Comment Re:erm.... (Score 1) 277
Hah! Good one! Here's the ultimate "Your mom's so fat..." joke: "Your mom's so fat she blocks neutrinos!"
Comment Re:erm.... (Score 1) 277
You live below your mother's basement??? (LOL!!) You'd have to, to be well-shielded from cosmic rays. Living in a basement doesn't shield you from rays coming from above. And even so, some rays are so energetic that they'll reach you even if you lived a mile underground in a mine.
Comment Re:I AM NOT A KOOK! (Score 1) 237
If this was Facebook I'd be clicking that big red Australian 'Report An Online Crime' button right now to report you stealing minutes of my life.
Seems to me most of those stolen minutes must have been spent counting all those "4400" words.
Comment Re:Russia is full of unemployed people (Score 1) 99
This may be off-topic, but WTH. Re your sig: Take a look at this YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRCKNoUgko It's a hoot!
(If the link doesn't work then just search for "Stapelfahrer Klaus (subtitled)".)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRCKNoUgko It's a hoot!
(If the link doesn't work then just search for "Stapelfahrer Klaus (subtitled)".)
Japan Launches 'Buddha Phone' 212
CNETNate writes "The Japanese Odin 99 handset isn't a regular video-enabled phone. It's geared, perhaps somewhat ironically, towards the Buddhist geek. Aside from regular cell phone features, a dedicated button loads a private, customizable, animated altar on the phone's screen. The idea is to allow Buddhists to perform their dedications conveniently on-the-go. You can simulate incense burning, purification rites and play music to help you meditate wherever you happen to be. The question is, does such a device somewhat negate the values a Buddhist would stand for?"
Comment Re:VR was more hype than reality (Score 1) 384
Why wasn't this modded up? To, say, five (insightful)? You moderators must already be living in a virtual reality.
Comment Let's put Panama to work. (Score 1) 273
Okay, so we make Panama (which is close enough to the equator) our 51st state and build our rectennae in its offshore territorial waters. Then we strike a deal with Cuba to give us permission to run an underground power line across their island just outside of Havana in return for some free electricity. Connect the line to the tip of Florida and into our power grid and it's done. (Actually, Panama would probably become our 52nd state, just to keep from pissing off the Puerto Ricans.
