User: Megahard

Re:Screenshots

On: GE Unveils Fridge-Recycling Behemoth

Falling into the fridge recycler will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record, followed by death.

Less mass than Saturn

On: 50 New Exoplanets Found, Billions More Await

Yes, but how many have less gas than Uranus?

(sorry)

Re:user reviews

On: Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules

Reference, for those who didn't get it. http://www.xkcd.com/937/

One useful application

On: Samsung and VMWare Bringing Virtualization to Android

If you have 2 phones on one device, use one to call the other, to get out of meetings or awkward conversations.

It's the next Apple product

On: Ask Slashdot: Can You Identify This UAV?

Somebody lost it in a bar.

Re:We're not shaking in our boots.

On: Hurricane Irene Threatens US Northeast; Cover Your Assets

Even better, this is what the news people are mentioning for historical reference
1938 New England hurricane
Some pretty good stories in the article.

Re:This is just...

On: GE's World War II Era "Copper Man" Gets His Due

We should have a superhero for each element of the periodic table.

Re:URLs for courses

On: More Stanford Computing Courses Go Free

I signed up my home desktop for the machine learning class.

Way - No Way - Niue!

On: Star Wars Coins Issued By Pacific Island Nation

Some facts about Niue

• It makes a substantial amount of money selling its .nu domain, which apparently means "new" in some European languanges.
• The entire country has free wifi and all students have a OLPC machine.
• The coastline is limestone cliffs and caves, good for eco-tourism but not for most tourists that want to lay on a beach. If you want to go plan to spend some time as there's only one flight a week.

Sure, it's cute and fun now

On: NASA Sends Lego Figures to Jupiter

But wait until it reaches some alien civilization, and then they come back and conquer us with their new Lego machines.

It's a black monolith

On: Hotspot Found On Moon's Far Side

Buried on the far side. Dimensions 1:4:9.

Do photons even exist?

On: Single Photons Do Not Exceed the Speed of Light

Sure, from OUR perspective they exist, but from a photon's perspective it's annihilated the instant it's created. Something to think about.

Re:The only thing taller..

On: Massive Solar Tower Planned For Arizona

Agreed. You could get the same amount of power from about 30 standard wind turbines.

So the article is lame

On: Suggesting Innovative Uses For Retired Space Shuttles

Then post your better suggestions here. My idea is to use them as airport shuttles.

Armor on the legs

On: Scientists Study Impact of Wearing Medieval Armor

didn't seem to help the Black Knight much.

Re:WTF is Jell-O

On: Researchers Build "Squishy" Memory Device

Actually, it's a dessert make from gelatin. The best part is, it could fit anywhere in the body, as there's always room for Jell-O.

Will it advertise for passing aliens?

On: Robotic Refueling Experiment Set Up On Space Station

Fill up here! Last gas until Alpha Centauri!

Dilbert

On: 30 Creative 404 Error Pages

Has a good 404 page.

Next week...

On: One Week: No Mouse, Just Keyboard

No keyboard, just mouse.

Ah, now I understand

On: +Pool Would Let New Yorkers Go River Swimming

How those Jersey Shore people get their orange "tans".

Re:Anyone else read this as bad?

On: Franken Bill Would Protect Consumers Location Data

Franken Stein - what Al Franken drinks beer from.

So what are his super powers?

On: Steve Jobs: the Comic Book

Ability to crush his opponents with lawyers?

Re:And Opportunity is still going strong...

On: Mars Rover Opportunity Surpasses 30km Driving

Apparently it was busy varnishing its cache. Then it had to take time out from its stressful life for guru meditation.

Gmail passwords collected so far..

On: Google Uncovers China-Based Password Collection Campaign

Password
passw0rd
123456
hunter2

Re:What's a horse?

On: Draft Horses Used To Lay Fiber-Optic Cable

A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course
That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.