Hah, agreed. I like arstechnica too. I stop by because I periodically check gawker proper for Mobuto's posts. I always die a little when I see one of those "lightning reviews". Remember when this was a good tech news site? Those were the days...

They could, and probably did, but does that story sell HP laptops? Nope. Remeber, Giz is becoming a content farm...

Agreed (and porn. Mockery and porn).

Of course she denied it! I would have too. If only to explore the unique physics of the situation!

Look up "Jan Davis" and sex. It's kind of an open secret that she and her then husband (who she married long after the initial mission assignment, but before launch) got busy in the orbiter's airlock.

Thanks for being the only reply that didn't call me an asshole or threaten me with mock physical violence!

Actually, I would have accepted "a nearby supernova" or "ignition of the sun" as more reasonable answers. Are we really going to argue this? Am I not allowed to point this out because the kid was taking a brave stance for science? Because, well...

No, you still would be responsible. You picked up the rock and decided to throw it at me. You would not be responsible if you had, sometime before the incident, placed the pile of rocks where, later, some violent guy would choose one to throw at me.

It looks like a protective sticker, and actually makes sense if they want to keep it pristine. That's the easiest pert of the back to scratch.

Please, I understand the outrage, somewhat (it is a private catholic school, not a public school, so first amendment arguments aren't entirely valid. But there is also the fact that even private schools must adhere to state guidelines, but it's all foggy), but tell me that everyone gets that, even the kid's write in…

Don't! Or pick a song you hate right off the bat! I tried that route, waking up to some nice music, it did not go as expected! You were angry because you were waking up, not because of the sound of the alarm! At least I was. All that did for me was transfer that anger to "here comes the sun". I've had an…

Oh I know, it's all total bullshit. Those things are streaming Pandora while the employee fiddles with their PC. Or their kids use it for games (I think me, and the IT guy are the only ones that bring it to work, and I use it mainly for smoke break reading and Hulu).

2010 Christmas present from my company! Everyone in the office was given an iPad 1, and not one uses it to accomplish work (unless reading emails is work). I liked getting one, but it was such a waist of money.

Ugh! FMF is terrible!! It is the ONLY thing that made me stop and think, "maybe there is something to all those crazy Giz rants."

The use of "abandon all hope" and what that entails when discussing this was very subtle and just perfect. Bravo!

Google reads my personal emails to better target ads at me.

When young turtles and rats mutated by human chemical waste can walk hand in hand...

I actually am one of those idiots who buys a $500 piece of electronics and can't wait a full year before snapping the damn thing open, just to see what's inside. I don't know why I do it, or what I gain from it (other than the geeky sense that I'm looking at something beautiful).

No, but I remeber when they all wore red! Thus defined by their personal characteristics (and weapon choice) as opposed to color...

My entire childhood was divided into distinct phases. A few months I'd play with TMNT, and a few months I'd play with LEGOs. This oscillation continued until around the age of 10, when the amount of time I'd play with LEGOs slowly started to increase at the expense of TMNT, until finally, it was solely LEGOs that…