The stuff I use is 2 per cent zinc phosphide ... One of the few rodenticides that have little chance of secondary poisoning of pets. Or people. It creates phosgene gas in the stomach of the rats that eat it. Or cats or people, so use a bait trap that is secure.

I usually try 000000 and 123456 and 012345 as those are the as-shipped by many makers of digital locks. The sad thing is that if the security override is intact from the factory, then likely the management code is too. So the guest could change the management and security codes and lock out the hotel owner. Obviously…

WHat is exceedingly funny is Samsung's employees now do demos in blue shirts. Talk about trade dress!

It is inheirited. HP consumed Compaq. Compaq consumed Digital Equipment Corporation. And DEC invented the self destructive CEO swap "death spiral tango" (tm) ... Selling off core business units and canceling cash cow product lines, and flailing dramatic leads in technology with an inability to get them into consumers…

If it had dual directtv tuners and 2 cablecard slots plus dual off the air tuners, then I'd buy one. But it looks like it is sole focused at digital cable. SO. No Sir, I don't like that.

Passing Mach 18 in the gravity well causes a rift in hyper space and someone on Alpha Centauri 3 is very upset about these damn things falling into their cup-o-slaw.

I like the foresight to make the capsule have a roasting pan for the porker.

I use my small scale to measure the weight of gems and colored stones. And to weigh letters. If this thing reported over the USB connection it would be great. And if it has the ability to "tare" a small support that is taller than the rest of the mouse it could weigh letters... Lots of uses. Or if you are into…

The SyFy (how I hate the new name there) show Sanctuary is almost entirely shot on green screens. There are very few props even. Mostly it seems if it is not interacted with (picked up, sat on or otherwise) then it is not real.

78? I'd have the furnace coming on. On the northwest pacific coast it's much cooler.

While not generally considered reversible vasectomies can be reversed surgically. And you can also put a stash away in the freezer if you have second thoughts. And there is the small gold valve option. But if you play with toys maybe avoid the magnetically controlled valve option.

Apple is better run perhaps. And Apple offers a better product and services at a better price.

Yep. To get to my old house from Boston, just take the Alan Shepard Highway north until the exit just before the shaker village exit. Head past where the bridge never was put in, then left where the school burnt down in 1972. Don't turn into the Hannah Dustin Memorial though ... And then left past the park and on down…

The 3G/3G[s] had more rounded sides. This is a 3G looking case around the phone, much as the leaked iPhone 4 from the bar had. And the "slot" at the top is likely sim card access as this is where the original and 3G models had it. And if they are doing a tapered thinner design, that is a logical place as all the thick…

That's a mighty thick case, and maybe a slot for sim card access to the top. Button placement is as the iPhone 4. Look around the buttons to see how thick the plastic is. If this _is_ and iPhone 5 it looks to be pretty slim.

You've got your history sdrawkcab ... The military boosters preexisted outside of NASA. NASA redesigned the control systems and added redundant systems to make the man space flight capable and meet safety requirements.So the flow was NASA last, Military first. The military is not so concerned if a small percentage…

It is not so much old technology for new, but reuse of the technology with new enhancements from what we've learned. After the Apollo program shut down, the Saturn V design was lost (one of the few big rockets not meant to deliver nukes in its original form before adaptation for space use). We still do not have a…

"It's unlikely that this study will spur restaurants to replace all of their forks with larger versions; there is no incentive for them to want consumers to eat less of their food. It's up to customers, then, to request jumbo forks if they're looking to eat a little less."

Personally I think as a relatively non-lethal weapon they should be allowed on. Just note the owner and disallow alcoholic beverage service. On 9-11 a few stun guns in passenger hands would have neutralized the terrorists. And stunned aircraft personnel can't open the cockpit door. Or these days ask for it to be…

Some luxeon rebels will do 135. But the problem is then power supply efficiency. Only about 90% is easily repeatedly assured in mass production. And then heat disapation is another critical issue so that the efficacy is good, and the LEDs don't die prematurely. So lots of room for better engineering. I'm surprised…