“10: 15 P.M. Important discovery. Orrendorf and Watkins, working underground at 9: 45 with light, found monstrous barrel-shaped fossil of wholly unknown nature; probably vegetable unless overgrown specimen of unknown marine radiata..."

I am reminded of the cover of James Hogan's Inherit the Stars...

I have a few friends suffering PTSD because of (former) coworkers who didn't respect the rockets enough.

I think I'm getting virtual diabetes...

So, pumpkins + "performance enhancement" = pumpkin spice?

Be nice to see someone build one to a shape that is not a plain rectangle...

I am still anxiously awaiting the Mu Thermal device, which has the advantage of being wireless... it will come in handy for my work.

No worries... always ready to recommend a good webcomic.

What, you mean you aren't reading Strong Female Protagonist?

Is it bad of me to not want to share Ann Leckie with the rest of media just yet?

Let us keep in mind that Newton, Einstein, Hawking, et al; geniuses, if you will, are not without fault. Hell, Isaac Newton was himself an alchemist.

The problem is... no one tells the prospecctive hire about the really bad stuff. If their only moderating experience is for an internet forum or two, then they are used to spammers and the occasional troll; meaning they'll be in for a bunch of big surprises.

That is a good question. I would work under the assumption that the same holds true, unless you were to find different. I run primarily in Linux, and don't have this kind of problem.

"Wait, I can get paid to moderate? I'm there!

Wouldn't it be interesting if vampires were allergic to certain blood types?

The premise of the title is kind of out there... there are a lot of ifs to have happened for that outcome.

Actually, not a big fan of Steve Jobs, so... ;)

Given the time, patience and money, I'd likely rehab my old MS ergonomic keyboard with some decent switches... but then, I don't use a deadly computer anymore, so it would be wasted effort.

Considering that no one aside from yourself is ever likely going to look inside the case, you can be as ghetto as you want.

I can feel my arteries hardening just looking at it...