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  1. Is it expensive on Safest Seat on a Plane, Or How to Survive a Crash · · Score: 3, Funny

    to get a seat inside the black box?

  2. woo on Tiny Generator Runs Off Vibrations · · Score: 4, Funny

    sounds like real free energy, at last!

    suck it, Orbo!

  3. Re:I have a sneaking suspicion on Swarm Theory Makes National Geographic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And the rest of the body is a swarm of cooperating cells.

  4. Re:As they say... on Perpetual Energy Machine Getting Lots of Attention · · Score: 1

    Bottom line is, if you've patented your idea, there is absolutely no reason to keep things secret and arrange for elaborate public "demonstrations."

    Isn't it true, though, that patents offices will automatically reject any and all "perpetual motion" related patents?

    If so, how do you patent an unpatentable invention?

  5. If this trike concept became popular on Whirling Twirling Propeller Trike · · Score: 1

    There would be a lot more room to ride on Multi-Use Paths...

  6. Re:"Will"? on Scientist Calls Mars a Terraforming Target · · Score: 2, Informative

    then we'll have to build enclosures that contain their own atmosphere

    Like Biosphere 2?

    It didn't work that well (at least for the humans involved)... And it was built right here, where material, financial and human resources are easily available.

  7. Re:Emphasis on the light, please. on Vertical Farming · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the building is high enough, you could put a huge ass windmill on top.

    Also, you could put some solar panels on the sunny side(s), on the "floor" surfaces (where there are no windows).

  8. Re:I'm got dibs on being the alien lifeform on Volunteer to Simulate a Mars Mission for the ESA · · Score: 1

    And I've got dibs on being the last member alive who gets to flush you out through the airlock!

  9. Will it changed the way cities are built? on The Quest for the Car of the Future · · Score: 1

    cuz I'm still waiting for Segway-City

  10. Re:Could it be possible to make superhero films WO on Marvel Studios to Produce Its Own Movies · · Score: 1

    Marvel had a LONG and notorious history of bad films (anyone remember the 70's and 90's "Captain America" movies? The bad TV-series? The Roger Corman version of Fantastic Four?).

    I'll give you that, but at the same time, I actually preferred the totaly plotless 1989 version of The Punisher to the 2004 version.

  11. Re:Longevity of whales on Weapon Found in Whale Dated From the 1800s · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To put this tradition in context, imagine if it was ruled that the American tradition of owning firearms was deemed not only inappropriate and unnecessary, but also detrimental to society and the environment.

    Then imagine the rest of the planet trying to get Americans to abandon this tradition.

  12. Re:DFMEA on ISS Computer Failure · · Score: 1

    How do you ground something in space?

  13. Hey! Tax money paid for those on Historic Shuttle Spacesuits to Meet Fiery End · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So why can't museums have them?

  14. Re:Politicians, politicians, politicians, politici on McCain Wants Ballmer For His Cabinet · · Score: 1

    Or did you mean "legislators, legislators, legislators, legislators..." /woooooooo!

  15. Re:Solve your problem on Economic Analysis of Toilet Seat Position · · Score: 1

    and what about those of us with muscle problems who struggle to stand some days eh?

    That sounds like a good argument to use a regular toilet and leave the seat up.

    I'm sure the woman in your life will understand your special needs.

  16. Solve your problem on Economic Analysis of Toilet Seat Position · · Score: 2, Insightful

    by installing an asian-style toilet, the type you have to squat down on top of. No lid needed!

    Among its various additional benefits, squatting really helps pushing out number-two's.

  17. Re:Wild Speculation on Battlestar Galactica's End Officially After Season 4 · · Score: 1

    You know what I would like?

    The RTF arrives in the solar system, but find that Earth is now an asteroid belt with large chunks of the Moon in the middle.

    The 13th tribe relocated to another planet (or moon of Saturn or Jupiter).

    Whereas the 12 colonies created toasters to make life easier on the colonies, the 13th tribe chose to genetically modify its population to adapt to its new environment.

    Or something similar.

    My theory is based on the fact that the BSG writers have taken a lot of current issues (terrorism, war in Iraq, abortion, religious rights, etc.) and turned them into plot points for their show.

  18. Re:BSG Ending on Battlestar Galactica's End Officially After Season 4 · · Score: 1

    All the humans and cylon models are really just computers set up in a situation that happened long ago ( the first show ) to try to see if they can find earth the same way the old humans did if they really believe they are human.

    Wouldnt that require a lot more resources than just sending out space probes until one of them hits paydirt?

  19. Re:I'd rather see a firearm on Handmade Steampunk Rayguns From the F/X Guys at Weta · · Score: 2, Funny

    But you need a permit to buy a firearm.

    Not so with a laser.

  20. Re:rots your brain as well on Some Soft Drinks May Damage Your DNA · · Score: 4, Interesting
  21. I'll just make my own by on Some Soft Drinks May Damage Your DNA · · Score: 2, Informative

    boiling some sliced ginger root, adding sugar cane juice, and then compressed gas.

  22. Re:An important debating point on Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 · · Score: 1

    The news -- like the truth -- is out there if you're willing to look for it.

    But that would require effort well beyond that of tv channel surfing.

  23. everything is going to be ok on IPv4 Unallocated Addresses Exhausted by 2010 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet that people will be bored of the internet by then

  24. But all I want on Firefox Going the Big and Bloated IE Way? · · Score: 1

    is for Firefox to stop deleting my bookmarks every time it auto-updates

  25. Re:Have you ever been in a gym? on Treadmill Workstation · · Score: 1

    I work in a proofreading / communications cubicle farm.

    The "keep quiet" rule is enforced.