On the other hand NASA was complaining recently about the cost and years it'll take to make more U-238 to power space missions.

I believe it was his close resemblance to Peter Sellers that forced him to conduct a meta study of social scientists and their methodologies, with specific emphasis on how long would it take the community of social scientists to notice bogus research and their reactions once forced to notice. He should have the final…

This was a big topic in the early 1970s. Global population was around 3.5 billion and was predicted to double every ten years.

How servicey of Ms Bereznak to demonstrate that the Internet isn't the only place one can get trolled.

Probably illegal in Alabama. Maybe they could import them as giant nipple clamps, or miniature paint mixers.

Hehh, I'd realized that was the likely outcome by the time I'd finished writing, but hit the button anyway. So, good job on that snark.

Like if $14K dropped into your pocket, your first thought would be, Whoa! I need to go create a job!

Sigh. Remember way back when Wikileaks, Julian Assange's little secret dispersal mechanism, was roundly criticized for a lack of due diligence, even after partnering with numerous media outlets to perform due diligence on the data being released?

By comparison, LulzSec makes WikiLeak data drops look like paragons of civility.

hehhh.. Poo. That's a bit like saying the word house means to saw two by fours to a predefined length.

@randlemaniac: Topiary means, roughly, a sculpted shrubbery or the art and practice of making sculpted shrubbery.

The fine line between putting your best foot forward and putting your imaginary foot forward.

Images that might "frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress"? I'm guess radio will be the only surviving news medium in Tennessee.

Low resolution and frame rate so they can store more data seems a good bet.

We've hung a number of doodads on the porch. Fired a couple shots over the fence. Sent a couple robots to scope out the neighbor's house. We've pitched a puptent on the driveway. And half a dozen times, we've run across the yard and jumped about.

You've confused Kennedy's Moon Race with Reagan's Star Wars.

@Jakob Creutzfeldt: Therefore using a vibrator is like owning slaves and that's why both are illegal in Alabama.

Thus we see how the iPhone's accelerometer can be used to accurately gauge changes in direction, speed, and kinetic energy.

Did they also provide a DNA sample?

I bet Stephen Baxter is thrilled.