Denial of service attacks can be detected and terminated. There are many researchers working on this with success from my understanding.

This guy doesn't know WTF he is talking about.

DDOS will take down your upstream provider/ISP. There is no fixing it. You just have to wait for it to stop.

Design the rockets/flights right and you could drop all your first stages right on Paris. Double plus good!

Colonies are part of the parent nation now?

Your cat lets you pet it? Mine is eviler.

Chew Toy (really the dogs cat) just bites me and demands food. When I get to hell, I expect him to be there to torment me.

My black cat is a pussycat in comparison to the red devil.

Colonized by wankers. Couldn't find a decent culture to be colonized by.

Mine's a cheapy, bought at an army surplus. 2 or 3 kilos and doesn't pack tight at all.

What do you sling a hammock between in Iceland? Two rocks?

Google 'lightning incidence map' and avoid looking like a smug idiot next time.

SF would have PUDed long ago, but PG&E owns all the transmission into the bay area anyhow.

So they prefer to continue getting fucked the old fashioned way. Kind of surprising for SF.

Mythbusters notwithstanding.

When asked to polish a turd, what they are really asking you to do is cover it in glitter and spray paint.

Never forget that and actually try to polish a turd.

Only runs on LPG. Right out.

My old Primus stove is great and light. Will burn anything short of diesel fuel. White gas is much more energy dense vs. LPG.

Windscreen/heat exchanger are part of the pot set. Was pricy, but doesn't wear out.

Only with extruded food. So your pallet is 'Cheesy Poof', 'Slim Jim' and 'Noodle'.

Pressure cookers cook faster by raising the boiling point/temperature of steam. Less cooking time beats time to boil.

Because cooking is all about how fast you can get the BTUs into the food?

Is there any kind of cooking, besides bringing water to a boil, where this will actually help? Any market beyond English/Scottish food?

Buy a couple of immersion heaters before you hurt yourself. 1800/heater wattage is the number you want.

Also learn to cook a hot dog/brautwurst etc on a cutoff extension cord. That's classic 'dorm food'. Just get any junk 120 appliance and cut-off the cord, strip 3/4'' off the ends and plug the bare wires into the ends of the sausage. Hot dogs will cook in 30 seconds. Don't electrocute yourself.

I've owned a 'tent/hammock'. It's useless for backpacking, too heavy and bulky. Hammocks have to be strong.

I suppose you could build an ultralight version, for jungle backpacking. Lose the end bars, make the hammock out of kevlar and make the cover mosquito net.