You are wrong. Private companies can and do handle classified data properly.

Theft by TSA might not be widespread, but I doubt that it is rare.

Don't ever shoot if the perp runs away! In most jurisdictions, it puts you in the position of having initiated hostilities against someone who is seeking to avoid violence. Even if 10 seconds ago he took your wallet.

You need to read a bit more on the subject. True, it is not an outright ban, but it requires an efficiency level that is so difficult to achieve that it is effectively a ban.

This is actually an important issue for technical reasons.

Actually, this is a defacto ban on incandescent lamps because there are limits to their efficiency.

Rather than a deer rifle, I would go for a 12-gauge shotgun with rifled deer slugs. And an extended magazine tube.

He was using it while it was charging. Could be that the switching regulator in the charger shorted out, applying full line voltage to the guy's face.

The OP suggested rubbing alcohol. Those may contain rubefacients that feel good on the skin, but might themselves leave a deposit.

You think that you will fare better in that area wearing Zion eyes? You will probably be shot as a spy if they catch you.

Scientists have been working on blood substitutes for decades. Fluosol-DA-20 was approved by the FDA in 1989, but subsequently withdrawn. Numerous other products are under development. With various diseases threatening the purity of the transfusion blood, this has long been a holy grail for research.

Other than the kid stuff, it doesn't appear to contain any consumables - just stuff you can use again and again.

@SkipErnst: It may well be that other people gripe and accept. But I seriously doubt that the new layout will grow on me.

@parachoid: They have already made the new format default for io9. I'm not going back there.

Dr. Hoenikker baked his last batch of brownies.

Just added it to my Netflix queue. Thanks!

Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus.

Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.

It has been a few years since I saw the movie or read either of the books, but my memory disagrees.

"The fact is that the are the archetypal lizards who want to invade our world, fill it with their lizard babies, and turn us into torture slaves."