Oh jesus. Just when I thought The Castro in San Francisco couldn't get any more fake.

That would explain the look on his face.

Bravo! if I could bump this to the top of the thread I would. Today, you win an internet.

but what do they mean?

I've found I have better control over my 45 one handed. Not sure why or how, it just is.

Well shit, there goes my weekend...

Verizon didn't give me a choice but take a different data plan if I wanted a new phone unless I wanted to buy the phone outright.

Great, so it cuts through thin sheet metal and hollow tube stock, slowly. Seems impractical at best when there are other faster methods that don't require the heat suit and whatever power generation unit runs that thing.

I'd like to volunteer my services for that. I'll even provide my own ammo!

Check out the movie Tank Girl. It's one of those B flicks everyone should see, at least for the cultural reference.

Send a few of these with the next mission.

They're available in the US. There's even a California compliant version, but they're all upwards of $2500 if you can find one for sale.

You win an internet today.

It's entirely possible they found a route with 1 or 2 less hops. That makes a lot of sense.

Alan, I did read the article. Most of it is a wonderful how-to for some of the more advanced features of commonly available software, but the headline itself hints at using these methods to get around security controls and the article specifically talks about using portable apps to "not run afoul of IT admins who…

Keep telling people to circumvent IT policy and security controls by using portable apps... It makes IT securitys constant cat and mouse game just that much more interesting! We've added a section to our acceptable use policy specifically talking about portable apps, and including the phrase "up to and including…

It'll stop beeping eventually if you don't change the battery

But what if it's the same person? One can be a hiker and a pilot at the same time. Boots on the ground, boots in the air, boots are boots.

I may be wrong in this assumption and I'll have to check with my Navy FA-18 pilot housemate and hiking partner to be sure - but I imagine the noise in the cockpit is significantly different from the noise heard on the ground as it bounces off the mountains. Now, which part of my complaint is made up? Please be as…

Perhaps you haven't spent much time in the back country.