Over the past decade, the best fielded weapons have been the rapid-prototype, rapid-fielding programs, mostly from entrepreneurial weapon development - like General Atomics (Predators, etc; ad-hoc bunker busters, etc). Not a single Pentagon *Program* weapon in a decade has turned out to be worth a damn or even made it…

In 1940s it would have been: "We need a revolutionary new plane way better than any in the air"

@Charlie Jane Anders: i was really just teasing the polish

I vote 'Most misleading blog title ever'.

An expedient way to get rid of the suburbs, excellent.

they stole the crappy Pottery Barn jewelry cases too? *harsh*

Cool, but not innovative. There is a British inventor/firm that for a few years has been selling similar water-projectile devices to British military and security. They have door sized devices that they fill with water and can slice a door opening in masonry in a blink (to create alternative entry to a building for a…

Watch this video, it's a gorgeous TV...

The real kicker is the one-button wifi streaming of video, photos and music from the iPad/iPhone/Touch to the new AppleTV.

hopefully it'll be better than the shit-turd that was Dark Knight...Heath Ledger's performance exempted, of course.

'Thing' is taking the whole 'show-your-softer-side' meme a bit too far.

"Just make sure to pull yourself out as quickly as you went in"

"imbued with school-yard memories of passing and failing."

Alternative:

I think the 'dual flush' toilet is a significant late'20/21st century advancement. Dual flush toilets should be made the new standard, they'd save society a HUGE amount of water.

The death of Blockbuster is merely a symptom of the death of suburbia. THANK fraking GOD.

@MajesticLuuk: like takkun said, it's news filler; total speculation probably initiated by the fired firm to spin such a damaging loss of business. Don't underestimate the vapidity of journalists. A good amount of news these days is 'packaged news'.

it's a bullshit article

Dumbest. Thing. Ever. + 'stache.

@SarikaJalope: Cast Iron may also be an option, I don't know about health issues, but I didn't like using it due to the needed upkeep.