It's because the camera lenses are still on. They will take them off after the dust settles. At that point, Curiosity can show off it's (12) baller cameras.

Agreed - often, this is the fault of dumbass contractors and staking companies. I was installing a retaining wall and had to dig out trenches to lie support lines - we hit a backup water pipe that the staking company simply forgot to mark when they did the rest. We hit it with a seven foot steel rod we were using to…

I'm just not sure that Google fans have anything to be defensive about. Gmail, Maps, Google Search, Chrome, Android, Docs, Drive... I use google products every single day. To say they've never delivered is just silly. But that's okay. Humor is allowed to be silly.

Please. 1 trillion to bombs and wars, 2.5 billion to send a rover to mars? If we want to find a few billion extra for schools and hospitals, we could cut a quarter of one percent of the defense budget.

Thinkpad X1 tablet. That computer was a beast, best keyboard I've ever owned (desktop or laptop) and it saw me through years of digital art. No fuckin' touchpad bullshit—nipple mouse for life. Had the little guy triple-booting, used it as a desktop after the hinge broke. Thought it would never die, but, sadly, it did.

But have you thought about expense?

It's too early to say either way. But I'm not sure why the media is painting this as some unknown coming from nowhere to win - Ye Shiwen has won multiple international competitions, including a gold medal in the 2011 World Aquatic Championships. She's been competing at a professional level since she was 11. There is…

What? You are saying they are wearing tight shorts underneath, which somehow necessitates baggy shorts over the top to excel?

I might eat crow over this, but I think NeutralBigot, in this specific incident, was right. Men are oppressed about our bodies too. Have you ever tried to wear short shorts as a guy? Hell, even basic grooming gets you endless comments about how gay you look. As a man who has received death threats over cross-dressing,…

You know that global warming myth we've been trying to get you to care about for decades?

Okay, these stories keep popping up, and they are obviously terrible. But one thing that consistently fails to get mentioned is that forcing late-term abortions is strictly illegal in China, forbidden by the central government, and, at least when a fuss gets made, results in the termination of the petty officials…

Actually, nothing unsafe about discharging a 1.5V battery through a resistive heating element. Not enough voltage to go bang, or shock you, or anything.

Because two nation-wide anti-American insurgencies was enough for a decade?

Well, here's the thing. This turbine is basically an updated H-turbine design, which people have been messing with since the 70s. The problem isn't generating power, it's the cost of transmission and grid-integration. When building on existing buildings, you have to keep things super small scale to avoid structural…

I've used toilets like that - they are basically old-school composting toilets that can only handle a certain moisture level without getting gross. Also, why would guy's bathrooms be grosser without urinals? Urinals are nasty, splash-inducing germ fests, and anyways guys bathrooms are almost always cleaner.

Another Loganite on Giz? Do I know you?

Woah guys. No one is saying that there is anything wrong with skinny girls with big racks. If that is what you happen to be, that's great! Enjoy your body and your privilege—god knows, as a middle class American man, that I enjoy mine. But the idea that you need to use a naked, skinny, attractive girl in your…

The problem with this debate is that you're both right. Yes, we mainly lived on grubs, insects, and root vegetables for most of human history. Also, we hunted some of the biggest and meanest species (think wolly mammoths) to death because we were such awesome hunters.

Actually, water pressure reducers are common in a lot of situations, and many are already designed to generate power. For instance, my town gets its water from uphill, and many new homes are built with reducers to bring pressure down to code - no reason not to generate power there. Although, have fun taking a shower…

If you truly are opposed to contributing to health care for the needy, openly refuse to pay the tax. It's what I do for war taxes. They can't put you in jail for it, and it's one way to make your opinion known.