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• Commented on California to enact energy-saving mandates for HDTVs in 2011
  @traalfaz, based on their vehicle emissions regs, they'll make sure that you can't bypass it, and there will be performance impacts if it's bypassed. So, manufacturers will either make California Specials, or make all of their products meet the reg,...
• Commented on Replacing a switch on an electric shaver
  I agree, it needs a missile switch. Bright red. Bonus points if it's illuminated with a red LED when the protective cover is flipped up....
• Commented on USB grenade flash drive
  I want to buy the Uzi flash drive and this thing, and have my own little flash drive arsenal....
• Commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
  The universe was flashing. Blinding light blinked to perfect blackness and back again as he spun. Fighting the waves of pain from his crushed left arm, his eyes froze on the fuel gage. Slowly it slid down the scale, counting...
• Commented on The Perfect Turkey Doesn't Really Exist
  I, too, loved Zillions. Man, this is turning into that geocities thread......
• Commented on Instructions for building an autonomous sentry gun
  So, everyone's saying about the laws and cases against people who made these sorts of things with firearms. What does case law say about less-than-lethal versions? Beanbag shotguns, mace/pepper spray, tasers, that sort of thing....
• Commented on DARPA challenge -- find 10 red balloons, win $40,000
  smonkey, I'm in. I'll keep an eye peeled for balloons in the suburbs of Detroit and the Ann Arbor area. I'll fire off an email if I see anything. On a related note, wouldn't it be hilarious if 4Chan found...
• Commented on Civil War buff fires cannonball into neighbor's home
  AirPillo, The ATF prohibits owning breech loading firearms with a bore greater than a half inch, such as howitzers and other modern artillery pieces. Muzzle-loading firearms, this cannon included, are not restricted in bore size. Additionally, shotguns have another set...
• Commented on Gadget reviews: ZuneHD, Lenovo S12 netbook and Umid's Mbook pocket PC.
  No hard feeling, GyroMagician. I fully understand the audiophile slapping instinct....
• Commented on Gadget reviews: ZuneHD, Lenovo S12 netbook and Umid's Mbook pocket PC.
  GyroMagician, MS didn't pay me anything to write that review. I was passing along the information that I had gathered when doing my research into buying a new mp3 player, and also added my experiences with the device. I believe...
• Commented on Gadget reviews: ZuneHD, Lenovo S12 netbook and Umid's Mbook pocket PC.
  I've got a Zune HD, and I have to say that I love it. I bought it because I wanted an MP3 player and apps weren't a major concern of mine. The built-in web browser works well, and handles sites...
• Commented on The worst job of the 19th Century: nipple pinchers vs. anal tobacco blowers vs. tongue pullers in reviving the dead
  There appears to be a spammer loose again. I'm looking at you, 51googlepm. I have no idea how to get the moderators to look at it since the redesign, however, as the omnipresent eyeball has disappeared, and I don't see...
• Commented on Sawfish: mining the forgotten forests of the sea
  Along the lines of what JoshP said, the same factors are what make the Great Lakes so awesome at preserving shipwrecks. There are ships that are fairly well intact at the bottom of the lakes that are well over 150...
• Commented on Invasion of the giant blobs of "sea mucus"
  TJS: Sheds new light on Deep Impact, huh? I'd be interested if these type things show up in the Great Lakes....
• Commented on Boing Boing: The World's Greatest Neurozine!
  Both of the websites that I visit most frequently launched redesigns today: BoingBoing and CBCRadio3. I like 'em both. I like the new layout here on BB, because it seems like you guys are going back to your roots; you're...
• Commented on Robot can hop over 25-foot fences
  Querent, The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed or injured 199,000 people. http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/MED/med_chp10.shtml The Navy Department estimated casualties for the invasion of Japan by U.S. and allied forces were between 1.7 and 4 million Allied casualties and 10 million...
• Commented on Light bulb art shows wasted electricity
  I would argue that a computer in sleep mode isn't necessarily a waste of electricity, depending on how much power it would take to shut down and reboot the computer. Sleep mode is also a much better option then letting...
• Commented on Nuclear transport trucks in US look surprisingly like regular old trucks
  Wolfiesma, Look up the EPA and CARB 2010 rules. Those toxic fumes have been reduced to "near zero" in CARB's own words. Ever since 2007, heavy duty diesel engines have been running EGR or diesel particulate filters, or both. They're...
• Commented on Big-ass flying boats full of water save LA from fiery doom!
  I'd like to see a simple conversion kit that would convert any military aircraft to a water bomber. Something that can be mounted to the standard aircraft hardpoints, and dropped on the fire. We still have a considerable force of...
• Commented on Web Zen: Playing Games Zen
  Funny Farm is highly addictive. I've been going at it for several hours....
• Commented on Europe, meet your new phone charger standard
  Yup, my LG phone has a microUSB port for charging, and my Creative Zen has an adapter to allow it to charge from a MiniUSB cord. So, I carry one cord, two adapters, and charge my stuff off of my...
• Commented on The Devil's Kettle
  I'm not suggesting that the GPS be used to track the entire course of the underground stream. If you make your buoy buoyant, when it returns to the surface and floats, it will be on the surface with line of...
• Commented on The Devil's Kettle
  Along the lines of what Franith suggests, it would actually be pretty interesting to design a small buoy/robot with a radio beacon and a GPS receiver. Drop it down the hole, wait for it to reappear. The GPS receiver will...
• Commented on Man's pond mysteriously drained
  Any problem can be solved with the suitable application of explosives. For example, how to empty a pond very quickly. Or, how to prevent people from emptying your pond in the future. (By the way, if you think the first...
• Commented on Review: 90 minutes with the Viliv S5
  I just noticed a site bug after posting that comment. When it confirmed that my comment had been submitted, and asked if I wanted to go back to the original entry, I tried clicking on the links to BB, BBG...
• Commented on Review: 90 minutes with the Viliv S5
  I'm tempted, and I like Mr. Stross's ideas on peripherals. I don't have any defined need for it, but I don't really want to have the keyboard on a netbook all the time for occasional browsing, and I'm not really...
• Commented on Delving into the psyche of men who buy exfoliant advertised for use after mother-daughter threeways
  As for the no comment history remark, since BB switched to the new comment system, your post history has an expiration date of sorts. I've been a member for a few years, and right now, it will show that I've...
• Commented on The Case for Working With Your Hands
  My family has always been huge on doing things with your hands. If something breaks, it goes to the workshop, even if the ultimate destination is the trash because if you can't fix it, you can still learn something by...
• Commented on Why Ford's side airbags can't be set off by an errant shopping cart
  Or, to expand on DOOMSTALK's point, what happens to the cop running radar on the side of the road, radioing in cars for the motorcycle cops to pick up?...
• Commented on Hundred-year mechanical clock
  But is the motor designed to last for 100 years of continuous operation? If not, is it easy to replace?...