@Insomnia Bob: Yup, YT had one that injects a knock-out drug into the rapests...member.

I do love the way Luke's Lightsaber makes him a "twinkle" in his father's eye...

@RandomThought: Actually, the atmosphere would continue to surround our planet. It's gravity that keeps it where it is, not the spin, or lack of spin, of the planet.

Crap, these people in Hollywood have no clue about science! Our planet's spin does not make gravity! The amount of power it would take to stop the Earth is HUGE! Add to that, you have to cancel the inertia to different degrees at different depths because the planet is not a solid ball, but is a thin crust on top of…

It looks like we have Slashdottted the site. :-(

@lightninglouie: It`s amazing what a pair of Discordians can do with a hit song! FNORD!

As usual, when the toughest of the tough jobs need to be done, you call in the Canadians...See Vimy Ridge, Juno Beach on D-Day, The Suez Canal Crisis where Lester B Pearson both negotiated the peace, and created the concept of UN Peacekeepers to keep the peace.

I found that Nozulla eliminated all of my allergy problems. I only wish it didn't have the side effect of causing "hotdot finger". Exorcism got rid of the possession side effect quite nicely too.

So, when is someone going to add to the map all of the points in "Inferno" by Niven and Pournelle?