It could be a Sealab 2021 reference? Captain Murphy is always complaining about "The jerks in pod 6". Maybe a pet name for some group the dev doesn't like?

The problem with wireless charging is that a single charge pad costs $50+. A usb cable + wall wart costs $5.

The problem isn't that it runs on the most convenient fuel around. It's that 90%+ of the energy turns into waste heat.

Not that horses are better, but the efficiency of ICEs is terrible.

I bet it misreads a light less frequently than a person blowing one accidentally/because they weren't looking.

Kintergarteners are a bit old for naps (5/6 year-olds). This article is talking about preschoolers, ages 3/4.

Agreed. Getting rid of heat in space is *hard*, due to the fact that you only lose heat through thermal radiation.

There's no convection, conduction, or evaporation in a vacuum without doing "extra work" to make them happen.

I don't think so (at least in a rational world). These cars are going to be 10x better than a human driver right out of the gate.

I thought that (a) the weapons were fired from a gov-controlled facility, and (b) the US intercepted phone calls from Syrian army command to the weapon launching folks?

Or not? Just what I thought had been "confirmed".

This world view makes perfect sense.

Which is why governments should use taxes to make that 30mpg car HURT your pocketbook more than the 50mpg car.

Oh I completely agree, I'm no Obama apologist. Peace Prize was ridiculous, and sure, the attack may be entirely about posturing.

I was merely saying that the Iraq invasion of 2003 is apples/oranges to this situation.

I do remember that alleged attack in..May, I think?, but it was apparently a tiny tiny tiny attack. I was willing to chalk that one up do some idiot loading the wrong rocket.

But this was an attack on 4 or 5 different cities all at the same time (2am). Obviously not an oops, and the pictures coming of those victims make it obvious they were hit with a nerve agent (microscopic pupils, etc).

Could it be a false flag attack? Maybe, but I doubt it. Too organized and coordianted.

No, they did have chemical WMDs, and used them....in 1988!

Not sure why we declared war on them 15 years later, though.

That and attacking a country within a week or two of chemical weapons use, instead of 15 years after the fact.

Seems like an important distinction...

Just get this and be done with it. Ive had it for almost 2 years and I absolutely love it:

http://www.amazon.com/Streaming-Media-Player-Wi-Fi-1080p/dp/B005KOZNBW