True. But at some stage one needs active components. The engine, "food replicator", and multiple other components are active. And one can argue when in deep space, if either one of these break, then they will die. So the question should be, how reliable is an active component vs the likelihood of death. To set a rule,…

Who/what is starhawk? :-)

Passive water shield too heavy. They should use active high temperature superconducting shield. http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/637131main_radiation%20shielding_symposium_r1.pdf

3D printers are going to be AWESOME for halloween and cosplay. I should get one so all the girls line-up to come to my place for dressing up. :D

Errr... it's pretty obvious filmmakers are the most extreme, and safety-minded people on the planet. Felix Baumgartner was a film maker (camera on his helmet, hello!). Oh, and James Cameron holds the record for deepest dive into muff of the public!

There's another way! And if the source of the smoke is appropriately chosen, it's a lot more rewarding too. :-)

I get the desire to stack dirty dishes underneath it, even when I know it's a non-functioning faucet. *sigh*

Sucker's law... whoops, i mean Zucker. Show me empirical evidence!

For the record, I don't think it's an evil thing. In fact, I think it's brave trying new models and transforming the blog business.

The point? Gawker is trying a business model where they build up a large commenting community. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/05/22/how-gawker-wants-to-monetize-comments/ They are trying to transition from a pay/page view system which they used in the past. From Wikipedia: "Denton also announced the…

haha. fun vid. Re: Fey & Poehler hosting the Globes. I just don't think Fey is very funny. (I hope there are no jezebelers around.) There's a lot of unwarranted hype floating around in my opinion.

All these knives, all these rules. Some are useful, others are not. Long live Alton Brown! Proponent of versatile kitchen gear. The man inspires me to cook by giving scientific explanations on why a certain technique or tool is used over another. If I don't understand why I'm going spending that extra time & money,…

What's up with the commenting system, anyways? Is it going to stay like this? When was the featured comment removed? Will it develop further? After the teething period, it's ok, but still difficult going back up a few levels after navigating down a few sub-threads.

Send me the photo. Are they self-nudes?

3000euro hall-probe in my lab. I was hung over. I never told my boss. What I did do was to vow never turning up to the lab hung over again. So when I drink, I don't show up until after lunch the next day. :D

I have a full argument against hedonistic utilitarism since it condones men liking fake breasts, which is a slippery slope to liking transvestites, having sex with robots, and eventually submitting ourselves to our robot over-lords to be connected to a matrix (the movie) type system. Only these robots won't breed us…

The burning texan man festival! The hippies have made it to Dallas! (Has anyone else made that joke yet? I didn't check.)

When faced with an invisible enemy that likes to shelter amongst the general populous, the solution will always be DRONES. Lots of DRONES. Circling, intimidating, threatening to rain down terror from the heavens. That should stop them. You're welcome. Where's my 50k?

You're welcome! At Lifehacker they make a post introducing and welcoming new interns. Did they do it here or did I just miss the post?