Comment: What research (Score 2) 438
all he has to do is regurgitate whatever his owners tell him to say. It's not like he is doing anything remotely resembling real science.
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Comment: examples please (Score 2) 132
I've always wanted to know what some of these things would look like if I was simply looking at them through a window of a spacecraft.
Comment: Re: Headline 100% Wrong (Score 1) 119
Basically, people tend to take more chances when money is on the line.
Comment: Re:What is different? (Score 1) 119
the part where you rant on about the scary black man being so scary is the rant son. remember, dog whistles don't work around grownups that have heard them before.
Comment: I happen to be a Vampire... (Score 1) 369
you insensitive clod.
Comment: If you do this, you had better hope... (Score 1) 480
he doesn't have lucky numbers he always plays. Otherwise, there is a miniscule, but non-zero chance of having a very awkward conversation with him when he wants his winnings.
Comment: Except missiles can fire over the horizon (Score 1) 517
I don't think lasers can, so by the time you are close enough to use them, you a probably dead.
Comment: where did this tripe come from? (Score 1) 265
It looks like someone ran Ayn Rand through Google translate a few times and then vomited on the result.
Comment: You'd have a childlike hissy fit. (Score 0) 147
if anyone treated you the way you seem to feel you can treat the president.
Comment: It doesn't even need to be a prank. (Score 1) 146
Someone flying around a drone to get some cool snapshots of Washington manages to lose control of it and it goes over the fence. I would imagine a lot of people are not willing to go up to a guard and ask for it back.
Comment: You are assuming that the goal is to be effective. (Score 1) 146
A small RC plane loaded with the contents of some smoke detectors and a few firecrackers to spread it would undoubtedly cause everyone to freak out for quite some time, while causing basically, no real damage.
Comment: unfortunately, it probably assumes (Score 4, Funny) 673
perfectly spherical unemployed in a vacuum.
Comment: Still trying to lye your way out of the gutter? (Score 1) 420
You should realize that you are not going to gain any sympathy by assuming that everyone else is as ignorant as you are.
Comment: young children are known to use the (Score 1) 420
every body else does it defense. Pretending otherwise is stupid.
Comment: Well, most of them are educated enough... (Score 1) 420
to know that the parties basically switched in that area. Of course, you, not being all that educated, think you can BS your way around that little fact.
