Yeah, the episodes regarding things exploding in a car (Soda Cans and Lighters) pissed me off quite a bit. Problem with the science in the lighter episode was that they chose one brand (a bic) and did all experiments with that lighter. I have never seen a bic malfunction, explode in a car, or have the wheel and spring come flying off, while cheaper lighters have those problems often. I have had more than a few soft drinks explode in a hot (or cold) car, and had lighters explode in my car. (Working with wax, you keep them around a lot) Mythbusters never replied to my criticism of either.

I never thought I would see the day that slashdot linked to cracked. Wow.

No, he has a point. Bannination is mostly fark ex-pats. Some banned, some not. But moderation at bannination is crowd based and rarely utilized. Nothing legal is verboten. Try that on Fark.

Could be.

My 1990 Acura had a problem starting when it was really hot out, but not all the time.

Turns out there was a relay below the steering wheel that was related to fuel pump operation. That relay would fail to work if it was over 100F in the footwell of the passenger compartment.

So, if I parked in the sun on a hot day, and went in to get groceries, the car would not start when I came back out. If I left the window down enough to let some air cooling happen, the car would start.

Now, I used to work on cars for a living, and I was totally stumped as to why on some days the car just refused to start.

It was not until I was stuck in traffic on a really hot day that I found out that the issue was related to the temp in the passenger compartment, not the temperature of the engine.

<quote><p>You could make a compilation out of it. Call it "House of Leaves."</p></quote>

I think I would call it "Haunted" and let my sister produce it, and make one of the best concept disks of all time.

Baptists are strange and cultist?

Well, yeah... I suppose maybe.

-Reformed Baptist

Well, it seems to depend on the market.

I've done fetish shows and high end precious and semi-precious gemstone shows where I would estimate that at least 50% of the selling goes on before or after hours.

Basically, any kind of product where;
1) The retailer may not be comfortable with the products for fear of blackmail [Just because you are a high end jewelry and clothing boutique, doesn't mean you don't sell latex corsets and vac beds on weekends]
2) Prices are based more on what the seller knows than what the product is worth. [gem shows are huge for that kind of thing.
3) Where price depends on venue. [That $200 piece of white turquoise might be worth $100 in Tuscon, but $500 in Chicaqo] So prices are best discussed in a private setting.

Thats fantastic. Except that when I get on my crackberry I have no such options.

How do you know that c is not a local phenomenon?

Maybe this arm of the milky way is a cosmic "No Wake Zone" and maybe that is even what makes the development of life possible.

Wow, we could live in a cosmic "School Zone" and when we graduate from the local cluster we can get back up to speed.

I think I just blew my own mind thinking that.

I could not help but read it in the voice of Kristof the professional insulter

RIP Les Paul. You changed the world, one string at a time

My Guitar Gently Weeps...

Two more words.

Violet Wand.

Leaves no visible marks, and is good for more than just "Mysteriously Bricking" your hardware.

Many many more things.

Every child who grew up watching Mr Wizard.

I dont know exactly what that means, but I think /. just got cussed out in Aramathean, which was translated to German, via .net.

Is it the doctor, or their tech that you lovers of future doctors like?
If I am dying of something mysterious today, I want a puppeteer autodoc to diagnose and fix me (plus boosterspice) but if I am in a battlefield triage unit, send me Hawkeye.