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• Commented on Ghost Goblets -- hollow goblet liners inside tumblers
  There's really no reason the stem has to be hollow, if they made it solid and colored it the cleaning would be a snap -...
• Commented on Crazy rasberry ants devour Houston's electronics
  Ah, yes- the multiple queens defense. Hey, it worked at Stonewall!...
• Commented on Zeppelin moored to gigantic steamer with buzzing biplanes
  And this idea would later be called an "Aircraft Carrier" - although the high winds at sea would make a dirigible rather impractical. You can't just stow it below decks like a plane or helicopter. Perhaps that's why they didn't...
• Commented on Did Edison die poor?
  While I'm not an expert on T.A. Edison's personal finances, I do that there's a huge difference between "income" and "Net Worth". It may be that Edison was just experiencing a temporary downturn in cash flow. I know that at...
• Commented on Chocolate Biodiesel Experience
  @#6 - Not so much like French Fries, but like French Fries cooking. The smell of hot cooking oil. And really only vaguely like that, but it's the only real comparison....
• Commented on Caterpillar tractor ferry of 1935
  Very cool, you can even see the tracks on the seabed!...
• Commented on Sky belt-trains of tomorrow, 1932
  >All stations are controlled from one central point, all elements being so timed that there can be no hitches. This remind of the quote "the trains to Auschwitz always ran on time"...
• Commented on Making 3D models from video clips
  I can see this as useful in Architecture for quick sketch models of surrounding buildings in a site plan to get an idea what the proposed structure will look like in context. Those models don't have to be precise....
• Commented on UK mall bans grandparents for trying to photo their grandkids
  The sad thing is an actual terrorist would use a hidden video camera and have all the pics he needs in a half hour and the security guards would never know it happened....
• Commented on Topless woman in park used as bait in police arrest
  As it says in the article - "The sunbathing woman is not affiliated with the police department and she was not asked to take part in the sting operation, according to a spokesperson for the department." So - it's not...
• Commented on Bionic cat X-ray
  "Bionic" would imply that at the implants have electronic or hydraulic components - These seem to simply be metal splints...
• Commented on Cremation ashes at Disneyland -- a dusty epidemic
  >By the way, they are ashes. Ashes ashes ashes While there are definitely ashes in there, there are also large cinders and usually pieces of bone and other stuff - that's why they call them "cremains"...
• Commented on Space Couture runway show
  Xeni in the flightsuit was the hottest thing there -...
• Commented on Televangelist says: "A vote for Romney is a vote for Satan"
  Gee, I really hadn't looked seriously at Romney until now -...
• Commented on FBI will have anyone you call a terrorist detained
  Dear FBI - I have it on good authority that Vice President Dick Cheney is an Al Qaeda operative.............
• Commented on Samurai costume made from Rubbermaid trash-cans
  I always love how there are always a hundred ideas for great costume designs - all put out when it's way to late to actually make any of them in time for Halloween...
• Commented on EatMeCrunchy cereal bowl keeps everything dry while you pick at your breakfast
  I eat my cereal dry, right out of the box, with a glass of milk to wash it down - The ultimate in milk control systems....
• Commented on Blade Runner
  She doesn't know. She's beginning to suspect, I think....
• Commented on Anna Rexia Halloween costume
  People with anorexia nervosa are skinny, but they're not transparent. You can't actually see their skeletons. This is just a lame costume with a provocative name to get them some undeserved free press...
• Commented on Hauntrod Funnycar for your short-range travel needs
  120cc? And this thing does 0-60 in what, a week?...
• Commented on New Blade Runner: OMG Deckard is a [REDACTED]
  Forget about the Nexus stuff, what got me about the film is the cops brought Deckard out of retirement because he was supposedly an expert - they needed "the old bladerunner magic" - and then spent five minutes explaining to...
• Commented on Trekker v Furry bowl-off pics
  >I suppose this was meant to be cute but it just comes off as creepy: It's the phrase "Little children are the fursuiters' bread and butter" that creeps me out -...
• Commented on Navy covering up swastika barracks
  Nobody noticed it until until after the groundbreaking in 1967? Didn't they draw up site plans for this thing? If it was a typical Navy project, it was probably approved by several dozen engineers and Navy personnel, all of whom...
• Commented on Cops complaining about cops writing cops tickets
  These guys are doing a real public service documenting that this stuff goes on, to the point where it is expected as a "perk". I love the logic- You're hired to enforce the law, so we'll allow you to break...
• Commented on Bad info-graphic: Ikea shopping hours chart
  Seems pretty easy to me, if you come during the middle of the day Saturday or Sunday, expect it to be crowded. If you want lots of elbow room, come early or during the week. What's the issue?...
• Commented on Furries vs Klingons bowling tournament this Sat in Atlanta
  >Hrmm, If I go as a targ, which group should I join? You're automatically made mascot, the winners get to keep you as a pet until next year -...
• Commented on Journalist tries out Raytheon's pain-ray weapon: "No sir, I don't like it."
  I'm just curious, what happens when the protesters build their own and fire it back at the cops? Just like the protesters in Ireland who hooked a fire hose up and shut down the police van with the water cannon...
• Commented on Journalist tries out Raytheon's pain-ray weapon: "No sir, I don't like it."
  >...unless they developed some sort of microwave shield for the person. Or they stood BEHIND the transmitter - I'm envisioning mylar and aluminum foil as the new fashion for protesters....
• Commented on Self-cooling soda bottles from Coke
  >but they must be put in a special vending machine to regulate temperature. Don't most vending machines have chillers to cool the drinks? So if you have to keep it in a refrigerated vending machine anyway, why bother with the...
• Commented on The View's flat earther blames "senior poopy moment"
  @#8 Anonymous - It's oblate, not oblique, and an oblate spheroid IS round, as any section would be an oval or a circle. It's not a perfect sphere, but it is round....