Good one. I really did laugh out loud.

Because except for the ocasional dust-devil, nothing moves on Mars.

Sorry, but I don't get it. I though that they were all clones under those helmets (at least the Stormtroopers). Why do they need to recruit?

Well, Americans are wrong on the first question, but correct on the second. Yes, there is human caused climate change. However, the costs of preventing the change are greater than the costs of dealing with its effects, so there is no need to change habits.

Since he is a public figure I am not sure if he has a case. Perhaps he does in some countries? It doesn't say where this suit is taking place. Could a real lawyer chime in on this?

Wow. Only one post like this. I guess there are fewer crazies out there than I expected. Sorry, but this species dos not improve or glorify The Race — and so, yes, we do have the right to remove it.

So how does one make a pin-pong ball go this fast? I would imagine some sort of pressurized gas cannon. . .

Or maybe there are no animals on their world. The dominant intelligent species might be a plant, or something in between what we consider plants and animals. Whatever is out there is probably stranger than we can imagine.

You are probably correct. As a matter of fact, we humans probably have more in common with that dog or chimp that you mention than we would with any alien species. We will be lucky if we can even communicate basic concepts with them, let alone have some sort of personal relationships.

Either we would alter ourselves, or it would happen naturally. Currently humans are evolving at a rate faster than ever.

I prefer the term "exploiting", and yes we do a pretty pathetic job of exploiting the planet. We could consume resources much more efficiently and effectively.

No, not millions of years. We could start work on Mars with the technology we have today if we wanted to, and it would only take 1000 years to complete.

The fact that you associate whipping with slavery or the color brown is disturbing.

I believe that in Sweden, all toilet paper is brown (by law) due to the environmental restrictions that prevent toxic bleaching. This makes the paper there more environmentally friendly than the Seventh Generation product.

It is worse than that. When communicating, the router will be consuming more electricity, electricity for which the connection owner will be paying.

By the time that this technology is ready (if ever), your orbiting stating would have fallen apart.

If the cop were ouside the bubble, he would only observe you going under the speed limit, so he wouldn't have pulled you over in the first place.

Well, it's no more of a waste of money that the war was itself. War and the military are pretty much a highly inefficient way of getting things done anyway — kind of like typical government spending, but on steroids. We would be better off with bribes, spying and assassinations of foreign officials.

I think that's because when the prediction was made, that's what women were interested in. I'm not saying that's the way it should be, but rather that thinking about the kitchen of the future was of interest to 1/2 the population and thus kitchens feature prominently in the predictions. And hey, we did get microwave…

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Everything on those shelves now fits in the palm of your hand. Here we have actually exceeded the prediction — by a long shot.