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• Commented on BMW drives on top of other cars in parking lot (video)
  "this is wholly incorrect, and easy to show" @Pseudothink: No nice way to say this, you're wrong. I've done this 'test' (accidently), and the engine simply dies. Maybe somewhere there's a muscle car with an engine and drivetrain powerful enough...
• Commented on EVE Online creates exotic financial instrument to combat gold-farming
  This *is* interesting. The company isn't selling any virtual assets. From their point of view, 1 player x 1 month = 1 PLEX. If I buy a plex and trade it to you, they don't make any more or less...
• Commented on Cat burglar falls off three-storey building across from my bedroom window
  Alleged cat burglar maybe, clumsy trespasser definitely. So fine, call the cops when he's climbing/trespassing, but when you see a guy fall three stories onto pavement, definitely call an ambulance too. THEN take pictures....
• Commented on Tiburon, CA will photograph and record license plate of every visitor to town
  Generally agree with #13 etc that taking pictures isn't illegal, and taking them routinely is something anyone could do, government or private. That is, I could set up a camera outside my home that routinely photographed ever car going by,...
• Commented on Ghosts reacting violently to holy water
  Think we'll ever see a rigorous double-blind version of this "experiment"? That is, identical containers one with holy water and one with regular water, neither the douser nor the dousee/ghost know which is which....
• Commented on Silicone rescue tape -- "a reel of fanbelt"
  It's too stretchy for a fanbelt, but it's a great upgrade from electrical tape. I use it on motorcycle wiring all the time. A little bit goes a surprisingly long way because it stretches so well....
• Commented on BB Video: The Flaming Bacon Lance of Death, from Theo Gray's book "Mad Science"
  I almost hate to point this out, since a bacon (ok prosciutto) thermic lance is AWESOME, but it's really the oxygen that's cutting the steel. The bacon just gets the steel hot enough to burn on its own. and adds...
• Commented on Video: <em>World Builder</em> by Bruce Branit
  Reminds me a lot of (maybe inspired in part by?) Google SketchUp....
• Commented on Obama's "Disgraceful Abandonment" of Civil Liberties in Extraordinary Rendition Case
  The headline is unnecessarily inflammatory to me. Let's be clear: Obama ended the practice of torture and rendition to torture right away, on January 22nd. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/EnsuringLawfulInterrogations/) That's the big important thing here. This is a lawsuit against the airline that...
• Commented on Power adapter "Designed by Apple in Calitomia"
  Obviously not proofread by Apple in California. Or maybe the proofreader just needs glasses....
• Commented on Sears upsells plasma television "recharging" service (Hint: no such thing)
  I've got an 8 year old plasma at home, original power supply. I did have some burn in from watching too much letterboxed 4:3 TV, but I changed my viewing habits to use more widescreen modes and it's self-corrected. The...
• Commented on The case against Candy Land
  I've also got a 3 yr old at home and Candyland is a fine game to get into the spirit of following the rules. I think perhaps the whole point is to figure out how boring the game is, like...
• Commented on What is this science fiction image?
  In a different direction, the first thing that popped to mind for me was "Sealab 2020". It would explain the ink drawing, the scale, the base of the dome (looks like it could rest on the sea floor), and the...
• Commented on Directly downwind faster than the wind - part 3
  I only got a couple of pages into it, but the "wheels drive the propeller which provides thrust" seems obviously a perpetual motion machine in the making... stunned the comments continue. This comment is prompted by comment 25: "For a...
• Commented on Downwind faster than the wind, part 2
  The simple/light vehicle on a treadmill is very interesting, but I think we're asking ourselves the wrong question here. Instead of "how does this work?", we should perhaps ignore the commentary (it is the internet after all) and instead be...
• Commented on Nude man hijacks Vegas bus
  Was there a camera crew from "Reno 911" there at the time?...
• Commented on BébéSounds Angelcare Movement Sensor squawks when your baby moves
  We have this set. The one thing they fail to mention in the manual is that the alarm also goes off 20 seconds after you pick up the baby. (No baby = no movement.) Easy to forget when it's 2AM....
• Commented on Weightless dumbbells defy physics with gyroscope junk science
  "The faster they spin the more they weigh" is pretty clearly bunk. Gyroscopes are interesting, but only translate forces to a different angle. Anyway there's already a gyroscopic exercise gizmo that's both fun and frustrating: http://www.powerballs.com/...
• Commented on 'W-Cut' fasteners are drill and screw in one
  From the company page, they "cut through" rather than "press aside" fibers in the wood. But, hmm, when you drill you're removing wood -- sawdust comes out of the hole. Doesn't look like any wood is going to come out...
• Commented on New York Sun column: "Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone"
  I'm thinking that the difference between 1968 and 2008 isn't the kids, it's the adults. Random serial killers aside, the fear that this brings out is "what if something were to go wrong." 40 years ago it seems we knew...
• Commented on Brilliant cycling awareness safety video
  XREY - This has nothing to do with cyclists obeying traffic laws. Ride a motorcycle, same thing happens routinely even though we're completely legal. Happens often enough to pedestrians and even other cars too. I think the closing quote should...