The 'sense' thread

[nanoboy]

Ooh now this sounds interesting!!!


Musk to outline 'Hyperloop' idea

US entrepreneur Elon Musk is expected to give more details later of his supersonic "Hyperloop" concept to link Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Read more:
BBC News - Elon Musk to outline 'Hyperloop' idea

 

[nanoboy]

Maybe they'll acknowledge next that the Roswell incident was really an alien encounter after all.


CIA acknowledges secret 'Area 51'

The CIA officially acknowledges the secret US test site known as Area 51 in a newly unclassified internal history of the U-2 spy plane programme.

Read more:
BBC News - Area 51 'declassified' in U-2 spy plane history

 

[nanoboy]

Ok this article is so intriguing that I just have to post more than one today.


The mystery of the vanishing gun inventor

Victorian machine-gun inventor William Cantelo left home one day and never returned. What happened to him, asks Steve Punt.

Read more:
BBC News - The mystery of the vanishing gun inventor

 

[nanoboy]

Sounds like a nice place to visit.


Is New Zealand's greatest actor New Zealand itself?

If a country could be eligible for a best actor award, New Zealand could be in the running for every gong going.

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BBC News - Top of the Lake: Is New Zealand's greatest actor New Zealand itself?

 

[nanoboy]

Democracy and Islamic law

Should a nation be defined by language and territory, by ruling party or by faith, asks Roger Scruton.

Read more:
BBC News - A Point of View: Democracy and Islamic law

 

[tschandler71]

Well a liberal democracy by definition is built on the rule of law. A theocracy therefore can be democracy but it is illiberal democracy and that is a best case scenario.

 

[BeardsleyZooFan]

A teen is recovering well from the first documented wolf attack in Minnesota.
Minnesota teen suffers head wounds in fight with attacking wolf | Fox News
Not exactly conservation news, so I figured it shouldn't go into that forum...

 

[nanoboy]

Fascinating article about Vietnam.

Where 'I love you' can't be said

Why 'I love you' cannot be said in Vietnamese, and a miscellany about life and times in Vietnam.

Read more:
BBC News - Vietnam: Where saying 'I love you' is impossible

 

[nanoboy]

Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything?

Lots of people don't bother to press the button at pedestrian crossings. Do they know something the rest of us don't?

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BBC News - Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything?

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Maybe one button in my town works.

~Thylo

 

[nanoboy]

The slow death of the pesky password

A fingerprint sensor embedded in the new iPhone 5S may herald the beginning of the end for the ever-annoying password.

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BBC News - Could iPhone's fingerprint sensor help kill off passwords?

 

[nanoboy]

Should the R-word be banned?

Pressure is mounting on the Washington Redskins to change their name because of the offence it causes Native Americans. But will a club that is steeped in tradition ever buckle?

Read more:
BBC News - Washington Redskins - time to change the name?

 

[Chlidonias]

Fascinating article about Vietnam.

Where 'I love you' can't be said

Why 'I love you' cannot be said in Vietnamese, and a miscellany about life and times in Vietnam.

Read more:
BBC News - Vietnam: Where saying 'I love you' is impossible

that's real jackass journalism at its best. Of course "I love you" can be said in Vietnamese, it is simply said with a different sentence structure. What the hack is saying amounts to "har har, stoopid foreigners don't have words that translate directly into my English words". What a McMuffin.

 

[nanoboy]

that's real jackass journalism at its best. Of course "I love you" can be said in Vietnamese, it is simply said with a different sentence structure. What the hack is saying amounts to "har har, stoopid foreigners don't have words that translate directly into my English words". What a McMuffin.

Haha. Like Indians invented the concept of zero?

Conversation from North America, circa 10,000BC: "how many sabre tooth tigers you saw today? Mooga?" "Yeah a day with mooga sabre tooths is a good day."

 

[nanoboy]

Why people give into temptation when no-one's watching

AL Kennedy asks why apparently good people are tempted to commit evil acts.

Read more:
BBC News - A Point of View: Why people give into temptation when no-one's watching

 

[nanoboy]

Remember this day folks: Skynet is one step closer to becoming self-aware.


F-16 jet takes off with empty cockpit

Boeing reveals that an F-16 fighter jet was converted into a drone and flown over the Gulf of Mexico as part of a test by the US Air Force.

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BBC News - Empty F-16 jet tested by Boeing and US Air Force

 

[nanoboy]

Why risk life and limb to volunteer overseas in person when you can use your skills online from the comfort of your home?


Why do we help strangers online?

What motivates people to take part in online volunteer projects, helping total strangers thousands of miles away?

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BBC News - Digital do-gooders: Why do we help strangers online?

 

[tschandler71]

Recovering from back surgery. Completely tanked on Percocet and Zolpidem. That damn cop

 

[nanoboy]

When it comes to asserting your power, it is the size of your motorcade and the length of your speech that matter, writes the BBC's Nick Bryant after covering his first meeting of the UN General Assembly.

Read more:
BBC News - The theatre behind the scenes at the UN General Assembly

 

[nanoboy]

How the world changed in September 2013

Have the events of September 2013 changed the way the world is run? BBC world affairs editor John Simpson decided to find out.

Read more:
BBC News - September 2013: The month America's 'moral mission' ended