Comment: It's online, patent it! (Score 2) 89
Comment: Re:Oblig. XKCD (Score 2) 206
Comment: Re:Sorry what time of day was that ?!? (Score 1) 84
You should both assume that times given are local for the source. This being NASA and all...
Would that be Kennedy Space Center (ET), Johnson Space Center (CT), White Sands (MT), JPL (PT) or some other NASA office in another time zone?
Comment: Re:It sounds great (Score 1) 199
Why would you let them do that?
As has been noted by others, kids are into repetition. I watched things like Star Wars, Clash of the Titans and Strange Brew ad nauseum. If they enjoy it and it's not offensive to me, they're welcome to watch it again.
Letting your kid watch the same goddamn movie in a loop is about as stimulating as letting them stare at a wall.
I agree. But watching the same movie once every Saturday becomes ad nauseum soon enough. And let's not forget that even if Dreamworks has given us some drivel, they also made Seabiscuit, a Best Picture nominee that my kids loved.
No disrespect intended, but seriously... Want remarkable children? Learn to tell your kids no.
None taken. As I said above, we mostly agree. Ask my kids if I know how to say no; these kids who also ask to watch Khan Academy and How It's Made, among other things.
Comment: Re:It sounds great (Score 4, Insightful) 199
Comment: Re:The correct abbr. is WWII (Score 1) 51
Comment: xkcd has this covered (Score 2) 887
Comment: Re:Social Product = $10million Funding (Score 1) 185
I'm going to create my new product - The "Social Toilet"
Meh. It's been done. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/