I used to have a set of Clackers in the mid 70's, nailed myself in the head once, smashed a finger or two but it wasn't long before the novelty wore off. Even had a set of steel tipped Yard Darts, never had an accident. Perhaps the coolest toy I ever had were the electrified versions of Hot Wheels called Sizzlers. You plugged them into a charging station that held four "D" cell batteries, was shaped like a gas pump and held the top button down for 60 seconds (I always held it down for two or three minutes), unplugged them, turned the power switch on the bottom of the car and raced them on a track...

Ahhh, memories..

I have never seen a AA battery that wasn't sucked dead in a few years just from the internal resistance of the battery itself. I suppose they're are referring to lithium batteries.
 

These so called "anti-trust" investigations seem to be more about government revenue generation than anything else.

Might be nice if I can do this with my trusty old HP-48GX. I once installed VT-100 (emulation) terminal software on it, connected it to a TNC (Terminal node controller aka AEA PK-88) and connected to my AX.25 packet 2 meter Internet gateway and used w3m to surf the Internet. Slow, but cool.

I work in seed enhancement, fortunately, I don't order clothianidin (Poncho) from Bayer Crop Science. However I do order Thiram, Captan and Allegiance (aka Apron FL) from Bayer. Most of these chemicals are used to control pythium, however I've always wondered if these were responsible for the bee hive die offs.

Just went there and got the same results. Couldn't think of a more deserved "go fuck yourself" slashdotting.

If the North County Gazette wants users to pay for reading more than one article, put up a fucking pay wall. Don't threaten to sue users for "theft of service".

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Why not go one step further and make ignition interlocks mandatory as standard equipment. GM and Toyota are working on this as we speak. It's all about safety, right?
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Used to play Doom and Duke Nuke'em via 28.8k/56k modems back in the early 90's. There was one BBS (The Hole in the Wall) I'd log into that eventually became a Mom & Pop Internet provider. I was active on packet radio using e-mail and usenet, at a whopping 1200 baud! Ah, the good old days.

10^27 already has a name, it's called Octillion. Dag nabit! I like my numbering system the way it is! No get off my lawn!

So, could I sue the oil industry for my Tourette's syndrome every time I look at the reader board when I pull into a gas station, let alone when I open my electric bill?

No shit brother! I get SO tired of this "open source IS piracy" bullshit that it wants to make me vomit!

I predict another flood of reference standards to hit e-Bay soon. I've been waiting to find a good (affordable) cesium / rubidium standard for a while now. :P

Oh you mean AUDIO....... I assumed you meant 802.11x wireless :P