Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are!

If you had to do a lot of writing cursive is both quicker and less tiring. The downside; bad cursive is much less legible than bad hand writing done in print.

Contrarian that I am, I now feel inspired to dust off my cursive skills and start using it regularly!

Is that an African or a European Robin?

Not to mention "They also claim it has an affect on the sound, which you can here (sic) in this video"

At least they had ice!

Welcome to the world of objectivism, where things that exist relative to the human frame of reference are open to criticism of not being 'real'.

Is it just me or is there a subtle underlying Gay pride theme?

I will sleep less easy at night knowing this.

'Better' in some ways. Are we going to talk about how slow Roman mortar was to reach full strength? In fact it doesn't, it's still getting harder even today. Whereas modern cements can reach their full design strength in 28 days and be usable within hours, a sample of a Roman type cement was still producing…

I probably am pedantic as you say but the Petrodollar is not a trivial thing, there can not be full understanding without mentioning this.

Unlike CO2 methane has a half life in the upper atmosphere, it doesn't stay there forever.

"Starting in 1968, a dollar was worth only a dollar because the U.S. said it was. So why does the rest of the world still believe us?"

You have a signal to noise ratio of 50%.

Unlikely perhaps but certainly not impossible. Perhaps we are the first life of many yet to arise.

You are painfully ignorant of the crucial role of religion in creating stable learned environments in which science could begin to flourish. Centers of learning such as Universities were created and run by religious organizations.

It's far better to let people know the truth than tell them what they want to hear. It's less patronizing for a start.

I am become death, devourer of plants.

What, no Jack Vance? Really missing out.

I'm afraid I don't believe the world is quite as orderly as you imagine it is, the actual difference between reality and the theory requires skills on the part of the physician to understand what they are seeing, to learn from experience and indeed to be able to accurately understand what experience is telling them,…