and that lasso was dreamed up by the "creator of the systolic blood pressure test used in an attempt to detect deception, which became one component of the modern polygraph.". (wikipedia) [which also doesn't work -me]

i wonder if that'd work. the heat still has to radiate out of the black. hm...

i really really really don't want to do this paper...

anima! lol

i wear a nylon web belt with a plastic buckle and, the last time i flew, ALL belts had to come off. now i know where to get a new belt, though!

thank you for that bit of missing information. i don't watch the show, so it just seemed like "happy minority report!".

an important point, considering the gummint bought DOWSING RODS (snazzy dowsing rods, to be sure) to find bombs.

it's "minority report" stuff, and getting close to "1984" stuff with omnipresent surveillance. it can be used in a helpful manner, as you point out - preventing "future crime", as phil dick envisioned it - or in a less than helpful manner - when the prediction is wrong (also ala dick).

wouldn't success rates of (at least significantly) less than 50% show that SOMETHING was going on? a reverse confirmation, of sorts? 50% is chance, in the long run, no? perhaps only for outcomes of two variables?

how can something impossible be dangerous? no snark intended.

inspirational.

RTFA 'I talked Delivery.com's CEO, Jed Kleckner, about his site's use of coupons. He said [Delivery.com] is "vigilant on being sure that people don't take advantage of the offerings." But he didn't admit to knowing if there were any users abusing the system. "If there are, it's immaterial to our business," he said'

bowls of brown has an intriguing sound.

am i mistaken in believing this sort of engine will only be useful once already outside escape velocity?

an excellent list. i have only to say... jack. vance.

i was just hoping that he was so brilliant he made them up in parallel. he certainly finds uses for them i didn't see mentioned - making them analogous (literally, as they're analog) to computers, in some ways.

sokka, in the original, though not a bender, was shown to be an integral part of the group. still, i did feel bad for 'im not being a bender.

awesome. i wonder if terry pratchett knew of these, or simply made them up on his own.

another vote for reaper. i really don't know why it was taken off.

my point was simply that the problem (making loli art illegal) is not limited to canada.