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kateoplis: 17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped killed...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:00:46 -0500

17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped killed herself today after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers

Livid

kateoplis: Japanese researchers build a gun capable of stopping...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:38:07 -0500

kateoplis:

Japanese researchers build a gun capable of stopping speakers in mid-sentence | MIT Technology Review

The drone of speakers who won’t stop is an inevitable experience at conferences, meetings, cinemas, and public libraries.

Today, Kazutaka Kurihara at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tskuba and Koji Tsukada at Ochanomizu University, both in Japan, present a radical solution: a speech-jamming device that forces recalcitrant speakers into submission.

The idea is simple. Psychologists have known for some years that it is almost impossible to speak when your words are replayed to you with a delay of a fraction of a second. Kurihara and Tsukada have simply built a handheld device consisting of a microphone and a speaker that does just that: it records a person’s voice and replays it to them with a delay of about 0.2 seconds. The microphone and speaker are directional so the device can be aimed at a speaker from a distance, like a gun. In tests, Kurihara and Tsukada say their speech jamming gun works well: “The system can disturb remote people’s speech without any physical discomfort.”

Wow

podatmilk: from 49erswebzone forum Sho nuff

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:37:50 -0500

podatmilk:

from 49erswebzone forum

Sho nuff

laughingsquid: Dexter Morgan’s Miami Slice

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:22:48 -0400

laughingsquid:

Dexter Morgan’s Miami Slice

npr: In honor of the classic SNL skit poking fun at NPR, Ben...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:22:15 -0400

npr:

In honor of the classic SNL skit poking fun at NPR, Ben & Jerry’s has released a new flavor: Schweddy Balls Ice Cream.

Mmm…. Good times.

"Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of..."

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:21:45 -0400

“Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join.”

- Andrew Sullivan on the debate crowd’s positive response to the large number of executions that Perry resided over while governor of Texas. (via liberal-life)

theclearlydope: Never has an image so summed up my Sunday...

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:27:01 -0400

theclearlydope:

Never has an image so summed up my Sunday afternoons.

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Yep