Ever read Spider Robinson's Callahan's Place books?

Not really. Natural selection filters down harmful mutations, and promotes useful ones. Of course, there's also artificial selection, like what we did to dog breeds, that are so extreme that don't even look like they could be from the same species.

Sorry, but yes, it does. Mutations whithin the same species still matter. At some point it may generate a new species, but smaller changes (like longer necks, or disease immunity) still count.

Punning should be a bannable offense... /* yada-yada-yada this comment now should be long enough for someone to rely to - yada-yada-yada */

my Samsung Focus email signature is 'sent from my Windows Phone - because I don't need an app for that'. You're absolutely right - they didn't bother much with WP7 because there's not such a big demand on that platform. It has better solutions right out of the box.

I'm thinking he might have been color blind, if not for the fact he worked for a paint making facility.

I think there are plants that are really blue, but I didn't argue much, since there was more M&M's for us.

He says it isn't actually blue, but rather a blackish or purplish color...

I know a guy who won't eat the blue ones (or anything blue for that matter) because according to him, there's nothing in nature that's edible and blue...

flexible should be almost unbreakable /* yada-yada-yada - so people can reply to a short comment - yada-yada-yada */

So, that's how Jobs figured out the optimal dimensions for the iPhone?

I'd be more excited it there was a jewelry cleaner that could be drank as vodka...

Not very fond of them. If I remember correctly, in one of the books ewoks were not exactly nice cuddly teddy-bears. I usually read the books, but own the dvd-set.

No, 1967. I love sci-fi and horror, but dont' treat it as religion. Thought of going on halloween as Spock, but ended up as Waldo. And our beagle is named Kermit. And planning on watching Paranormal Activity 3. Just having fun.

Nah, I liked it too. Even Jar-Jar. People are just too serious...

It seems to me the white in the back of the picture is all messed up.

Yep. I love them too. yada-yada-yada yada-yada-yada yada-yada-yada yada-yada-yada.

I suggest a new rule: to enable replies, we all add several 'yada-yada-yada's to the end of every message to avoid the stupid 'comment too short' error. yada-yada-yada yada-yada-yada yada-yada-yada.

I went to some cost accounting seminar once, and the presenter taught us: "Fixed cost is a very variable thing. Each company implements it in a different way." Same thing applies to standards (EDI anyone)?

I just pictured Chewbacca dancing charleston...