No, you're right about Modesto. I've been through both cities a lot over the years, and had family there. Modesto seems to have only gotten worse every time I drive through it. Which certainly sucks - I have some good memories of the place as a teen. I kinda miss the way it used to be.

In theory yes. Reality, there have been several attempts to circumvent the policy over the decades. I've read of a few - imagine how many don't make it to any media outside China.

From the earlier article, technically the policy still remains in place. There was an exception to the One Child Policy, in that you could have two if both parents were only children. The resolution just changes that exception to only require one parent be an only child.

One of the docs I used to see in the service had an xray picture on his wall. Not at all out of place until you seriously looked at it. One day after already having been at that base for months I looked and had to ask. He was doing an ER rotation and one young man came in complaining of stomach cramps. Eventually an…

Slightly off topic - how hard is it to get started in Unity vice C++ or C#?

The 6 foot and change female linebacker at my second high school (I moved a lot) more than could. It was hilarious watching her nail running backs, receivers, and QBs. Then seeing their heads explode later when they realized they'd been sacked by a girl. Off the field she was one of the nicest people you could meet.…

If this was a matter of course on that ship...you really don't want to know.

I think I've seen this thing before as well. I just can't remember the name of the show.

My guess is you can't send him back. After disposing of their telephone sanitizers, the planet likely got wiped out via a disease contracted from a dirty handset.... /channeling Doug Adams

The genius should come to SoCal some time. Two words - hotel kids. In LA there's a restaurant called Brunos. Between openings they bus in hotel kids to make sure they get at least one good meal a day. They feed 750 kids a night now. From what I understand that doesn't even put a dent in the number - it's estimated…

Several years ago I read an article about a Russian businessman making $4K bike frames out of a molybdenum-titanium alloy in an old ICBM nosecone factory. I wonder if he's making tools now...

The latest expansion came out on the 5th. So far the setting's good, but a lot doesn't make sense. I get that the last several novels - I haven't gotten my hands on them yet - were a reboot of the setting. But the redo of the magic system and other character related stuff doesn't work for me. It seems as though the…

This isn't Phillips first LED bulb, and the Phillips ones are always expensive. The lowest price point for the A19 equivalents I've found seems to fall between $10-14 depending on the store you go to and the light spectrum you want (white to blue). You might get lucky at Home Depot, but I tend to find most of the…

I don't know why, the first thought that went through my head is someone coming home from work. They then find their yellow slow guy and the neighbor's green slow guy in a very strange position on the lawn. It just sounds like something the teens a few blocks down would do for the LULZ and twitter pics.

I agree, but killing her off at the end of the episode doesn't work for me. Turning her into "ghostly advice lady" is a waste for a character with such potential. How about instead, Margaret never died but faked her death and has aged well. She's been spending the last two centuries hunting underground cells of…

Yes. This and "The Other Harrison." absolutely.

Correction for you. Spruance class destroyers were not around in WWII. The class was named after ADML Raymond Spruance, who served in the Pacific theatre during WWII. Spruance destroyers weren't out and about until 1975.

I was reading about electro-active polymers today. Basically for electrically focused lenses. Most are for cameras, but a few companies make them for microscopes, and one does glasses. Maybe give the screens the ability to electrically focus for a given person's eyesight? Then no custom rig is needed. Though I imagine…