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By: Rob D

Rob D — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:54:06 +0000

Hey just to say that what you are describing in the absence seizure part is more like a complex partial seizure. An absence seizure tends to happen in children and as you stated in the first sentence looks outwardly like the person is daydreaming, they will stop mid sentance or task and stare blankly, these are seizures that affect the whole brain and typically do not last more than 10 seconds. However a seizure where someone loses consiousness and wanders off or engages in odd behaviours are usually complex partial seizures. These are seizures that only affect part of the brain and interfere with consiousness.

By: All geeks have asked themselves this question… « Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:51:26 +0000

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NO SPOILERS!!!111eleventy~~!! | monabonejackon — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:50:29 +0000

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By: John D

John D — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:51:31 +0000

Little known fact.

He got his PHD and went on to design nuclear reactors. The one at Chernobyl was his crowing achievement.

By: radioactiveman

radioactiveman — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:58:59 +0000

5 Gy is not lethal in 14 days. It’s barely even an LD20. And you’d easily survive the heme syndrome and the GI syndrome with Neupogen and supportive care at that low a dose.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:29:19 +0000

Something similar happened to my PhD adviser, back in the 50s. A three-tank proton linac was being built, and everybody was tweaking parameters to make it run better. There was poor safety discipline, because my adviser was working on the beam output port while somebody at the other end was trying to get a beam.

These are two things one should not do at the same time. The beam went right through his hand.

He became my adviser maybe ten years after that, and I failed to notice any difference in his hands; so apparently this beam, too, caused relatively minor problems.

By: Walter Sobchak

Walter Sobchak — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:22:56 +0000

“the only person to ever stick their head in a running particle accelerator”

Should be:

the only person to ever stick his head in a running particle accelerator