Not to mention vibranium can't be forged traditionally, considering it just absorbs the energy of the striking hammer...

I think the targe and the buckler were a wee bit smaller than Captain America's shield is. And while I agree with you that certain shields were meant as an offensive counterpart with a main hand weapon (much like a main gauche), I would argue that their original intent was purely defensive for blocking sling stones…

As a renowned architect once said:

MSI OC 660 TI. http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Overvoltag…

It's about 300 bucks at NewEgg/Amazon/Wherever, and it handles just about everything I could ask it to do. I'm currently running a four screen setup on one card, with an AMD Phenom II X6 1100T. I code for a living, so the multi screen setup is a must, but I also…

Gaddis writes an excellent book for beginning C++ programming, assuming you have no experience with an Object Oriented Programming Language. You can often find older versions for ten or twenty bucks. I still use mine sometimes when I'm having a brain fart and don't want to look online for something ridiculous.

As someone who just got done taking a mixed grad/undergrad Android basics course, here's what I've learned...

So, when you fill your bags on a heist, is it an NP-complete knapsack solution?

I think that this is one of the major dividing lines in this debate. What constitutes your private vs. your public life. You could point to the debacle of paparazzi vs. "celebrities". A celebrity definitely has a right to privacy within his/her own home, but when out on the street, do they have the same…

I believe it was this article from Cracked.

I am totally with you on this one. I play wow and when my two girls are playing, I'll do dailies or farm for a bit, or anything where I can mount up, jump up twenty feet in the air and just have my character hang out while I rescue a princess or take them flying or read them a book for the umpteenth time. I don't…

It's about compromise and moderation. I game when my kids are in bed and the wife is busy with other stuff. She'll sit on the couch and watch tv and I'll sit next to her and instead of watching the Bachelor or whatnot, I'll play a game. Or, I'll play WoW after the kids are in bed and she's out with the girls. It's…

Oh this. This. When we had our first child, I would play console games while she slept in my lap or in a sling. I had the luxury of being a stay at home dad because I worked from home.

Then we had our second, and the console days went the way of the Sega Mega-CD. Often thought of fondly, but oh hell no, not while…

I'm currently running four monitors off of one 660ti and I've not noticed any problems. 2 HDMI outputs, 1 DVI, 1 DisplayPort.

As a former military professional, I would ask that you start reading some basic war theory. Clausewitz is a good start, and from there, maybe some of Caesar's journals. If those are too dry, the counterinsurgency manual is a good read.

Yeah, it'd be more of a cauterizing burn, but laymen, right?

I don't see what's so wrong with giving your child a lightsaber. It seems perfectly normal.

I believe the Darkness II bundle is dead now. I just tried to purchase it and there is no "Buy Now" option, and the game itself is no longer listed for sale.

I come from a long and weary history of WoW, and the quest you referenced reminded me of the quest for Mankrik's wife, early in the Barrens before they were sundered by the Cataclysm. That quest stands out in my mind, because Mankrik's story continued on as well.

My point, I suppose, is that there will always be those…

I would argue that it's probably not a static integer value. Maybe a float. And possibly even represented in hex not base ten. Of course, going from 32 to 3c isn't that hard. It's in the binary change that you get all wonky, especially if it's signed. Do you know how hard it is to get a pen that small?

Yeah, that SLI bugginess is what made me lean towards just upgrading to a single 680. But then, there's the whole...being able to have SIX monitors instead of just three thing that really makes me get all hot and bothered.