My wife, who bought a bunch of Disney stock back in the `90s, concurs. She was bragging about it to me just last night.

And Microsoft burned $2 million and some credibility because they failed to manage their producers.

The senators who killed Julius Caesar said something similar.

It's easier to work with 2^10 than 10^3. Well, for what I do, anyway.

Do these results actually mean anything at all? If you look at the plot, the US is an outlier not only because of it's "Good Day" response, but because it's much, much wealthier. The remaining countries can be sorted as "developed" and "developing", and in these groups there is quite a lot of variation in their "Good…

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Beginning a comment with "um" is rarely an auspicious start.

I see the fine structure constant made an appearance, too.

Just like cockroaches, FORTRAN will survive long after all else is dust.

After gaining some levels, I liked to outfit Sherry with a two-handed sword. Because I was in middle school, and this amused me.

Please forgive me for being pedantic:

Informally, people use the word 'theory' in the way scientists use 'hypothesis'. That is the way it was used above, and is valid in informal discussion.

A hypothesis is a testable statement. A theory is an explanatory framework that yields hypotheses. A theory is not merely a…

The Holy Roman Empire.

The book Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World has been on several best books lists for 2014. Has anyone here read it? If so, I could use a recommendation before making a purchase.

Given Dr. Moskowitz's opinion on vaccination and "weak" immune systems, I wonder how often he prescribes antibiotics.

I think the best part is his comment that contracting the actual disease makes his immune system stronger than getting a vaccination for the disease. It's like he has no idea how vaccines work.

Well, at any rate, it was *the best* science fiction film my four year old son Daniel saw for his birthday. Thank you for the original review: it was one of the reasons I decided that Big Hero 6 should be the first movie he sees in a theater.

Didn't io9, in it's very own review of "Big Hero 6", say it was the *best* science fiction movie of the year? io9 is suffering from retroactive continuity!

I choose to believe that the readers and commenters of io9 are actually capable of rational thought, that they can read links and watch videos in the posts from an objective stance. It's why I'm willing to read the comment section here and avoid most web comments like the emotional, ignorant crap they are.

What is this war democrats wage against GMOs, nukes (I assume you mean power reactors and not weapons), and NASA? I think you're thinking about left wing European parties. They aren't anything like democrats.

An anecdote is not statistically valuable. That doesn't mean it is "unworthy of attention". Are you picking this particular nit because you hate the story, or do you have a broader agenda?