I've never seen Brainiac, but it's a shame to hear they've faked their stuff. However I've been doing some research on thermite (how I found this clip, actually), and it burns at around 2500+ degrees, which is enough to melt through a car engine, concrete, asphalt, or just about anything you set it on. So if they're not doing the Irreversible Thermite Reaction for real...they may as well be.

PS, it's my first top 15 video! Thanks everybody!

Christ, what a scumbag. I almost felt bad upvoting, you know? Like, it's a good video, but at the same time it's not *good.* There should be...like..."watch this video, but the content is actually evil" or "The Fox News Effect"

(/totally overthinking it)

(PS: Godwin's Law ftw!)

Yeah, I meant it in the way legacy interpreted it. It just rubs me the wrong way to see people so set in their ways that they can't recognize the validity of an opinion different than theirs.

Politically, I agree with Garofalo but her personality isn't my cup of tea.

Bees are ok. Only the cute ones though. Like, I realize that a bumblebee can still sting, but there's just something about it that's a little less threatening. And definitely not the one in the Nasonex commercial. The Antonio Banderas bee. That bee's not threatening, but he is annoying.

I. Fucking. Hate. Wasps.

They're gathering outside my house right now, forming this creepy buzzing 15 wasp orgy that's going to become a nest that I'm going to have to spray. I can see them from where I'm typing.

I don't really have a problem with spiders or ants or anything (although I did read an article about how roaches can get trapped in your ear and I slept with a pillow over my head for awhile) but wasps...wasps fly, man. They *already* have an advantage over me. That's freaky.

JG and Coulter are the same person, really. They just have completely different opinions. Sort of like the Democrats and Republicans have opposing stances, but they're both still political parties.

Johnny Winter! Fuckin a dude. I subbed a video of him covering Bob Dylan awhile ago, but alas no dice. This is damned cool and I hope it makes it out.

I love Weeds! That's probably my favorite line of the new season. That and "Thug means never having to say you're sorry."

Arvana: I may or may not know what you're talking about.

hoping this is the right one?

Anyone else think it was cool that Feynman was credited as a drummer?

In the video, the narrator mentions There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, the talk in which Feynman asks "Why cannot we write the entire 24 volumes of the Encyclopedia Brittanica on the head of a pin?" You can find the transcript of that talk here: http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html

In addition, there's some extra information and a long list of recommended books, cds, video clips, etc. here: http://amasci.com/feynman.html

Some articles about practical applications of nanotechnology:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=116811&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=216016#
http://www.cheresources.com/nanotech1.shtml

I *really* like this idea.

Swingers! One of my favorite comedies, and one of the few things I liked Vince Vaughn in. Great sift.

I can't believe it was scripted and he still did that badly with it. Why even bother?

Do we really let him in the same room with foreign dignitaries?

sillllllverrrrrr....glad to be able to revive a video like this.

Charming.