It may not make a difference to them, but standing up to bigots is important because it also shows everyone else what is and isn't acceptable behavior. If we shun or excommunicate people who attack women out of irrational maliciousness we demonstrate the standards we expect everyone to uphold. Social pressure is…

Right. Since women bear the brunt of the effects of conception and childbirth, while I think this is cool, I don't expect many women to opt to stop taking the pill. Control over her anatomy - including whether she can conceive - isn't the sort of thing I think most women would leave up to the honesty/diligence of a…

Every sperm is sacred! Life begins at meiosis!

I'm a T2i owner, and I wouldn't consider an upgrade to the T4i... but I would consider an upgrade to the 5d or 7d, given the financial opportunity. The magnesium weather-resistant body and increased lowlight response are the main factors. I love my T2i, but going to a T4i seems too lateral for the amount you spend on…

Yep! WA is second in wine production only to CA. The arid climate in E. WA is apparently great for growing grapes. We have over 600 wineries! Which is awesome for me. I can get a great cab for like $10.

The only thing anyone knows about E. WA is that they make wine, anyway. Hell, I live here, and that's pretty much all I know about E. WA, too.

Thankfully I don't work with kids. I don't think I could handle it. But it's not at all uncommon for us to work with older adults who are wasting away, sometimes literally rotting in their beds, while the family holds out hope they'll miraculously recover. I've seen patients who have had massive strokes, with MRIs…

Helloooo fellow Bellinghamster! I don't really understand the frustration either. Sure, they fill up the parking lot... well, actually, no they don't. They could park in front of TJ Maxx and walk their asses over, pretty much any time of the day. Yeah, the lines are long. Yeah, the lines at the gas station are longer.…

I have the opposite problem. I've been trying to keep the little bastard neighborhood kids off my lawn, so I covered it in trampolines, hoping they'd be aware that trampolines injure 100,000 kids per year. Now I have even more kids on my lawn! Well, bouncing above my lawn. Maybe it's time to put out some buckets.

Yeah, the analogies actually make it seem more like luck than incredible feats of science and engineering.

The margin of error was amazing, but it's also lucky. The actual landing site is even closer to Mt Sharp than the target. Checking out Mt Sharp's geological features is among the first orders of business. Totally cool.

More like "if you had to plan for all of the contingencies in advance and program a bullet that could adapt to the environment en route and any one bad correction could mean total failure."

Needless pedantry! It should have been obvious that I meant "the best that we'll have ever seen" as opposed to "the best there will ever be." The word "ever" is an adverb and doesn't imply a tense, that's provided by the verb. In this case "ever" modifies "captured," which is past tense, and thus is referring to...…

There are 16 cameras on Curiosity.

My security questions and their responses are all anagrams. For instance, the challenge might be "National toys spy" - an anagram for Sony Playstation - and the response "Can ax Bob text," which rearranges to "can't beat xbox." (I made these up, sorry if they're lame) You'd have a hell of a time guessing them. Not…

It's not really the same thing, is it? I mean, Google Glasses is an interface for mobile computing - read emails, take video, etc. T-shirt OS is a peripheral for your phone that works as a low-res display, and takes low-res photos, but it's not really in the same category as Googlasses.

"That's what she said" jokes NEVER get old, amirite!?

That's what she said?