mhlaxp commented on Who Would Win: an Imperial Star Destroyer or the USS Enterprise?

"We talking a Victory class destroyer, which would be about 900 meters in length, or an Executor class, which would be about 19,000 meters in length?"

mhlaxp commented on Baseball Bat Can Break Lego Minifig Legs

"@mhlaxp: In fact, I remembered some Indiana Jones sets with guns that I saw on this very site. [gizmodo.com] [gizmodo.com] And then there are all the weapons in Lego Star Wars sets light lightsabers..."

mhlaxp commented on Baseball Bat Can Break Lego Minifig Legs

"@lostarchitect: Indeed, my pirates also had musket-like rifle things and pistols, not to mention sabers and cannons (had one that fired bricks via spring-power), and then there were the knights with swords, shields, lances, and if memory servers a catapult."

mhlaxp commented on Homer Simpson Explains the Problem with Electronic Voting

"@ViperBorg: It's just over a year old, the technology is still being worked on but it's nearing being ready for the big show."

mhlaxp commented on Where's Your Windows Taskbar?

"While in Linux I have a bar at the top and the bottom, and I always use the bottom to manage my windows. Actually one of the things that drives me nuts in the various Apple OS's is the way the taskbar at the top works."

mhlaxp commented on Homer Simpson Explains the Problem with Electronic Voting

"Current electronic voting systems suck, but there are better solutions."

mhlaxp commented on Top Gear's World War, From The German Perspective

"@benztown: Yeah, of Fifth Gear and Top Gear, but not D Motor."

mhlaxp commented on Top Gear's World War, From The German Perspective

"My whole family is German, so I was sort of proud of them for shaking off the humorless German sterotype."

mhlaxp commented on Tokyo! In Coming!

"The best way to get a full day's supply of Vitamin C is orange juice."

mhlaxp commented on 20 of the Biggest, Baddest Boring Machines (the Right Kind of Boring)

"You know, at a glance, that "r" can look a lot like an "n"."