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June 27th, 2020 at 10:46:07 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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A thread to post things you don't really need to know, but kind of need to know
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June 27th, 2020 at 10:46:49 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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June 27th, 2020 at 11:33:35 AM permalink
rxwine
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The part you probably didn't need to know first.

Quote:
WASHINGTON – Following a recipe downloaded from the Internet and using gene sequences from a mail-order supply house, researchers have assembled a manmade version of the polio virus to prove how easy it would be for terrorists to make deadly biological weapons.

Researchers at the University of New York at Stony Brook assembled the virus and then injected it into mice to show that it worked. The animals were paralyzed and then killed.

"The reason we did it was to prove that it can be done and it now is a reality," said Dr. Eckard Wimmer, leader of the biomedical research team and co-author of the study appearing Friday in the journal Science.


What you need to know.

This story is already 17 years old.

https://www.foxnews.com/story/researchers-show-how-easy-it-is-to-create-bioweapons

Ideally, a country would already have a vaccine ready for any bio-weapon it uniquely produced, but that's no consolation for the rest of the world.
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June 28th, 2020 at 7:21:14 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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ii seem to rememer digging up corpses from the oregon Trail or from Hawaian graves would produce viable weapons also
June 28th, 2020 at 8:08:10 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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July 29th, 2020 at 11:36:01 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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I had to watch this twice to be sure I heard this right

Everything moves at the speed of light. Yep, Ourselves included. It's the only speed you can move at, there aren't choices it seems. This is an absurd statement if you don't say "the speed of light in spacetime" ... and is absurd if you just say "the speed of light" as an observed velocity.

So you have to watch the video for the explanation. If you don't want to, but want to make sure I'm not miss-stating this, check in at 7:48

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July 30th, 2020 at 3:18:49 PM permalink
petroglyph
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Currently 117.5* in the shade. Today marks the 35th day in a row of 110* or higher.
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July 30th, 2020 at 5:41:52 PM permalink
DRich
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Quote: petroglyph
Currently 117.5* in the shade. Today marks the 35th day in a row of 110* or higher.


I'm guessing you are in Arizona. Las vegas has been a little warmer than normal but not many crazy hot days. This week is supposed to be about 112 all week so it is hot but tolerable.
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July 30th, 2020 at 11:36:24 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: petroglyph
Currently 117.5* in the shade. Today marks the 35th day in a row of 110* or higher.


Now I'm going to do what you AZ
people always do in Jan when I
say it 3 below zero. You say it's
70 in AZ, no complaints.

All this week it's been mid 70's
here, no humidity. It's been
glorious weather, I sit on the
front porch and watch the bird
feeders being raided by chipmunks
and wonder where my pellet gun
is.
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July 31st, 2020 at 12:00:53 AM permalink
petroglyph
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Quote: Evenbob
Now I'm going to do what you AZ
people
That's hurtful, but I can see where you'd think that . It didn't happen by design.

I didn't mind cold weather.
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