While I really do like Chris Hemsworth as an actor I don't really think he'd fit into the story real well if he was supposed to be Cormac. Maybe Cormac's brother or something, but I always pictured Cormac as more of a "normal" guy who's not the biggest, fastest, or smartest but still manages to play an important role…

I'd recommend trying a non-fruit wheat beer. I'm a fan of Erdinger's lighter Hefeweizen, but I've also found recently that I quite enjoy Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat as it's got kind of a sweet taste to it but not an overpowering one.

I think I remember seeing something about this years ago on some tv show or documentary. Isn't it also called the fire worm or something like that in some places due to the burning sensation in produces when you try to pull it out?

If there is an exception to a rule then it is no longer a clear cut rule. This is pretty much the definition of a blurred line. If they decide that X is an exception to the rule then why not Y and Z, and if all those are then why not ABCDEF... you get the idea. As soon as a single exception is made it opens the…

Turns out I somehow accidently ordered the wrong pair. They've got normal hi-fi earbuds, and then the expanded bass ones. I apparently didn't check the picture or model # before ordering, and picked the wrong pair. I just went ahead and put in a second order for the right one since they'd already shipped my first…

Well since both my Skullcandy FMJs and my Shures have died on me in the last two weeks, I don't get paid until a week after I start my new job on Monday, and I have no other earbuds left I went ahead and ordered a pair of these. Hopefully they'll be as "good" as the Skullcandy pair was, and who knows they might even…

Well congrats everyone here! You just saw the best parts of the Chernobyl Diaries! No need to go see the movie as it was pretty horrible. Actually the movie just reminded me of a bad copy of The Descent except you're in Chernobyl instead of a cave. So basically if you want to watch the movie look at these pictures…

Well let's see. I've got a 160GB SSD (OS & programs) + a 3TB HDD (data) in my desktop with around 800GB remaining on it. Then I've got 4TB of various drives in my server which will provide backup for all the computers in the house (3TB + 250GB + 250GB + 500GB) as soon as I actually find the time to set that up. …

So I'm surprised no one else has pointed this out yet... most of you are probably attempting to be "mature." Well I don't care. When they shook the box trying to get the lid off this is what I heard, "fap fap fap fap fap fap fap." Future awkward moments when your housemates think they've just walked in on some of…

"Wouldn't something more tank-like, with a low center of gravity and tons of guns, be more practical?"

I quite enjoyed it although I'll admit I pretty much laughed my way through the second half of it. Then again that whole laughing thing may be because my friends and I made the brilliant decision to go see it at a drive in on a night that was about 40 degrees outside with good winds.

The first computer I ever got that was mine and mine alone.

I used my original iPad and now my Asus Transformer Prime mostly as an internet browser, e-reader (lcd screens have no effect on me in terms of eye strain), and when I'm running on the treadmill it gets used for Netflix. It's actually started to replace my laptop (a Qosmio X505) since it's more than 7 lbs lighter,…

Oh absolutely, and it probably didn't help in my case that the first drive of theirs to fail was due to the firmware issue that all of their consumer 7200.11 drives had (even though 500GB drives weren't supposed to be widely affected...). The second one to fail was due to literally thousands of bad sectors that…

I actually did not know that about Raid 1. I always assumed that Raid 0 was absolutely faster, but it never occurred to me that they could get the same read speeds out of Raid 1 at least for read. It really should have though since it makes complete sense. If you've got all the files on both drives why not read…

I think the real cost here is the Thunderbolt connection. Being able to run these external drives at nearly the same speed as your internal drives (or even faster if your internals aren't in Raid 0 as well) could make this drive pretty tempting for anyone who needs that feature. I'm thinking graphical artists and…

I've had far fewer issues with Western Digital drives than I have with Seagates (2 out of my 4 Seagates have died on me in the last 3 years). Although I do buy only the Black drives from WD so that probably makes a difference. Of course I've still got more Seagates than WD simply due to the fact that even if I…

I really want to through Freelancer in now :(. Does it even run on Windows 7? I don't think I've tried it. Hm... maybe I can get my roomy into it with me if I start up again. Seems like the kind of game she might be into.

http://youtu.be/ This guy seems to enjoy it enough.

One of the supercomputers that I will soon be working with has this same type of system set up too keep it cool, although as far as I know we don't use the waste heat for anything. It's a pretty interesting system all around.