@Chip Overclock: The first track for the Transcontinental Railroad was laid in 1863, when the war was still up for grabs, and design work had been going on for years before that.

Oh, oh, Provo!

@PoG: You generally do NOT want to use bulls as oxen; intact males are too unpredictable. Steers, on the other hand, are well-suited to the job.

@diverguy: From a quick read of the article on NASA's website: they located the parts, matched them to the car, and confronted the suspect in court, resulting in his confession.

@diverguy: I figure they're parts with the VIN, or a serial number that could be matched to the VIN.

Wonder who the corpse standing between Steinbrenner and Muskie is; the oily lush to Steinbrenner's right looks so eager to please that he reminds you of Jay Gatsby meeting Meyer Wolfsheim.

Radio Shack used to be a great place for DIYers; I picked up the parts for my satellite TV rig there, from F connectors and cable, to the dish and set-top box.

@StandardResponse: They check the logo...

@BAngieB: My main objection is to the title, which lifts the title of a great movie about The Who.

@DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Or poked with a pica pole...

@Seeräuber Jenny: Well, I know they're not fighting over who has the best recipe for bacon brownies.

I won't use a photocopier at work or Kinko's for anything that has banking information, SSN, or similar data, because so many now have persistent storage. I don't trust my employers or the wage slaves at Kinko's to control access to that storage, or to dispose of it properly when the device is retired.

I'm enjoying this and hating it at the same time. It bothers me that some people get so worked up by simple attempts to be polite. My take on these thoughts:

@Gary_7vn: You were on the right track; the Redstones were a proven rocket that was relatively easy to "man-rate." Atlas was a lot more troublesome, because of its "balloon tank" construction.

@PhDelish hearts KG: Yeah, because that really narrows it down.

@LittlestCrazy: It's a shame that involuntary commitment is so out of fashion.

Now this is a design to love. [imgs.xkcd.com]

@bucklefilledbird (Gadget Music is the New Punk Rock!): Actually, 4:3 amounts to the AMPAS standard aspect ratio, which was defined when sound-on-film first appeared. Movie screens didn't start to "stretch" until the TV started to make major inroads on box office figures in the early/mid '50s. Widescreen films were…

I became very, very angry when I read this. Fucking "educators" can all take a long walk off a short pier.

@CaptainJack: I hate LA, but I love flying into any major city; this lady can explain why.