I lived in Oklahoma for awhile. Doing 95 on those roads is like driving over a ploughed field! Doing 160+ would require extensive dental work. :-)

God that is just ACHINGLY beautiful! Yes I know it looks just like all the other 911s. But there is something about that shape and those lines from that angle that triggers some deep, lost in time emotion. It's the same emotion you get when you fall in love for the first time. When you come face to face with an animal…

@SupaChupacabra: Agreed. I don't hate him at all, I just don't find him the least bit funny. And because of that, it bewilders me as to why he has a successful career.

@rick23: Not suggesting you try this at all! But has anyone actually burned themselves with one of these? Did it cauterise the wound while doing it?

@tobylane: Ah, right, got it now, thank you. I read about this a while back but just couldn't remember.

@tobylane: Not having windows as an OS in any of those facilities would be a wonderful idea. I know most of it is proprietary software actually running the computers that control the important parts, well mostly. But with all the security flaws in windows it shouldn't be in the link at all in these systems. As you…

Last year on the news in the US was a story about power plants being hacked from a foreign country. The first thing I thought of then, and again now while reading this, is why do things like power plants and nuclear facilities need to be linked to the internet? I understand the need for remote access for information…

It sounds like a good idea, but the problem with everything being cloud based is having to download things all the time. Sure Verizon will give you 100MB for free, but how quickly will you go through that just though day to day usage? Most cell phone plans aren't actually "unlimited". If you read the small print they…

I never saw this QOTD until it was too late. And it sucks that I couldn't find the vehicle I wanted to suggest either. So maybe one of the Jalops will know what vehicle I mean and can find info on it, as my brain has failed me completely on this. Do you remember the assault vehicle from Aliens? The one they drove into…

To all you guys who have unlimited data on your cell phone plan.. check the small print to see if it really is unlimited. I used to work for Sprint, and their unlimited has a cap at 5GB. (Even the unlimited everything plan, or whatever it's called now) Most cell providers have a cap too but don't tell you up front…

@bens: Oh that would drive me crazy. I would bug him and bug him until I got more from him.

@CubemonkeyNYC: I agree with you about people getting all pissed because someone touches them. If you want security then you have to be willing to do things to help out. It's not like they're asking you to strip naked and then giving you a cavity search. Every time I go through an airport I get pulled over for the…

I like it. I think it could be a really cool new segment of the market doing things like this. It reminds me of the old VW Beetle/Beach Buggy things that were popular several centuries ago. The only bad thing I can think about is how badly it'll flex now the roof's gone. But I guess basing it on an SUV they could add…

I love these old style trucks and SUV's. I always wanted to get one and fix it up but put in more modern suspension and drivetrain.

I know that this article is about remote piloted aircraft, but a lot of people in the comments are talking about a fully automated military, like Skynet type thing. So...

@Darkryder: I think you may be half right with the adrenaline theory.

One of the things that I've been curious about with these new "remotely controlled" aircraft, and in the future, other fighting machines like tanks and even "remote warriors" taking over from live troops. Is that will our new generation of fighter pilots and highly trained Marines be picked based on their skills to…

@FrankN.Stein: Funny enough, this is the first thing I thought of too. :-)

I've never really feared death like almost everyone else does. I've had a few little heart attacks and I'm only 42 so I get the feeling that I might not last until I'm old and gray. But even as a kid I have been curious about death and what happens at that exact point? I just can't imagine that the electrical energy…

@skulldriveshaft picasaweb: Yes, great idea. If this program gets axed, every gear head in the country should shoot themselves out of shame. Promote it, watch it, talk about it. And if you are a Nielsen rated viewer, watch it on everything you own that is monitored!