@MyNameIsTooAwesome: What if someone was in there, or if the wind picked up and spread it quickly, or if it ignited Mr. Cranick's collection of antique dynamite...

@spiderman79: 'Zactly. All I was sayin'.

Two dimensional.

I laughed a great deal. But he just missed one point. He touched on it, but didn't quite get it; those people who use 15 quotes from counter-culture icons in their signature line for even the most banal and trite email.

@Mike Worldcrusher: And for the record Worldcrusher*, I'd steer clear of comparing events like Chernobyl to Hiroshima. And I realize that your point was that neither is funny, but more importantly one was a horrific accident, while the other was a conscious act during a time of war.

@Mike Worldcrusher: "acquaintances of my family (most are not Russian) are still struggling with the effects"

@MarcusMaximus: Oops... Always something. I forgot to square the 0.9. Yeah... 9.8 is my answer too.

@MarcusMaximus: Back of the envelope:

"Ahem... excuse me... Thank You... Thank you... So... We all know the expression that a cat always lands on its feet. But... BUT! I ask you this; what if his feet pause for dramatic effect are on the ceiling?!"

I think we need to take care of this now. Can we really trust future uses to be able to handle this?

Why are we all laughing? This is a very touching video. Clearly the girl was born with severe combined immunodeficiency as a result of her mother growing up on a potato farm near Chernobyl.

@Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake!: Without reading the source article and knowing very little about atmospheric research or pollution dispersal models, I would wager that the number of deaths that they claim are caused by airlines exhaust is based on factors such as how "much" pollution (for lack of a more…

But will the machines take gold and dispense foreign coins? 'Cuz I can't tell you how often I find myself in a situation where I've got a pocket full of gold, but no South African or Canadian quarters.

He mangled them once. Isn't that enough? I mean, at some point you have to put down the pen and say "it's done" and release your creation on the world, let it go and hope it survives on its own. And of all things.... 3D? It's just a fad.

@numo16: The low tech solution: Simple. Effective. Sadistic. Pointless. I like it.

Great. Now let's talk about fucking magnets. How do they work?!

I predict that at some point someone will try magnet therapy on serial killers and rapists, and the Catholic Church will try to "cure"homosexuality with it.

@switchblade saints: Correction: being a lefty isn't the right choice.

@Bant: Electric Burger: Sir, I believe we've been spoiled, and I fear the future will forever fall far short of our demands for a dedicated number row.

@Hello Mister Walrus: Oh, I most certainly agree. But I would definitely appreciate a beer proof/trip proof laptop fer 'round the house. And I know I'm not alone on that.