Actually, not so much. It does have it's roots in the theory that continual expansion and contraction caused by heating and cooling of the silicon ICs will cause fatigue and eventually fracture, but that's not appreciably measurable, or even true. However, most (if not all) computers these days will progressively…

Sonic Screwdriver Vader's chest-mounted ventilator. Vader suffocates. Doctor Wins.

I've seen designs for a trashcan with built-in barcode scanner. So when you throw something in the trash, it scans the barcode on the package and adds whatever that was to your shopping list. I thought it was a neat idea. I'm sure something similar could be done with scales on the egg shelf and milk shelf, to measure…

Speaking as a former Sound Engineer, The whole point of a home EQ is to correct deficiencies in your speaker and amplifier setup (Equalize the sound, hence the name). Good systems have a reasonably flat response, but if you don't you use the EQ to bring the levels in line. I would say use White noise to measure the…

So, rather than having one cold zip pressed against you and leaving a line of frozen skin, you now have 5 (or more)? No thanks.

Bosch 509e -> Nokia 7110 -> Nokia 7650 -> Nokia 6260 -> Samsung Instinct (M800) -> Nothing

Musically speaking, the band "Hooters" is a nightmare to search for, but not nearly so much as "Live" (Yes, they're a real band, their Allmusic profile is here: [allmusic.com]. They did "Lightning Crashes", among many others)

You mean you don't have a computer hooked up to your TV yet?

Or Dr. Helen Magnus. Or Tony Stark.

He did? Where were they? I mean, I know the US kept the recepits and everything, but they never actually found any (barring some old canisters of Mustard Gas that were a few decades out of date and had been "dumped"). And it's not as if they didn't look for them, either.

Talk to Michelin. They designed this wheel in/before 2006, yet they're still not out there.

Or Dr. A. Lucard. Or Dr. Alucard. You know, as has been used many times before.

The story DIDN'T end there. And it could have been the precursor for a "Butch and Sundance" style "Everybody dies in a fireball of glory" ending. The whole "Zoe gets a blade in the spine", "Simon gets darted with a reaver-poison-tipped dart or three" and "River goes back in to close the doors", there's certainly a LOT…

So don't use photo-voltaic panels. Instead use black pipes filled with water and surrounded by a hemicylindrical trough to concentrate the sun's light on the pipe. The water heats and generates steam, which is used to power a regular turbine in the same way coal/oil/gas plants do now. It's, essentially, above-ground,…

Except that birds don't crash into them and die. Neither do bats.

Personally, If there a link I'm uncertain of, I preface it with "view-source:". So, in the example given, the URL would end up being "view-source:[bit.ly]".

Let's also add:

C++? Why not just use the C# port that's been made: [blog.xamarin.com]

The US Military and the Pentagon have a "Media Liason" office. That office has been involved in many, MANY movies and TV shows (Stealth, Stargate SG-1, Transformers (All of them), Iron Man, Battleship, Die Hard 4.0... the list goes on). In fact, you can pretty much guarantee that if any US Military craft or people are…

Find a boy scout and get him to show you how to make a "Square lashing" (Or watch the included video). Much stronger, and looks almost identical, albeit a little more sturdy.