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WookieLifeDay 10/30/09

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I guess Kurzweill's singularity is going to be on hold for awhile. #nanotechnology Reply

Arryma 10/30/09

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Very interesting. I suppose that if these fibers will migrate to the mesothelium, then they are good candidates to cause mesothelioma. The mechanism for the initiation of meso is poorly understood - it seems strange that inert substances such as silica and carbon could induce cancerous mutations, but somehow that is exactly what happens. #nanotechnology Reply

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Klebert L. Hall 10/30/09

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Carbon nanotubes are more nanomaterial than nanotech.
-Kle. #nanotechnology Reply

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lazyeight 10/30/09

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I do have a question - Is that actually a photo of a nanotube? Correct me, but it appears to be a twisted bunch of fibers. Are the individual 'fibers' the tubes in question? Inquiring minds and all that... #nanotechnology Reply

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Pope John Peeps II 10/30/09

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I remember my grandfather passing away from carbon nanotube lung. He'd go down all day into the carbon nanotube mines, chipping away with those tiny, tiny pickaxes, and then coming home to lay awake all night, coughing in a high-tech kinda way. #nanotechnology Reply

Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. 10/29/09

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didn't find the "carbon nanotube" in the iphone app store. #nanotechnology Reply

senatormayer 10/29/09

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Oh great. So what your telling me is I've got to expect some new annoying commercials extolling the dangers of carbon nanotubes and mesothelioma? That's fantastic. #nanotechnology Reply

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johnconnorjudgementd... 10/29/09

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A bunch of factory workers getting cancer is worse than the planet being consumed by nanobots?

I respectfully disagree. Reply

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Anekanta - Straight Meat Hick 10/29/09

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This seems like one of the few times in the history that we've known about the health consequences of a new technology before it became widely implemented.

Hopefully this will lead to some new development that gives us the benefit of carbon nanotubes without the health and environmental risks. #nanotechnology Reply

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Pope John Peeps II 05/12/09

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That's maybe the weakest horror movie clip I've seen in a long, long time.

I've been seeing a lot of euopean, usually UK-style horror, where it's supposed to be assumed that characters are so paralyzed with crippling fear that they simply cannot fight back and remain totally frozen, even though the person attacking them is usually far less physically strong.

I mean, is this the new horror trope now? The very fact that someone weak is attacking you is now terrifying because they're implacably evil? I mean, at least fight back a little bit. I mean, I get horror movies, but I don't get horror movies where you simply hate the protagonist for being super pathetic. Is this a uk thing? being pathetic on film? Reply

Calraigh 05/12/09

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Or in common parlance, what we natives refer to as ''Longford''. Reply

acrobaticrabbit 05/12/09

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I know it's really gory but I couldn't help but laugh when the emo-mask evil child was hitting the woman with a hubcap. and making that noise each time. it didn't even look like he/she was hitting her that hard. it was more humorous than anything. Reply