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- intelligenceisacurse voted up Local police want right to jam wireless signals 3 years ago
The quest to expand the technology has invigorated a debate about how widely jamming should be allowed and whether its value as a common crime-fighting strategy outweighs its downsides, including... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up Letterman: censored atheist comedy 15 years later 3 years ago
Last night, after 15 years, David Letterman showed a performance by Bill Hicks that was pulled from his show back on October 1, 1993. No one knows (or at least they aren’t saying) why the... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up Media's war on marijuana continues: Phelps admits 'regrettable' behaviour 3 years ago
Decisions are made by media executives that result in far more reports of people in trouble because of marijuana than reports of the far more plentiful evidence that marijuana, in a managed and... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up US army suicides hit record high 3 years ago
The rate of suicides among soldiers in the US army has risen to a record level for the second year in a row. The army said there were 128 confirmed suicides in 2008, with a further 15 deaths... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up Paulson's $140 Billion Surprise 3 years ago
ANP: A little-known story about the financial crisis. During the frenzied events of the fall, Henry Paulson rewrote a piece of the tax code to expedite mergers. The quiet alteration amounts to... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up Dumping Crops at Sea = Answer to Global Warming? 3 years ago
A new study suggests there is a second harvest to be had from America's vast bread basket, too -- one that could be an answer to global warming. Sucked from the atmosphere through... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up Amazing Chemicals Invented by Nature, Rebuilt in Lab 3 years ago
Natural substances can treat cancer, prolong life and trigger amazing hallucinations. But although nature can make a remarkably wide variety of chemicals — far more than the best... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up Getting high: the philosopher's take on the criminalisation of drugs 3 years ago
If moralisers were logicians, coffee and chocolate would be outlawed too A.C. Grayling There are two rarely noticed facts about drugs. First, almost all human beings use them - alcohol and... more
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- intelligenceisacurse voted up India's $10 Laptop to be Revealed Feb. 3 3 years ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- On February 3, the Indian government will display a prototype of the Rs 500, a $10 laptop that will hopefully give more young people the opportunity to learn and help increase the...
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