Opening an app and taking a picture is slower than opening another app (the browser) and typing "www.somerealllllygreatrestaurant.com/menu/MENUCUrrENT/iajv40c8ajo_bork_bork_bork.pdf"?

Exactly my question. Why the hate on QR?

I don't understand the hate that is being piled on QR codes, at least on Gawker sites. Perhaps it is de rigueur amongst the clique?

This is so cool! Can't justify $87 for it though, but wish I could.

When it's hot as hell outside (as it is right now, everywhere)...

Aside from the fact that they are covered (wearing hats) indoors and not under arms (carrying a weapon).

That's no moon, it's... oh, wait. Nevermind.

Just quoting what the airport management has said on several occasions over the last couple of years.

There are many airports that either cannot or will not reengineer their runway/taxiway/terminal systems to handle the A380.

It would be super cool if they could rig up some of the 20mm anti-aircraft mounts in a VR environment, that way you could actually be on the ship and try shooting down incoming aircraft.

Why in the name of [insert deity/other here] do people keep using the "Ken Burns effect" for panning/sliding around photos?

Interestingly, most airlines still print their final manifests and paperwork with a dot matrix printer.

Slightly related, but back in the days of propeller driven aircraft being prevalent onboard a carrier, they used to use a technique called "windmilling".

Diffusing landmines? Perhaps you mean "defusing"?

DASD vs. HD: Is an SSD a hard drive? Debatable. It is a DASD, however. :)

"...you don't need a ton of space on your drive. Cloud storage like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Skydrive"

A feminine hygiene product is designed to soak up and absorb blood. Using one of them as a wound covering will do nothing but perpetuate the blood flow until the device is saturated, which can be a significant quantity.

Just for clarification, that was not "atop the Space Needle", it was in the private functions deck, the SkyLine.

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I tried to find this for my earlier comment but didn't have the time/patience to wait, but here it is.