Since switching to Verizon in 2006, I can probably count on less than two hands the number of dropped calls I've had on my verizon phone that weren't connected to an AT&T, T-Mo, or

An NPR program had a piece about 3 years ago with an academician or physician who was studying the phenomenon. One irony is that a lot of the practitioners are A students who don't abuse drugs or alcohol and mistakenly see this as a safe way to get high.

Until now I thought "posture photos" were the perviest pseudo-science foisted on an unsuspecting populace.

Bad gizmodo, Bad —Sit!

@lifefollowsmypen: instead of referencing any of these other works that you've seen, or any insight your parents might have imparted to you, you simply compared its size to the large painting on the opposite wall. And your acolytes followed suit with complaints and surprise that the most-famous painting in the world,…

@lifefollowsmypen (and many of those who responded): you would all do well to acquaint yourselves with the word "dilletante". Your superficial attitude toward art, engineering, and history is cheating you out of some of the greatest wonders the world of man has to offer.

So a new eye won't cost an arm and a leg?

Ice applied to an injury is supposed to prevent swelling by causing blood vessels to constrict and restrict blood flow —at least for the first 15 or 20 minutes, after which the body figures it might freeze to death and then increases flow to the area (that's why you apply ice 20 minutes on/20 minutes off).

I thought .50 calibres and armor piercing rounds were both illegal?

@Slinkytech: Bubba, I can read it to you, but I can't understand it for you.

@Slinkytech: more like look at the douchebag posting on gizmodo.

@SinisterBill: the human element would still pilot the planes remotely, they just wouldn't be on board to deal with any issues or take over in the case of computer or radio errors.

@Tom2.0: I never cease to be amazed, or frightened, by the idiocy of man.

Another reason to use different passwords on each system: some sites will mail you a plain-text copy of your password if you forget it and ask for help —meaning that they either do not encrypt passwords or they use a reversible encryption scheme.

@hewhoroams: Here's a recent WSJ article on someone winning her MBA deductions in her IRS case.

Two design changes: use the 20 oz. bottle and don't fill it all the way up with soda.