No, I think conspicuous displays of wealth are employing a shitload of people. You know the rich people I hate? The ones that stuff their money in a mattress and die without spending it.

10 cubic feet? What are they putting in it, five or six Mac Minis?

The Prestige.

Quilley, Down Under.

Wait, it's not Monday! They can't discover a new moon on any other day.

w00t! :-)

I like it. And hope that I'm not still banned. We'll see when I hit "return".

Apparently, I am, since I lost my star and got suspended for a week for simply quoting Team America. Who is this Steve Climaco bozon, and why would Gizmodo employ somebody who is so unaware of pop culture that they don't recognize a Team America quote when they see one?

About a month after the London Tube bombings, I took the express train from Heathrow to Paddington and managed to leave my laptop bag on the train. To be fair, I had been awake for almost 30 hours, and was carrying extra gear (tool case), such that I didn't notice my laptop bag wasn't on my shoulder until I walked…

Think again.

Did you sign the test "Like A Boss"?

It was a simple pre-emptive strike. Han knew Greedo was very likely going to shoot him, so he shot Greedo before that could happen. Doesn't make Han a cold-blooded killer, it makes him smart at reading the situation and acting in his own defense (with a good offense).

Is it a wafer thin mint?

I imagine "fraking" would be, I don't know, Jonathan Frakes directing?

Skifta is already an Android AirPlay alternative:

"Stop! Or I'll yell 'Stop' again!" — Robin Williams, on the British Police

vibes=jibes

They don't understand A) what a hypothesis is B) what the scientific method is, and C) what a theory is. A theory carries weight. The hypothesis behind it has been tested and found to be true. Unless and until there is evidence to disprove it, it is established fact. The religionist's "intelligent design" BS is…

Allow myself to introduce...myself...

The biggest Southern California "waste treatment facility": the Tijuana River. Which fouls and closes Imperial Beach on a routine basis.