That needs a couple of wavering red LEDs under that center grill...

That needs a couple of wavering red LEDs under that center grill...

Favorite router? One that fucking works is my favorite.

Favorite router? One that fucking works is my favorite.

Politicians have optimized their skill sets for only two things.

You have a problem with your tear ducts? I mean, it seems like you’re constantly crying... and to be honest, the only thing I’d cry about in these is the lousy lens flares.

If that’s the extent of the damage, then it’s a LOT less than I’d have anticipated with a Class 4.

I’ll go with all three. Heavy-duty tripod, excellent camera and a pro who knows how to pan and scan.

There’s a man who enjoys his work...

Yeah... in a way.

They were better (and quieter!) than the impact or dot matrix printers. God, those things used to scream. I don’t miss them at all.

One objection was - “What if there’s a volcano that comes up through the storage facility?”

Add in manufacturing wastes and the necessity of energy storage (batteries, ranging from lead-acid to ni-cad to lithium), and the ecological benefits of PV solar disappear rather quickly...

Add in that Fukushima was designed to withstand a Richter 8 earthquake and survived a Richter 9 AND a tsunami - and all things considered it was amazing that only the generators failed.

The engineering problems of handling nuclear waste have been solved.

“Good thing I wore my brown pants today!”

“Aw, crap. Only an hour after the annual, too.”

“UP” came out shortly after my mother died, and shortly before my father died.

(Sniffs shirt.)

Of course, we were also coming out of the Little Ice Age as the Industrial Revolution started. Personally, I think that having the Thames freeze over and having ‘Frost Fairs’ is interesting, but nothing I think the folks in the UK would appreciate.

Thanks for the heads-up on that, I’ll take a look!

Well, they were baby teeth... maybe they fracture in liquid nitrogen?