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1. •  
     CommentAuthorGreasemonkey
   • CommentTimeNov 14th 2012

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   Also horrifying is the knowledge that science is working on machines which can read people's minds.
2. • CommentAuthor256
   • CommentTimeNov 15th 2012

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   I think it is/will be an amazing scientific achievement, and possibly the gateway to a more mature understanding of the brain (and, perhaps even more interesting, of the mind).
   
   And I also think that some of the eventual applications of it (mind-machine interfaces, allowing the physically and mentally disabled to communicate, memory storage, and a whole host of other things you could speculate about) will be of great benefit to humanity.
   
   But between those two thoughts is an awareness that, knowing the way the military-industrial complex tends to go, the first practical application of this technology is probably going to be in some CIA black site, where a "terrorist suspect" will to have their mind probed until there's nothing left.
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     CommentAuthorFoamhead
   • CommentTimeNov 15th 2012

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   White supremacist rally "clowned" by counter protest
   
   
4. • CommentAuthorRenThing
   • CommentTimeNov 16th 2012

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   They could survive a nuclear holocaust but not a baker's strike: Hostess, maker of the Twinkie, will seek permission from a bankruptcy court judge to liquidate as of today.
5. • CommentAuthorWood
   • CommentTimeNov 16th 2012

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   Apparently Anonymous launched a large-scale operation of defacing Israeli sites : #OpIsrael
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     CommentAuthorYaboo Chingoa
   • CommentTimeNov 16th 2012 edited

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   In response to Wood's Pratchett post: the recent AV Club interview. I gotta get on those two recent books...
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     CommentAuthorFoamhead
   • CommentTimeNov 17th 2012

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   India textbook says meat-eaters lie and commit sex crimes

   Meat-eaters "easily cheat, lie, forget promises and commit sex crimes", according to a controversial school textbook available in India.
   New Healthway, a book on hygiene and health aimed at 11 and 12 year-olds, is printed by one of India's leading publishers.

8. • CommentAuthoricelandbob
   • CommentTimeNov 17th 2012

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   If this is true, then HOLY SHIT!
   
   
9. •  
     CommentAuthorFoamhead
   • CommentTimeNov 17th 2012

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   Growing concerns over ‘in the air’ transmission of Ebola

   Canadian scientists have shown that the deadliest form of the ebola virus could be transmitted by air between species.
   In experiments, they demonstrated that the virus was transmitted from pigs to monkeys without any direct contact between them.
   The researchers say they believe that limited airborne transmission might be contributing to the spread of the disease in some parts of Africa.
   They are concerned that pigs might be a natural host for the lethal infection.

10. •  
      CommentAuthorjohnjones
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2012

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    @ icelandbob
    
    Who is the guy doing the reporting? One thing I found interesting was his take on Guy Fawkes - and his apparent ignorance of the Guy Fawkes' masks role in V for Vendetta, which is a far more likely source of inspiration for Anonymous than the actual Guy Fawkes.
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      CommentAuthorMorac
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2012

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    @johnjones: It was this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Hartmann
12. •  
      CommentAuthorcelan
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2012

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    If you’re 27 or younger, you’ve never experienced a colder-than-average month
    
13. • CommentAuthorStefanJ
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2012

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    If things getting warmer every year is the new normal then everything is as it should be and there's nothing to worry about!
14. •  
      CommentAuthorcurb
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2012

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    I swear I only seem to post here with stories about animals attacking humans...
    
    Australian Drunk survives attempt to ride crocodile.
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      CommentAuthorRootfireember
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2012

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    @curb - I saw that ?last night? Wild!
16. •  
      CommentAuthorFoamhead
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2012

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    Man arrested for repeatedly sneaking onto farm, covering himself in dung and masturbating
17. •  
      CommentAuthorcurb
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2012

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    @Rootfireember That's some fine Australian interrogative intonation right there?
18. • CommentAuthormagnusisasillyname
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2012

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    Foamhead - I actually know that guy, he's from near where I used to live in Cornwall. It's not so much the wanking in slurry that's the problem, more that it's the SAME family's farm that he keeps doing it at, and he's also vandalised a load of their stuff and set their barn on fire. Weird chap, he needs some help.
    
    Anyway, I came here to post this:
    
    
19. •  
      CommentAuthorD.J.
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2012

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    Important Police Business
20. • CommentAuthor256
    • CommentTimeNov 20th 2012

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    Dateline: Mars - Curiosity finds... something?
    
    Short version: Curiosity's sample analysis instrument (SAM) has found something that's "big news", but the science team are waiting for confirmation before saying what.
    
    Shrtr vrsn: Hopefully not another NASA balls-up.