Stock it wasn't too bad - I had the quad-core processor - but when I was on a FoldingAtHome kick, I OCd both the CPU (~15%) and GPU (~10%) and pretty much ran them at 100% 24/7. I ended up removing the bottom plate and getting a portable fan and blowing it under the case to keep it from melting.

I'm actually not sure I got it. Are you trying to say that Bell's 525 can carry 16 passengers and 2 crew? There might have been more...

There's kind of an "uncanny valley" with stuff like this. There's the hobbyist level, which is cool and fine and whatnot, then there's the "goes too far with it" level (the valley), where people just look at you weird and make disparaging remarks behind your back.

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Servos. Plain and simple. They make low-speed/high-torque servos that are amazingly powerful for their size.

I do exaggerate a bit, yes, but I have 6 80mm fans, 2 120mm fans, and 1 200mm fan cooling my case for my performance build - there is just no way any laptop can come anywhere close to that in terms of CFM of air moved. I have an Asus G71GX that is very fast, but is very prone to - you guessed it - overheating. Like I…

All cooled by two of these.

The M249 SAW's sustained rate of fire is 50 rounds per minute.*

The man who took the picture was driving a BMW, which makes him a cock - and uniquely attracted to nasty hoes. Makes sense, really.

It's because it's so damn cheap and easy to get them.

This sort of stuff also explains why the government is also terrified of letting the populace own guns. If the government keeps this shit up, they're going to find the populace is going to start using them.

They're trying to recruit the more nationalistic deer of Nara. I hope they brought lots of crackers.

I bet his homeowner's insurance is through the roof.

The day a BMW M vehicle is gunning for Cadillac is the day Cadillac's already won. Besides, no manual? It's DQd on technical grounds anyway.

Airbus president, reading Boeing's next skywriting over Europe:

So this is the "I don't know what the difference is between a meter and a kilometer" article, then? Or is it the "I can't even be bothered to proofread my titles, let alone the body of the article" article?

So... if I want an accurate replica Type III Phaser Rifle, these guys are who I go see? 'Cus... uh... I really want one of those. With the flip-up sight and integrated flashlight.

Let's play "Which one of those two got a better lawyer"!

If you don't think the government is willing and capable to illegally spy on its own citizens, then you are either naive, or working for the government, or both.

I didn't see it as political, but apolitically patriotic. As a military member, I'm pretty intimately familiar with patriotism without politics. It didn't cross the "mawkishly patriotic" flag-waving bullshit that so many people do.