Tom Magliozzi who, along with his brother Ray, hosted NPRÃ(TM)s hit comedy show Car Talk for the last 37 years, died Monday morning from complications of AlzheimerÃ(TM)s Disease. ÃoeTurns out he wasnÃ(TM)t kidding,Ã said Ray. ÃoeHe really couldnÃ(TM)t remember last weekÃ(TM)s puzzler.Ã

The military really doesn't care much it it is "green" or not, they just want the UAV on mission as long as possible. If it takes a "green" fuel cell, then fine. But if it took a ton of black coal to do the mission, then the dirty coal would be the fuel.

Chose LAX *bzzz* Chose Virgin *ding* Chose JFK *bzzz* one of three ain't bad, must have wifi at JFK to get some work done on my 5 hour layover to the UAE. Its New York, I don't expect them to "do free" and I will be stuck paying for that part. hey, will take the free in-flight wi-fi...

IANAL, but is this legal? I somehow think that Microsoft doesn't have 150K photographer releases in their paws.

In response to Swine Flu, MEX airport, they have deployed an thermal camera that takes your temperature via your face. This is done before you can check in to your flight. You step in front of a ordinary looking camera, and the security officer then allows you to pass, there is a screen where you can see your own face & temp. Pretty darn accurate. Strangely enough I am sort of sick today, sore throat, but that has been going around the office.

but now back, in California

When these were installed in Portland some years ago, I distinctly remember telling my friend there "this may be convenient, but once you let these meters in, you realize, they can charge you whatever they want." While not the case in Portland, where these bastards have been installed in L.A. the rate for parking has "magically" gone from a reasonable $1.50/hr to $4!! per hour. You see, where once a dollar or $1.50 was "reasonable" for a person to pay in quarters, once the debit system is used, well, The Sky Is The Limit. L.A. has, for the moment, the highest street parking rates in the nation. That is until some other city installs these bastards and charges whatever they damn please for street parking.

makes about as much sense as locating the Hockey Hall of Fame in Rio de Janiero or calling Des Moines Surf City USA.

to analyze who the f*ck keeps calling me on my do not call listed cell offering crappy cheapo health care. A few months ago it was auto warranties. Hope this can track down the various unlisted/spoofed numbers I get these calls from.

Maybe we can build the *equivalent* of a human brain (number of neural connections in software, silicon or combination), but we don't even know how the thing functionally works as it is. How are we going to model it?

I disagree, in terms of Amazon following the inkjet model. You would not see $5-10 best sellers, they would be full price, Amazon would have to make the $500 cost of the Kindle up somehow. Then everyone would gripe about e-books being the same cost as a hardback bestseller ($30 and up). Thank God someone ISN'T following the inkjet model. As for me, I would rather have the Kindle over a laptop, those $400 laptops don't have batteries to last even a couple of hours. I can't stand reading on a screen, but my friend's Sony is very easy on the eyes.

...but does it blend?

This is about stopping used games sales, nothing more, nothing less

Almost exactly what an atomic detonation would look like from space, even down to the clouds being pushed aside and the "pileus cloud" that you see above atomic blasts from years ago.