They would have been waiting a long time for Neanderthals to come along, 9 million year ago...

"China wins out over America and becomes the dominant human culture"

Determined non-book readers get NOTHING - SHAME ON YOU!

Windows RT DOES have a desktop which is why his opinion on it as a laptop replacement is completely warranted.

You seem to be missing the massively complex and well though out science to the One Power which is used extensively throughout, swords are really only the first few books, how many have you read exactly?

You missed out it really picks up after the amazing ending to The Dragon Reborn and does not hit the boring skids until book 8/9/10 although 9 has a great ending.

"Kingsley's father, born in Kenya, is of Gujarati Indian descent; Kingsley's paternal

Most of the plots and names in Harry Potter prove otherwise.

Even a full loaded system very rarely ventures north of 6GB.

So why not count them since people are using them and the services they provide?

Beauty & The Beast is a reimagining of the classic story ? NO It is a rubbish knock off re-make of the George R R Martin classic from the 80s that starred Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. CW stinks so bad.

That title just tells me that io9's metaphor machine has broken.

Why do you need it explained - He was in league with the creatures using her to breed whatever he took out, it's called a plot twist.

He's missing the fact that human (or secret Cylon) pilots have to get into the craft before launch and they need to breath air and they cannot survive the potential for radiation in whatever star system you are in. So nice theory but an internal flight deck makes sense, not to mention that Galactica has artificial…

Google "saline injected testicles"

Michael Fassbender is a fantastic actor bit was awful in X-Men First Class due to him giving Magneto a Dublin accent - Really ruined large amounts of the film for me.

Star Trek didn't give us tablet - tablets are a digital version of a notepad - which is exactly where Star Trek got it from, stop continuing this nonsense.

No mention that one of the biggest influences mentioned for Judge Dredd's character was Dirty Harry.

and the BBC's budget collapses.

Not to nit pick but China is already an ascendant superpower, and 3rd largest holder of US federal debt.