“Are you now or have you ever been a believer that man-made CO2 emissions are responsible for rapid global warming? Answer the question!”

I wouldn’t call it an “ultra-portable-PC”, considering you need a computer (PC or laptop) in order to run these portable apps.

“...ice island...”

You mean he couldn’t even identify Gowron as the leader of the Klingon High Council? 

Wow... so much stupidity in this comment. Let’s review:

Riding in front is not uncommon. And it certainly doesn’t mean you consent to genital grabbing. So your point is moot.

High four!

Also, the Gizmodo homepage could be snazzier.

Those look nothing like Wonder Woman.

Oh, c’mon, don’t be petty. He did a great job.

That’s why everyone should get some of the awesome mutts at the shelter (they need homes and nobody wants them!) instead of getting a dog bred selectively in a way that maximizes their suffering for personal profit.

I used to do Flash development, and I’ve gotta say, I absolutely loved it. ActionScript was/is a fully object-oriented language that can do a lot, and it integrated beautifully with the graphical engine to allow robust, complex actions on graphical assets that could be designed right there in the same IDE (or a…

That’s easy: ≈ 28 Earth days.

My main question is whether they could simply have cordoned off the area and starved him out / pumped pepper gas all around him / etc / etc.

I think the methodology of killing is mostly irrelevant - unless bystanders are put in harm’s way, a bomb or a bullet is the same thing. An autonomous robot shouldn’t be allowed to kill, but a remotely operated vehicle is just an extension of an officer’s arm.

This is like the least-clickbaitish headline on Gawker. This is where you’re planting your flag? There’s an article after this one called, “American Women Sure Do Love Grooming Down There.”

In 27/129 people, at p < .05, in one study, in a population of folks prone to seizures. (“Fifty-three out of 129 patients had epileptic seizures (ES), 74/129 had nonepileptic seizures (NES), and 2/129 were dual-diagnosed.”) Made my short list for Betcha You’re Not Gonna Be Able To Replicate That One, Boys.

Argument against: If true, I must be a character in the most boring video game in all the universes, Cubicle Drone III. Whoever is behind my controller must be asleep already.

Love how all the articles and videos that talked about this are using the wrong floppy disk images.

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