Try igniting a steel beam or chunk of concrete.

Somehow, I don't think you've thought your cunning plan all the way through.

I do expect that we'll see increased fortification of public buildings in the near future as these soft targets continue to be exploited, much the same as we did with airports post-9/11.

It's always amazed me that this sort of thing doesn't happen in the U.S..

It's a gimmicky new feature on cell phones. I don't think it's out to line to ask whether or not it works as advertised.

Did you try having other people unlock your phone to see if the scanner actually works as a security measure?

I don't have any problem with their use of lc/uc/ic, as long as it's consistent where it's used (space/return are always lc on the keyboard, etc [though that's a bad example, since the keyboard is static across apps]).

Yes, but for designers, things like this cannot be unseen and bug the shit out of us. It's not like a poorly-formatted restaurant menu that is physically taken away from you after a couple minutes.

To big to fail.

Obligatory.

Yeah, it's all CG, but the FotR Balrog always impressed me.

Dogfighting in time dilation would suck.

Caprica

Am I wrong to hold him (and the similar others) to a minimum standard in this regard?

I want a computer sheet, dammit.

Not a professional writer—just a blogger.

Yep, you're right

It's unclear what the Air Force is doing to fill the shortage.

Came here to say this. This is the only thing that really bothered me about Begins, and for whatever reason it was left out of the vid.

They do if they want to stay real men.