JillSwift

Oh my gaWD I love The Onion.

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This rings a bell. I think it's been tried before... As I recall, a "vacuum balloon" would be significantly more efficient (in the 7-10% range or so) than a helium or hydrogen balloon, except for the weight penalty incurred by the need for a rigid envelope. Oh, right here on these forums: http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/30004-vacuum-balloon/

I am surprised this oldie hasn't been posted yet: POLITICS: From the words "poly", meaning many, and "ticks", a blood sucking parasite.

Why did the young physics student run from the M theory symposium? He mistook them for zombies: People were all shuffling around, mumbling something about "branes".

Hello there! Hey. I'm just a gal of limited education with experience in information technology and working with and around psychology based programs (from whence my interest in psychology stems). People say I'm very intelligent and I say for everyone's sake that I hope not Here's to science! Woohoo!