icelight commented on The New Hottest Spot in the Milky Way

"@whatamidoinghere: Somehow, I feel that the shipping and handling charges on that one would be where they get you. For some reason the FedEx site won't accept package dimensions in thousands of kilometers, weights in solar masses, or shipping distances in parsecs."

icelight commented on Graphene Confirmed as the World's Strongest Known Material

"@Log1c: We'll probably need a more efficient means of production than scotch tape and pencil lead for that to happen."

icelight commented on NASA Engineers Team Up With Retirees to Secretly Develop Alternative Moon Rocket

"I love how 5 "official" employees, and however many people they claim to have working for them evenings and weekends ("I have a list of fifty seven known subversive NASA employees!") can run better calculations that the thousands of men and women, plus oversight committees outside of NASA, currently focusing exclusively on Ares."

icelight commented on The Impetus Behind The New Xbox Experience

"I'd say it's much more the direct descendant of Aero on Vista, imagery wise."

icelight commented on I Love It When A Plan Totally Doesn't Come Together

"Some of Horza's crazier plans do work."

icelight commented on The Moon Rocket Project NASA Doesn't Want You to Know About

"Ah, further searching and I stand corrected."

icelight commented on The Moon Rocket Project NASA Doesn't Want You to Know About

"@Thrubeingcool: It looks a great deal like existing rockets because it practically is and existing rocket."

icelight commented on New Dawn Of War II Trailer Forged In The Furnace Of War

""Relic, bless them, aren't afraid to put out a trailer comprised solely of gameplay footage" When your gameplay footage looks better than most people's cinematic trailers, that's exactly the right thing to do."

icelight commented on Meet the Tardigrades: The Solar System's Most Extreme Survivors

"From personal experience, I can say that the US Postal Service is in fact very, very efficient at killing these little guys."

icelight commented on Thrill-Crazed Space Bugs Swarm Through World's Longest Novel

"@tollwaytroll: Not only that, but a 4.4 million character word sounds like someone fell asleep with their face on the keyboard (or left their cat on it for a few days) and didn't feel like deleting any of it."

icelight commented on Where Is My Silicon-Based Life?

"Excellent article."

icelight commented on The Creepiest Robots Ever

"As a someone who's had to practice on both these types of manikins and on real people; be thankful."

icelight commented on Freakiest Form of Alternative Energy: Tornadoes

""The main issue is getting a reliable supply of hot air." No, really?"

icelight commented on Democratic Convention May Debut Use Of Poop Gun

"So a group of people who's utmost goal is to attract attention to themselves (i.e."

icelight commented on DARPA Unveils Details About the Mach 6 Vulcan Engine

"Read through the DARPA announcement/BAA."

icelight commented on Are You Ready for a Bioweapons Lab in Your Town?

"The problem with Plum Island is two-fold."

icelight commented on McCain Proposes $300 Million Prize to Develop Next-Gen Battery for Cars, Cybernetic Cryo-Suits

"I'm with the "they'll already have enough of a reward" group."

icelight commented on The Circus Apes Of Science Are Mighty Healers Indeed

"Man, someone needs to go back to medical school!"