Isn't the new "sprayless" Off clip-on still technically spraying, except instead of spraying once, it's continuous doses of deet?
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Juliebird - Jul 02, 2009 1:31:00 pm PDT #27153 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Dana - Jul 02, 2009 1:35:55 pm PDT #27154 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
No idea, sumi.
-t - Jul 02, 2009 1:41:19 pm PDT #27155 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DH keeps telling me that Safina is only #1 because she enters every minor tournament there is. I don't know how true that is, though.
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2009 2:21:58 pm PDT #27156 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2009 2:27:06 pm PDT #27157 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You know how "they" are always talking about how we'll see robotic flying insects in the future? And how that future is always "not too distant"? Well, that future is a lot closer - check out the videos of this prototype: [link]
Military-backed researchers have built a tiny drone that looks and flies like a hummingbird, flapping its little robotic wings to stay in the air. So far, the mock bird, built for Pentagon mad-science division Darpa, has only stayed aloft for 20 seconds at a time. But that short flight was enough to show the potential of a whole new class of miniature spies, inspired by nature. Darpa just handed AeroVironment, makers of the winged “nano air vehicle,” another $2.1 million to build a hummingbot 2.0.
Ultimately, Darpa program manager Todd Hylton says in a statement, he’d like see “an approximately 10-gram aircraft that can hover for extended periods, can fly at forward speeds up to 10 meters per second, can withstand 2.5-meter-per-second wind gusts.” He also wants the nano air vehicle to operate inside buildings, and be controllable from up to a kilometer away.
Freaky to actually see it fly....
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2009 2:34:52 pm PDT #27158 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If aliens are watching Earth TV, this is what they're seeing
Aliens of Pi Mensae, you'll have to wait a while longer before those episodes of Gilligan's Island reach you!
Tom Scola - Jul 02, 2009 2:39:49 pm PDT #27159 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I want to go visit somewhere that doesn't have any weather.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 02, 2009 2:41:30 pm PDT #27160 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I want to go visit somewhere that doesn't have any weather.
Astonishingly, given its reputation, most of the time I was in Seattle was like this. Back home? NSfuckingM!
beekaytee - Jul 02, 2009 2:45:14 pm PDT #27161 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I want to go visit somewhere that doesn't have any weather.
Oh my stars. Bartleby and I just got caught in an apocalyptic downpour...on a day when no rain was predicted. LIARS.
The poor boo does not appreciate water from the sky, even when it is warm. He kept squinting at me disconsolately as we trudged the half mile or so home from the park. Upon entering, he crammed himself into the corner of the foyer where I keep my old towel stash...climbed up ON the pile and looked at me with an expression that could only mean..."You there, with the opposable thumbs...USE THESE...ON ME...now, please."
beekaytee - Jul 02, 2009 2:51:04 pm PDT #27162 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Hey, DCistas. If you have not been to the Folklife Festival this year, I highly recommend it. I spent a good deal of time in the Wales area today and enjoyed every minute of it.
Got there just in time to catch Only Men Aloud, winners of last year's, Last Choir Standing on the Beeb. They were awesome. One medley exhibited their Welsh pride with 'exports' Dame Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones. The theme from Goldfinger, Delilah, It's Not Unusual, and the Green, Green Grass of home.
On my way back up the Hill, I realized my face hurt from having smiled non-stop for hours. I needed that!