That swooping sound you heard was not the "eagle". It was instead the joke sailing over your head.

"Confession: I haven't watched The Avengers yet." Geek card. Give it up.

Are they even offering 2D 48fps? That may be why you didn't notice it. :)

Brute force attacks will succeed exactly as fast against a constantly changing password as they will against a static password of the same strength. You don't think they start at aaaaaaaaa and work their way up, do you? If you play the lottery every day, starting with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and work your way up, you have the…

Why is it inherently safer to change your passwords on a regular basis? It's critical to not reuse passwords among sites, it's critical to select secure passwords, and it's critical to secure your devices against keyloggers, etc. One would think that whatever improvement in security that comes from frequent password…

Indeed. At least peruse the relevant statistics before making broad generalizations. Latching on to a single example of low crime/gun control correlation (most commonly cited seems to be Japan) is not a substitute for an examination of the whole picture. Remember folks, anecdote != data. Ask Russia how well strict…

"Make guns illegal" and "Make violent video games illegal" are both equally vapid responses to this tragedy. You rightly argue that a reported personality disorder is far more likely a cause than his playing of any particular video game. Others rightly argue that someone hell bent on killing doesn't need a gun. …

So... you are saying these guns were bought in another state and brought to Connecticut? Based on?

Your confusion is in equating number of cells to mass of cells. Bacteria are much smaller than human cells and have less mass per cell. So although the human cells outweigh the bacteria cells in your body, that doesn't change the fact that 90% of cells (by number) are non-human.

The other 364 days of the year, this wasn't an issue for you but now suddenly it's a must-change? God help you if you ever realize that 18,000+ children die of starvation each and every day in this world. Not sure where you'd target your rant on that one, but I'm sure it'd be epic.

This. Useless and misleading article is ... well you get the point.

The search in the article is 'tits', not 'topless'.

Are you sure that Apple isn't in second place in the tablet wars? Amazon is selling quite a few Kindle Fires, and since they don't disclose actual numbers, it's hard to say. It would seem that if trends continue, you may soon get your wish, if you haven't already.

You do realize that taste is rather subjective by nature, eh? Even when we know the chemical compounds that make up a substance, food companies still invest an enormous amount of time and money on real taste tests. Organic chemical compounds are far more complicated than a statistical analysis of their atomic makeup.

The idea is not that the opinion was actual, but that the irony develops from the juxtaposition of.... oh the hell with it.

If this doesn't have Internet, I'll eat my hat. Nintendo can't possibly be that stupid.

DVD is 8.7 GB (not "5-ish"), and Blu-ray is 50 GB. Virtually 100% of movie DVDs are dual-layer, as are a majority of movie Blu-rays. If we're talking capacity, at the very least you should measure by the most commonly used format. We'll leave out dual-layer dual-sided discs.

I believe normal wiimotes won't work at all with the Wii-U. All the games require wiimote plus controllers. Feel free to berate/correct me as needed.

Yes because they couldn't possibly have sold this as a normal add-on pet and made money for themselves, could they? And the design and development is entirely free right? Administrative costs for the payments? Also free? Bandwidth?

This just in: maneuverability is not the same thing as maximum speed. A significant hindrance on the maneuverability of modern aircraft is the human element - we fleshy things can only take so much. These drones have no such restriction. Does that mean it can evade an Iranian fighter jet? I have no idea, but I…