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Comment Re:This Was News Yesterday (Score 1) 479

by show me altoids on Friday September 06, 2013 @03:49PM (#44778413) Attached to: Man Killed By His Own Radio-Controlled Helicopter In Brooklyn

Okay, but effectively yours works the same way. If the chainsaw is idling, the chain is not turning.

Comment Re:This Was News Yesterday (Score 4, Informative) 479

by show me altoids on Friday September 06, 2013 @12:06PM (#44775629) Attached to: Man Killed By His Own Radio-Controlled Helicopter In Brooklyn

Given his performance-nature of his stunts, think of it like the guy who juggles chainsaws, a not-recommended use of the device, that could, and in this case did, lead to injury and death.

Actually, juggling chainsaws, while somewhat dangerous, isn't as bad as it looks. Even though the motor is running, the chain is not moving, at least with a stock chainsaw. You have to press on the trigger for the chain to move. Fucking safety interlocks, how do they work?

Comment Re:Idiocracy (Score 1) 628

by show me altoids on Thursday August 29, 2013 @01:16PM (#44707947) Attached to: NJ Court: Sending a Text Message To a Driver Could Make You Liable For Crash

Oh, so much this. I have been startled enough by this kind of thing that I jumped and looked around, probably yanking the steering wheel a bit.

Comment Re:The incredible irony of.. (Score 3, Insightful) 353

by show me altoids on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @02:01AM (#44420245) Attached to: Apple Retailer Facing Class Action Suit Over Employee Bag Checks

Too bad I don't have mod points, I get them very often. Treating your employees like criminals is stupid. And you are 100% right about Ford, but for better or worse the world is different now in many ways, Apple's employees are a tiny part of the total population.

Comment Re:Question: what atmospheric constituents? (Score 4, Interesting) 139

by show me altoids on Thursday July 11, 2013 @03:02PM (#44253881) Attached to: First Exoplanet To Be Seen In Color Is Blue

Many and varied. After all, in our own solar system, Earth, Uranus, and Neptune are all shades of blue.

Comment Re:Montey Python (Score 1) 126

by show me altoids on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @02:45PM (#44228625) Attached to: China Environment Ministry Calls Itself One of Four Worst Departments In World

The Department of Redundancy Department.

Comment Re:Will Smith (Score 4, Funny) 330

by show me altoids on Thursday July 04, 2013 @09:18AM (#44187387) Attached to: U.S. Independence Day is a ...

Lighten up, Francis. Oh, wait, that quote is from another movie about the might of the US military coming to save the day. Nevermind, carry on.

Comment Re:Pay no attention (Score 2) 167

by show me altoids on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @12:27PM (#44101791) Attached to: NSA Releases Secret Pre-History of Computers

You mean it wasn't just a viral advertisement for next year's "average guy hunted down by the government for knowing too much" blockbuster movie?

"Enemy of the State 2: Electric Boogaloo"

Comment Re:George Zimmer? (Score 5, Insightful) 252

by show me altoids on Saturday June 22, 2013 @08:40PM (#44081859) Attached to: How I Got Fired From the Job I Invented

Most of all,, we are sorry that we got caught stealing someone else's idea and then trademarking it.

Comment Re:Hacking potential (Score 2) 126

by show me altoids on Friday May 10, 2013 @02:03PM (#43687249) Attached to: Researchers Are Developing Ad Hoc Networks For Car-To-Car Data Exchange

I don't think you have to assume malicious behavior for this to be a real mess. The only way it would work properly is if every car on the road had one of these and they were all in working order. Shit, some people can't even be bothered to fix their headlights unless they get a ticket.

Comment Re:Nope nope nope. (Score 1) 126

by show me altoids on Friday May 10, 2013 @01:59PM (#43687207) Attached to: Researchers Are Developing Ad Hoc Networks For Car-To-Car Data Exchange

So all the other drivers flip you off because they are assholes? I think you may be projecting.

Comment Re:C. Montgomery Burns (Score 1) 130

by show me altoids on Friday May 10, 2013 @01:20PM (#43686763) Attached to: Transfusions Reverse Aging Effects On Hearts In Mice

I remember a TV series from when I was a wee lad, The Immortal. A guy has something special in his blood that makes him effectively immortal. An old rich dude chases him around to harvest the blood for himself.

Comment Re:Familiar (Score 1) 239

by show me altoids on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @12:14PM (#43665797) Attached to: Interview: John McAfee Answers Your Questions

I would not doubt for a second that Heinlein, as well as Thompson, were big influences of his.

Comment Re:Should be standard (Score 1) 136

by show me altoids on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @11:58AM (#43654815) Attached to: Box With Hidden Camera Travels Through the Mail

Ah, yes, these look like the same devices they use on Mythbusters fairly often.

Comment Re:Accelerometer (Score 1) 136

by show me altoids on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @11:55AM (#43654757) Attached to: Box With Hidden Camera Travels Through the Mail

Many times frozen items are shipped with an indicator inside that will clearly show if the inside got over the freezing point at any time in its journey. I can't think offhand if I have heard of accelerometers being used routinely, but I'm sure they could be.

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