Could the word "receipt" be a mistranslation here? Or is it really the case that a Kunming computer buyer would walk out of the store with just a promise to get a receipt at a later date?

I'd love to see a real Calder mobile that moved this much. All the ones I've seen have been way up in a museum ceiling, completely still and untouchable.

If we each had a wish, and you wished for world peace, and I wished for everyone on earth to be able to admit when they're wrong, I bet the results would be indistinguishable.

So, you should take enough care to do everything right the first time...

There is evidence in split-brain research (where the connection between the two halves of the brain has been severed, usually for epilepsy surgery) that shows that each side of the brain operates independently of the other, even to the point of having different thoughts (and hence feelings, desires, etc.) if given the…

Math wouldn't be my first worry. If she lost that much brain at 21 years old, there's a chance that she'll never talk again.

They don't literally remove half the brain. That really would kill you. They remove one of the two cerebral hemispheres (the large, wrinkly halves on top) but leave the brainstem intact. The brainstem houses really vital functions such as breathing and does not like being messed with. Removing a hemisphere, on the…

If you were thinking of cramming an Android down your girlfriend's mouth as punishment, you better be ready for a cease-and-desist letter.

I just wanna know what made Rupert Murdoch think Carrot Top would make a good newspaper editor.

There are a whole lot of kettlebell exercises that could not be done with that T-shaped thing pictured above. You can't grip it in the middle, and it would cut clean into your forearm if you tried to do a clean or a snatch with it.

Kettlebells just change the leverage you have and make the exercise harder. For instance, doing a one-hand snatch with a 50-pound dumbbell will be way easier than with a kettlebell at the same weight. In addition, the weight isn't centered on your hand, so your hand and forearm muscles will be under different loads…

Going totally modern on this one. It's just so, "I'm so ultra rich, I don't even realize that other people are judging me".

In integrated sciences news, experts feel that within the next year, laser penis scanning will halve the time it takes to reconstruct a penis out of your thigh muscles.

For backpacking, I carry a fire steel and REI stormproof matches. Those things are the absolute bomb. You can light one, then bury it in wet dirt, and when you dig it back out it lights again. I believe they are made out of actual pieces of Hell.

IT'S NOT A SCHOONAH

Non-sarcastic question: Shouldn't they account for what % of the city population actually owns cell phones? Or are they so ubiquitous in cities that it doesn't matter, once you get up to a certain size?

If that's the case then it's an interesting point. To me, Jawbone and Apple are two brands with very similar images; Jawbone's model user is maybe a bit more of a business type/power user, but there's still the luxe/design part of the brand image that fits right into Apple. People who buy Jawbones are looking for more…

I think that the vast majority of people who use the terminology "X-American" intend it to mean "of X ancestry, but now living in America/claiming America as home". That's how I use it, and same with everyone else I know. Your definition—specifically saying the person was born in X—I'm betting is quite rare, actually.

No bluetooth is an advantage because it makes it cheaper? For Jawbone? Jawbone has a brand image, and it's NOT practicality and affordability. Bad business move. Make the thing luxe and then charge accordingly.

I guess I don't like it when Photoshop uses the term that way, either. I wish they'd call them effects, or some other term. I do understand that it's part of a wide change in terminology that comes from the use of Photoshop for pretty much everything. Probably nobody can stop that. But if it makes people forget about…