Here's some advice from a random commenter: Barefoot as a literal practice (nothing on your feet) is stupid in my opinion. If nothing else think about this: at some point when you are out and about, you will need to piss; public bathroom + bare feet. More importantly I have yet to go anywhere that doesn't have…

I wore some pretty horrific shoes while running track waaaaaay back in high school but this looks like a bowling shoe. At least mine attempted to look like they were fast. (Observations based solely (pun intended) on aesthetics)

Its a party over here! Although its looking like a sausage fest so far. Dammit.

Ummm, that isn't helium. Helium does not burn. That would be hydrogen in that ballon and yes, that can be fun. I'm thinking it would make and awesome birthday surprise. Imagine all the restaurant staff gathering around to sing some crappy birthday song, trying to get the lyrics out before the balloon explodes...

I thought about that too and then considered this: If she has avoided the world to a large extent she may have retained much of her money by not spending it on the day to day stuff 'we' do. Multiply that out a few years (age 50) and she may have enough squirreled away for just such endeavors. No matter how, good…

Makes sense to me: 8", dual core iPad now, quad core iPad in the fall, quad core iPad mini next year. It follows my anecdotally observed pattern of Apple technology progression trends. Its a little like milking their customer base but not so much that it is demonstratively excessive. I would give the tech devs a…

Ooooooh I hate that guy!

What he (or she) said. Until someone starts posting state secrets or CIA dress sizes this is a big yawn.

The original story forgot to put the word licensed in quotes. In my experience the Chinese have little need/requirements for licensing. Especially if they have been contracted to build some version of the product.

Try 200,000+ users... And for me, the ones that Reply-All to the "Corporate users" list saying "Please remove me from this list" should have their wish granted by being fired.

Maybe its a punctuation mistake and the author was was supposed to be pointing them out; "There! Model numbers... There wolf. There castle."

Sorry this pair has the worst/weirdest mating practice I know of. Eaten by your mate, big deal. Try this on for size. And if you don't want to watch the video, here is The Oatmeal's take on it: [theoatmeal.com]

Now everyone is getting into a rhythm.

Man, thank God for the BCC field. I only had to send an email once.

After that I totally don't recall the story 1/2 way up the screen and now I'm off to dust off my Beverly Hills Cop DVD and waste a couple of hours today. Mission accomplished?

There is a fairly high amount of stretch in a dynamic rope. So much so that major falls when climbing don't feel that bad (minus the potential impact with the rock face of course). Dynamic ropes are rated for X number (usually a minimum of 5 to be CE certified) of falls at a ~1.77 fall factor. Not getting into the…

Saw this in a flyer, Microcenter will sell one to you @ $150 with the purchase of an HP system. Sorry if the link to the online flyer doesn't work. [viewer.zmags.com]

I have had to 'audit' many security systems in my career. I have a pretty comprehensive set of tools to crack passwords and the single most productive one is a nice dictionary file of common passwords. That one and variations of it come up all too often. And this has been observed on multiple fortune 100/500 corps.

So close to a "That's the same combination as my luggage" joke. Very, very sad.

The cost of computers and the development of flight control software is lower rated than the requirement for stealth characteristics. Combine that with a role that doesn't require highly dynamic flight capabilities and you don't need vertical stabilizers.