Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Panic Hides Your Inappropriate Browsing, at 10:32 AM on Jul 9 Yeah, nothing like an awkward lunge for the old keyboard. With a mouse gesture, it would only take a nearly imperceptible flick of the wrist. more » [lifehacker]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Proof that the Brain Cannot Distinguish Between Human and Humanoid, at 10:12 AM on Jul 9 So we're hardwired to not be able to pick out the Terminators us? more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on That Could Be Spider-Man Washing Your Windows, at 3:34 PM on Jul 8 @goldenthorn: Sorry, we didn't say the same thing at all. Nothing classist or strident here, except for you and Dean. A simple, subtle point. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on That Could Be Spider-Man Washing Your Windows, at 10:43 AM on Jul 8 @goldenthorn: @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: It's amazing how you both manage to so completely miss the point. Americans have superhero cultural icons. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Bill Nye The Science Guy Tells Larry King He's All Alone, at 3:59 PM on Jul 7 Hey, thousands of people worldwide must be wrong about UFOs if Bill Nye the Science Guy says there is a logical explanation. But the thought persists: If just one person who claims to have seen a ghost is correct, then ghosts exist. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Meet The New Gods, Not Exactly The Same As The Old Gods, at 1:07 PM on Jul 5 Most everything I know about advanced cloning, personal sentient computers, vehicles that transform into weapons systems, and interstellar wormhole travel, I learned from Jack "King" Kirby. Hopefully, by the time the Anti-Life Equation is published, I will have established a Mothership Connection and split the scene, man... more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on The Truth About Microscopic Black Holes and the Utter Destruction of Earth, at 1:07 PM on Jul 2 I love it when they say: "The chances of a microscopic black hole forming are impossibly small." It's either impossible, or improbable, but not both. Anyway, Buffy, Supernatural, and Mortal Kombat all offer documentary evidence that when the inter-dimensional portal opens, well-trained human fighters will be able to defeat the hell-spawn that emerges in a good, old-fashioned slugfest. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on George Lucas Will Change The Way Hollywood Works — Again, at 11:21 AM on Jul 1 Yep, no more race changes in sci-fi. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on The Today Show Has Seen the Future of Gadgetry, and It's Idiotic, at 3:42 PM on Jun 30 And that would explain why it's not called the Tomorrow Show. more » [gizmodo]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on "Ghost" Photographs Created via Quantum Entanglement, at 3:38 PM on Jun 30 Not sure I like the idea of telephotation. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Remove a Stuck Ring with Dental Floss, at 4:22 PM on Jun 23 Here's what works for me: Using my free hand, I use two fingers to "pinch" the back of ring, in effect pulling the skin through the ring. more » [lifehacker]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Brainwave Binoculars Will Pick Out The Things You Looked At, But Didn't See, at 1:03 AM on Jun 23 Could use these to record the things you looked and *pretended* not to see when you were at the river with your girlfriend? more » [gizmodo]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Happy Happiest Day of the Year, at 5:57 PM on Jun 21 So let me get this straight... The day of the year with the most sunlight is the happiest day of the year, and the most depressing day occurs around the time that the days are the shortest. Dang. more » [lifehacker]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on What a Tornado Taught Me About Our Stupid Obsession With Gadgets (And Why We Still Love Them), at 5:50 PM on Jun 21 @Snapper: Global climate change may or may not be occurring, and it may or may not be related to human consumption and pollution. Your position is that the best course of action is to continue consuming and polluting as though it were not happening. Some happen to think that the best course is to act as though it is happening, and as though we are causing it. more » [gizmodo]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on What a Tornado Taught Me About Our Stupid Obsession With Gadgets (And Why We Still Love Them), at 5:42 PM on Jun 21 One thousand years ago, a bunch of guys would have got in a boat and sailed off into the sunset. more » [gizmodo]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on 10 Scariest Asteroid Attacks on Earth: The Near Hits and Approaching Terrors, at 4:05 PM on Jun 20 @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: @Plague: eeww. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Behind The Scenes With The Cave Crawlers Of Descent 2, at 3:00 PM on Jun 20 So let me get this straight... I go on a spelunk, and everyone in my group dies horribly. I make it out alive, and the cops want me to go back in the cave...riiight. The premise may have seemed plausible for Ripley in Aliens, but this one seems like a non-starter. more » [io9]

Auld_Lang_Ziety commented on Meet The New Science Heroes, at 4:16 PM on Jun 18 @spacekicker: @aelhues: Know what's really hilarious? more » [io9]