Comment Re:Bhumibol Adulyadej must be a giant (Score 1) 325
They're also the world capital for gender reassignment surgery! In this light, Bangkok's name is quite ironic.
Comment Re:Is Grove running for office? (Score 1) 565
I think we may be going about this the wrong way. We're targeting things at the consumer or corporate board room level. Maybe we need to be looking more fundamental, at the investor level. What if we defined as a '100% American Corporation' as one with all employees located in the US and all the employees of any subsidiaries located in the US. If you employ a single person located o Then we go and say 'any investment made in a 100% American corporation will not have to pay taxes on dividends or capital gains taxes.' Investors are ultimately out to make a buck. If any purely-American company could be invested in tax free, that would be a huge incentive to keep jobs in the US.
Purdue Students Win Rube Goldberg Contest 105
Dekortage writes "How long does it take to make a burger? Students from Purdue University's Society of Professional Engineers won the 2008 Rube Goldberg contest with a device that requires 156 steps to assemble a burger. According to the team captain, 'We put 4,000 to 5,000 man-hours into this machine since September, and all the hard work has been well worth it.' That's a long time to wait for dinner." Here's a video of the winning entry in operation.
Comment Re:Ummm.... I have an easy solution (Score 3, Interesting) 210
Ask and ye shall receive!
Some guys in Japan made a piloted plane that flew on 160 AA batteries: http://www.primidi.com/2006/07/17.html#a1571
Still, I'm a little more impressed by what NASA pulled off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Prototype
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