The west coast sits on the boundary between two tectonic plates, while the east coast does not (the closest boundary to the east coast is in the middle of the atlantic ocean. The movement of the plates on the west coast causes a sheer drop off from the coast into the ocean. There is no such movement on the east coast.

I love the soundtrack - here we are viewing the construction one of the most massive killing machines every assembled and yet when I close my eyes and listen to the music — I see sunshine and puppies.

Oh good, now we can finally ask Reagan what he was thinking when he authorized trading weapons for hostages with Islamic extremists in Iran so he could fund his private blood bath in Central America.

There is a 50/50 chance that the world will end tomorrow. Either it will or it won't. 50/50.

Hasn't anyone heard of the butterfly effect? Its the butterflies we need to kill! Drone strike the butterflies!

Cosmic Wimpout - nerdy and trippy.

Like everyone else, I'm still waiting for my jet pack!

I think the problem is not priorities, but commitments, which are basically signing on to other people's priorities (jobs, families, etc.)! Commitments are the real barrier to spending all your time eating, sleeping, traveling and writing. The only way I could "have the time" to do all that would be if I had no job,…

The "arguments" over the films meaning remind me of the big debates after Basic Instinct about who did it. The truth is, though, that Basic Instinct never gave you enough information to know who did it, and I think the same can be said for Prometheus. They keep throwing you random scraps to keep your mouth watering,…

Again, though, I think this is why Apple has grown to be the most valuable company on the planet. They understand that user experience should be part of the development process. This button is not something that someone in marketing just stuck on to the interface after the product was ready to go. There was a…

I guess that is my point: user experience is a function of the computer.

Actually, this is functional. People, especially the ones who build computers, constantly underestimate the importance of user experience. Jobs understood this, and that is why Apple is so different and doing so well.

Jersey Shore?

Well, Queen Victoria did say to stare at the wall and think of England. . .

How about, Snow White and the Space Man? Oh, wait. . .

The stated tactic of the oil companies is not to argue against global warming, but simply to create enough misinformation so that people are unable to decide and so take action. Just looking at this thread, I think they've succeeded.

I like the idea of hanging the power strip upside-down, but wrapping all of your electrical plugs in a wire cage seems like a great way to kill yourself! I think I'd try finding a plastic cage, or somehow attaching the powerstrip directly to the underside of the desk without a cage. Anyhow, just don't want anyone to…

You could easily do this. The problem is it would take you two years to catch up once you get back online!

Maybe they mean the Chinese iPad(TM) made by Proview - that thing looks like it weighs a ton!

I'm kind of glad they only get 13 more episodes to tie things up. I love this show to death, but sometimes I feel like they just have too much time on their hands to keep writing cool episodes rather than providing some closure.