User: g5g5g5

Re:Good

On: Chicagoan Arrested For Using Cell-phone Jammer To Make Subway Commute Tolerable (chicagotribune.com)

Yeah, because then he would have had to, ya know, switch it off. What was he thinking??

It appears that you are missing the point. It is not HIS emergency that is of concern. It is the emergency of ANY of the other passengers who would be unable to call 911. The other passengers cannot, ya know, switch it off.

Re:On behalf of the rest of the world

On: Study Details What Happens When Galaxies Collide

Wouldn't it be easier if we all used FFF?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_system

Re:I don't get it

On: Lego Robot Solves Rubik's Cube Puzzle In 3.253 Seconds

d) All of the above.

Re:Impressed yet disappointed with Lego

On: Lego Robot Solves Rubik's Cube Puzzle In 3.253 Seconds

Acetone is the most simple method. Nail polish remover is 70%, but 100% is available at hardware stores.
Brush it on both pieces and put them together. In 5 minutes they are permanently bonded as one piece of plastic.
The Lego Group uses other less user friendly solvents to do the same thing. MEK and GBL

Re:rest in peace fellow pilot

On: Man Killed By His Own Radio-Controlled Helicopter In Brooklyn

Yes it does.
A pilot or aviator is a person actively involved in flying an aircraft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_%28aircraft%29

Re:Worse, Kryptonians named themselves after the K

On: Bill Gates Is Beginning To Dream the Thorium Dream

And no one stops to remember grabthar's hammer...

Re:Small print

On: CES: Tiny Fuel Cell is Supposed to Charge a Cell Phone for Two Weeks (Video)

PC World reports that the price on the charger is $300.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2024382/nectar-brings-fuel-cell-tech-to-the-mobile-charging-game-video-.html

Artist's impression?

On: Surface Plume On Betelgeuse Imaged

If we just obtained the most detail picture evar, why do they show an artist's impression?

Pixel vs obtainable RC helis

On: Micro-Helicopter Fun

The Pixel page has been around for some time, and has served as inspiration for many RC enthusiasts to get in to electric helicopters. While the Pixel is not for sale, the Piccolo is a great place to start the hobby.
http://www.ikarus-modellbau.de/ubbthreads/ postlist .php?Cat=&Board=UBB1
Here is a bbs for the product.