Yeah, but the computers are becoming more human-like, I'm told, and will start ignoring and unfriending each other. But, since they'll do it at computery speeds, it'll only take a couple minutes for them all to just shut up again.

/treesloth takes a bow

That's something I'm looking forward to, but for now I'm holding on to the big pants and just cinching the belt. I'd rather just get off the bulk of the weight I'm dropping and then go shopping instead of multiple wardrobe updates. I might get a couple of intermediate pair of pants, though... it'll ease the…

Thanks! I am faster than I was 56 pounds ago, certainly.

That's one of the things I find most interesting about counting calories. I'm trying to change my mindset— instead of calories per unit weight or volume, I look at nutrient value per calorie. In effect, the antithesis of "empty calories". But, I also put a limit on my calories. The thing I didn't expect, but in…

And what if the "Check Engine" light fails? We need a "Check 'Check Engine Light' Light".

It's "only" USB 2.0, but this drive makes me feel funny in my pants. I have one of their external hard drives that works on similar principles.

Worked for me. This was one of several things that got me to change. That was 56 pounds ago, and 44 more to go, give or take. The too-tight pants now fall down if my belt is too loose. My belt now has 9 extra holes in it and I'm halfway through those. Even if that belt ends up wrapping around me twice, I'll keep…

And considering that 6 more conservative senators— 2 of them co-sponsors— just came out with serious concerns about SOPA, I'd say this isn't a conservative vs. liberal thing.

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SSC, perhaps? According to their site, the engine for the Tuatara, for example, is an "SSC Designed Billet Aluminum V8 Block". And I think Saleen's was based on Ford bolt patterns (to allow use of a few commonly-available components) but were otherwise an original design. But, your point stands... These seem more…

Strange comparison, but the most ergonomic handgun I've ever used just turned 100 years old. Everything is exactly where it should be. A shooter knows how it works the moment they pick it up. A car is more complex, of course, but that series of Preludes seems that way. Sit down, take a quick look, extend a couple…

Awesome. I chortled heartily, and my keyboard has been dusted with mouth-ejected tiny bits of Wheat Thins Toasted Chips (Veggie flavor). :-)

I've had the misfortune of working with the Geek Squad before. I think if one of them even thought about touching my workstations, network or servers I'd beat them to a bloody pulp. They are just absurdly incompetent and dishonest.

I can't tell if they're rippi— er, borrowing— from Aston Martin or the Audi A7. Either way, I truly admire their choice of victims.

Nor does he fake demonstrations to make it seem that his equations induce time travel when they actually only predict decay rates at the event horizon of a black hole.

How is this healthy? Phones already have self-image problems. Do we really need to go putting things like this out there, telling other phones that they're unattractive just because they carry a few extra ounces? Give me a phone with curves, with a little circuity on its frame, something that actually fills the…

I asked for *happy* little trees. Those trees aren't happy.

And "any production model would likely have on*ly* 1 GB"

If your eyrection lasts longer than 4 hours, please see an optometrist.