As far as I was aware, the hiccup reflex is about balancing an imbalance in your eustachian tube - and that's why the one perfect hiccup cure I've found works.

These pretty much all remind me of critique time in art school.

Oh god, so much win in this comment.

To an extent that's true, but anyone who's spent a lot of time studying lighting will know that reflected light is completely perceivable, although not in every situation, it's true.

What goldfarb said.. Hard surface modelling is basic basic stuff, no matter how complicated you make it, you're really just throwing together a whole bunch of cubes, spheres and cylinders.. The most complicated machine in the world is nothing compared to say, the hair in rapunzel, for difficulty.

Indeed.. there's also this war gem - although not Disney - [www.youtube.com]

Yeah, I could only support this if Sinise was Redman again. I need more Gary Sinise in my life.

Let me rephrase then.. I don't believe there are attractive nerdlings here.

We love Pam because she's a psycho. A fabulously dressed, incredibly witty, psycho.

I have to say I'm quite glad that Gwen failed - I do think her arrogance and assumptions of badassness were getting a bit much. Yeah, she's saved the world/wales a bit, but only in sort of minor ways, and the fact that she kept throwing out the "we're torchwood" stuff as a reason in and of itself for her awesomness…

Why not? This is io9, I don't believe there are non-pasty-skinny-nerdlings here.

I have a lot of friends with birthdays a day or two around mine, but nobody ON my birthday

Photography is a somewhat less expensive medium than sculpture.. sure, your initial camera expense is high, but if you're working digital, the only expense after that is the prints.. And that's not even taking into effect the time aspect of photography v sculpture.. Not trying to downplay your artform at all, but a…

Props for the Contact quote.

I have no issue with someone reinventing the vampire mythology.. I do have an issue with bad writing, and the horrific character of Bella. She's ok with being stalked, she's ok with a controlling boyfriend, she's basically a whiny brat through the majority of the movies, and her entire reason for existence is her…

Please, have you not seen War Games?

Me three, I could have sworn he was all the way naked in the books when she found him.

Speaking as a brit who has lived in the US for a number of years and has a mostly american accent, there are some words that feel wrong no matter how you pronounce them.. Like garage, or peter, or a bunch of others I can't bring to mind right now.. Vowel sounds are the most weird, for the most part.

They tried that to Captain Jack in Children of earth, or at least mostly.. they exploded him from the inside out into teeny tiny pieces.. and he regenerated.

Yep, I just passed that part in the first book where the 7 knights are described as all having white armor, except for Jaime in his gold.