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 -

Ah, yes- the multiple queens defense.

Hey, it worked at Stonewall!

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 do it -

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 the time of his death he owned several very nice homes that still exist as museums. I'm sure if he was broke they would have been sold -

@#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.

Very cool, you can even see the tracks on the seabed!

>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"

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.

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.

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 entrapment, just surveillance.

Of course, it's not actually a sting operation, either. Just driving through a park looking for horny people.

"Bionic" would imply that at the implants have electronic or hydraulic components -

These seem to simply be metal splints

>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"

Xeni in the flightsuit was the hottest thing there -

Gee, I really hadn't looked seriously at Romney until now -

Dear FBI -
I have it on good authority that Vice President Dick Cheney is an Al Qaeda operative..........

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

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.

She doesn't know.
She's beginning to suspect, I think.

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

120cc? And this thing does 0-60 in what, a week?

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 him what a replicant is.

Some F'ing expert.

>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 -

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 should have seen the plans -

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 the laws you're supposed to be enforcing.

Kind of like making it legal for Paramedics to kill people since their job is to save lives -

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?

>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 -

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 - what goes around eventually comes around.

>...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.

>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 "special" bottle, why not just crank up the chiller?

@#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.

You would think the co-host of "The View" would make enough money that feeding her child would not really be an issue -

In ten years someone will publish a book claiming the oil companies coerced (or bribed) the guys into stopping development on it.

I'm guessing this is for Otaku fanboys who don't have a chance in hell of getting some real stinkyfinger, so they can trick their friends into thinking they got some -

>I'm stocking up on canned food and ammunition right now.

Remember, only large bore shotguns, small arms fire is usually useless -

>wouldn't it be simpler to just kill them all ?

The Germans tried this in the 1940's - disposing of the bodies is a logistic nightmare - better to just give them all Mastercards and make wage slaves of them.

They kill with cute -

Gee, Japanese with a fetish for crushing tiny models of trains and cars - wonder where that came from.

Do the girls roar like Gojira when they crush stuff?

This is the 21st Century version of the fake stick-on spoilers in the 1980's