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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 13, 2009, 04:51:23 PM

Title: Failures of Science: A List
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 13, 2009, 04:51:23 PM: 1. Delicious fish still have bones.
2. The only way I can lose weight is to eat well and exercise.
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Post by: Reb on May 13, 2009, 04:52:39 PM: 3. Still no teleportation devices
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 04:55:14 PM: 4. the internet allows the stupid to use it.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 04:57:15 PM: Keep up. I've been shaving for three weeks.
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Post by: tehjaybo on May 13, 2009, 04:57:40 PM: 8. Still no well-marketed device for use in conjunction with cyber sex.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 04:57:50 PM: 9. no sexbots
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 04:59:20 PM: 10. no physical harm over internet protocol has made it to the rfcc phase
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 05:00:54 PM: 11. I have to wait 16 more years for my Flannel Girl clone to become legal.
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 13, 2009, 05:01:41 PM: Quote from: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 04:59:20 PM
10. no physical harm over internet protocol has made it to the rfcc phase

(http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080801.jpg)
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:02:54 PM: Quote from: Malek on May 13, 2009, 05:00:54 PM
11. I have to wait 16 more years for my Flannel Girl clone to become legal.

clones don't have natural rights

fuck it whenever
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Post by: Oblivion on May 13, 2009, 05:04:37 PM: 12. Still not being able to disprove the existence of God. :smug
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 05:06:10 PM: Quote from: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:02:54 PM
fuck it whenever
So you're saying she can stay locked up in my broom-closet?

Quote from: Oblivion on May 13, 2009, 05:04:37 PM
12. Still not being able to prove God exists.

Researchers are too busy trying to prove that the tooth fairy exists.
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:10:48 PM: Quote from: Malek on May 13, 2009, 05:06:10 PM
Quote from: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:02:54 PM
fuck it whenever
So you're saying she can stay locked up in my broom-closet?

you can fuckill her and you won't get arrested
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 05:11:35 PM: I need a new lawyer.
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Post by: Positive Touch on May 13, 2009, 05:13:03 PM: 13. no flying cities
14. no magic food creators like in star trek
15. i STILL can't turn myself into an awesome immortal robot with gun arms
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 13, 2009, 05:16:14 PM: 17. No pill to get rid of hangovers.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 05:16:58 PM: Quote from: mojovonio on May 13, 2009, 05:12:53 PM
Have you posted a pic of flannel girl?

Cause in my head, she looks like this

(http://j.gravelle.us/Portals/0/Kohl.jpg)
OMG
where did you find her picture?

Quote from: Jinfash on May 13, 2009, 05:14:52 PM
16. No pill to get rid of homosexuality.

18. no pill to get rid of unnecessary, religious-created guilt
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:17:39 PM: 19 no ethical reasons to institute eugenics.
20 no soma
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 13, 2009, 05:18:02 PM: 21. No pill to knock girls out so you can -- wait, this belongs on the Triumphs of Science List
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:19:39 PM: 22. no good e-reader at acceptable price point
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Post by: Cyanista on May 13, 2009, 05:23:10 PM: 24. Keanu Reeves still gets movie roles
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 13, 2009, 05:23:19 PM: Quote from: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:19:39 PM
22. no good e-reader at acceptable price point

ugh don't get me started

the Kindle DX is like the Game Boy Color when we're all waiting on the PSP to show up
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:24:23 PM: 23. no "death rays"
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:24:44 PM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on May 13, 2009, 05:23:19 PM
Quote from: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:19:39 PM
22. no good e-reader at acceptable price point

ugh don't get me started

the Kindle DX is like the Game Boy Color when we're all waiting on the PSP to show up

i'll be happy with the GBA.
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 13, 2009, 05:25:41 PM: 24. Inability to beam my consciousness into another* body, even temporarily

spoiler (click to show/hide)
*female :teehee
[close]

eBook pricing is also totally out-of-whack with reality, of course, and stymied by awful DRM
Title: Re: Failures of Science: A List
Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 05:25:58 PM: Quote from: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:17:39 PM
19 no ethical reasons to institute eugenics.
The reduction of inherited diseases that attack specific populations, for one. Modern medical screening programs have, for example, significantly reduced the rates of Tay-Sachs disease in Ashkenazi Jews.
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Post by: Positive Touch on May 13, 2009, 05:28:15 PM: 25. where is the t-virus?
26. giant robots still haven't replaced regular soldiers in war
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:29:46 PM: 27. we don't live in the Culture.

thankfully there are thousands of years worth of texts for free. but yes, $10 for new major books just seems out of whack and the DRM situation totally fucking sucks. I'd like to own the things for which I'm paying through the nose
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Post by: Human Snorenado on May 13, 2009, 05:36:08 PM: 28. no invisibility/teleportation combo device to allow me to hang out in womens changing rooms
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Post by: Tauntaun on May 13, 2009, 05:36:40 PM: 29. There's still lag. :gun
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Post by: Kestastrophe on May 13, 2009, 05:37:57 PM: 30. Smoothe Groove can only fit 8 GPUs in his PC
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 05:49:05 PM: 31. White Man can only fit 8 anal beeds inside his sex butler, Arvie.
32. Computer programmers can only fit 8 responses inside FoC's head. Any additional responses need to be manually cut and pasted.
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Post by: OptimoPeach on May 13, 2009, 05:51:51 PM: We still haven't cured allergies
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 05:53:20 PM: just takes a little work
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Post by: Flannel Boy on May 13, 2009, 05:59:04 PM: 36. dry cleaners are unable to remove shoe-polish from wedding dresses.
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Post by: Barry Egan on May 13, 2009, 06:00:52 PM: 37. Baldness still a modern day reality
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Post by: Barry Egan on May 13, 2009, 06:06:29 PM: 38. Where's my dream recorder, science?
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Post by: Eric P on May 13, 2009, 06:07:24 PM: 38 no bots to grind out real life stuff so i can level faster
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Post by: Barry Egan on May 13, 2009, 06:11:53 PM: 39. No immanent technique for raising a Libertarian's self-awareness.
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Post by: Tauntaun on May 13, 2009, 11:24:31 PM: Quote from: Malek on May 13, 2009, 05:59:04 PM
36. dry cleaners are unable to remove shoe-polish from wedding dresses.

:lol
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Post by: Diunx on May 13, 2009, 11:54:33 PM: 40. No real penis enlargement pill.
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Post by: tiesto on May 14, 2009, 12:22:54 AM: 41. This (shamelessly stolen from gaf): http://ladybunny.net/blog/2009/05/cuchini-camel-toe-coverer-for-gals.html (http://ladybunny.net/blog/2009/05/cuchini-camel-toe-coverer-for-gals.html)
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Post by: chronovore on May 14, 2009, 01:25:25 AM: 42. No means of denying the benefits of science for Intelligent Design idiots who insist on denying scientific reason.

The iPod Touch is a serviceable e-book reader, withe eReader or Stanza installed. I've been reading on it quite a bit more, even compared to carrying a paperback book on a crowded train; it's dreamy.
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Post by: SantaC on May 14, 2009, 08:30:49 AM: 43) Duke Nukem Forever is never coming out