@Bubkes: I completely agree, but one catch I can see that might be brought up....was the family in danger? If every member of the household was out of the building and not in harms way, is there still an obligation to put out the fire under that life saving stipulation?

After reading the article, then the comments, I need to ask something. How easy is this to produce? Will we ever actually see this? Is it in any way realistic? I get that it's an awesome piece of science...but is this like when I read popular science and every other article is about how we may have a technology to…

@Lord_Data ∞: That was my FIRST thought.

What the Doctors and specialists are saying:

@pettiblay: Dear god, someone show this man a picture of a waterbear!

@—Core—: It IS two different worlds! I grew up on the easy coast and was stationed in California about a year ago. I must point out though, that it is entirely less safe here than on the east coast. The cops, while abundant, seem to be stretched thin and their response times are slow. Pair that with the fact that…

@sharmanova: The only comment I can make is, it should tell you something about the enviromental lobby. The military won't put it's men and women in harms way needlessly (nuclear reactor), regardless of what stupid movies show.

As someone in the medical field, I feel I must speek up. Air Free Intravenous infusions seems the most sensible choice. It may not strike awe in all who view it, but I think it has the best potential to help people.

@JoshUng: Will this be before or after the 132nd coming of the baboon prophet?

@somethinghead: Just to clear this up...I'd rather encounter a platoon of armed exo-suit special forces out for my blood, than one old woman with dementia in one of these. I can just see it...

@B-1Pilot: Tell that to the guys who designed the F-4....

@waterborne: So the moral of this story is, guardsmen are too lazy to clear brush so they lit it on fire.

@Traveshamockery: Dear god man....you do NOT correct the Captain.

It's not just the army, other branches suffer as well. I thought I'd be working on the best software and hardware money could buy. Well the hardware is pretty nice, but the software side of things is caught up in red tape...well basically I have to use XP and IE6 at work. In fact they supposedly upgraded our bandwidth…

I'm stationed in a military primary care clinic...people showing up late are the bane of my existence. We have 20 minute appointments. I have to check a person in, get vitals, history, immunizations, prevenative medicine, possibly more, and still have time for the provider to see the patient and address their…

I can't help but think this is a little absurd for several reasons. First being...well it reminds me of when people joke about doctors being lucky to do pap smears on certain girls. Honestly, do you realize how awkward and unattractive it is for BOTH parties? Not to mention it's never some fit 19 year old blonde, its…

@tbOwnage: Yeah but doesn't voltage cause pain? Plus, if there is any, arcing of any kind can cause burns.

In the air force, I get 2.5 days of leave per month. Awesome! We can have up to 90 days saved per year (actually more, but when the year rolls over we lose them if they aren't used). Most people have trouble using all their leave actually, because you can only take leave when the "schedule permits"...which is never.

I met my wife on the hot or not app on facebook...

@BongoFury: Or was it the USB powered humping dog that lacked GPS gamming functionality? THE PLOT THICKENS!