    1) Check their haplogroup. See what part of the world they came from. Put it on 23andme so people can see if they are related. 2) Test to see if they are his mother's bones.

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    Comment #9971698

    Ironically, the author seems like he is the Rip Van Winkle here...

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    Comment #9970922

    The half-life of DNA is 521 years. So, even if these were the bones of Christ, there would still be plenty of DNA available for testing.

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    Comment #9919119

    But wouldn't a Lagrange point satellite appear to move in a completely un-star-like manner over the course of weeks and months?

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    Comment #9919099

    But the stars don't stand still with respect to an observer on the ground.