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This Week in the Future, October 30- November 6 : Baarbarian
The future continued to unfold before us this week, and it's been quite a week indeed.
A bread-loving bird shut down the LHC, a martian weatherman forecasts conditions on Mars, a space hotel set to open its doors in 2012 already has paying guests, and, by the time the holidays roll around, every Nintendo-loving household can stick a wiimote in an anatomically correct doll's back to rock it lovingly via accelerometer and hear its gurgles, giggles and wails through a tinny Wiimote speaker.
The past is looking pretty weird, too; as it turns out, kissing evolved to spread germs, not feelings.
What a world.
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"Today on Mars, Cold and Dusty."
"We'd like a room with a view."
Smoochy, Smoochy, who wants cooties!
"That's the tastiest quench I've ever heard!"
LHC just can't seem to catch a break...
Even though the LHC is shut down because of a bird dropping food, the notion that particles are travelling back in time to prevent their own discovery is ridiculous.
the air bags on the military vehicles are like that fat dude, the Blob, the Bl in X-Men where everything just bounces off of him. thats the inspiration.
how bout them Blackhawks? awesome, right
I mean the Chicago hockey team
I could use a free shirt. broke college student
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i love the weekend but it sucks when i can't get my daily news from popsci,
i still check the site anyways.
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Bloop.
It was only a matter of time that they decided to use the Wii for training to becaime a parent... Its amazing that you can use the same controller to rock a baby that you use to gun down zombies, or spin the wheel, or steer the car.. i love technology
This is the first time I've ever really wanted a t-shirt lol I just really enjoyed all the stories I guess.
i am a martian give me that human shirt:-)
News break!!
A bomber bird from the future just flew over the Large Hadron Colider LHC and dropped a lethal "baguette" nano-bomb that impaired the most complex machine ever built.
This seems to back the notion that particles are travelling back in time to prevent their own discovery.
im so ready for 30 years later...im so bored in this era
its all up to us future engineers of the world!! woowhoo! gogogo!
will they have room service?
That sand puppy shirt would look great on my science minded son. I wish for good luck on Friday the 13th!
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Was there French kissing before the French? Well if it weren't for the French we would have no baguettes to ruin the LHC and no form of passionate kissing... Some engineers would probably prefer it this way. I need passionate kisses from smart girls! THIS T-SHIRT'LL BE STEP ONE BABY!
i got my bros phone
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that wii doll thing is creepy
how about weathermen on earth that get the weather right
i check this site on school
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/cry for the LHC. It is treated so badly. People should be nice to the LHC...
i want that shirt!
Loved the LHC story
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