Perhaps but I am a control freak who longs to do this with her own two twitchy hands for proper complete understanding. :D

Especially when they tested it and realized that its stones were made of a high tech material.

I sadly have to agree with you. I can only name about three or four truly *superior* leaders I've worked with. My current Commander is one of them.

Save the exotic stuff for later in the story. Carbon fiber is cool because it's attainable and recognizable technology, so the implications of the discovery, which are huge, and the most interesting part of the story, are the focus rather than the technology itself.

mmmm, Carbon Fiber? Anyone else thinking this just BS for "burned rope"?

Not really, a Commander is an 0-5, which is equivalent rank of a Lt Colonel in the Army, USMC and AF. Most Officers make that rank with in 15-20 years of service, so that would squarely put them in their early to mid-40's

Treated Bamboo fibers sealed in resin, a or several types of tree sap, in almost any shape they can manufacture. This is nothing new. It would be like adobe in its manufacture.

Silk? Latex? Leather?

For me, effects are more about exciting artifice than realism. For this reason, an in-camera effect that doesn't look real, but has some amazing style, texture, etc is always exciting. I'd love to see people exploring ways of making CGI not necessarily look real/unnoticable, but so clever and fun that despite being…

Blew the complaints out of the water? Sounds like a kid being smartass without actually addressing anything at all. Pretty much making the point of the original article.

that and I dont trust cows generally, one cow that feels like a jackass critic and you get stampeded

Proof that female cows are in fact attracted to males with long horns.

I am usually all about sharing with my family and friends, but good lemon squares are one of the few foods I will squirrel away. I rationalize this by telling myself that no one appreciates them as much as I do. Also, what if they never get eaten and they just go stale??? That's, like, a crime or something.

There was a short story where humans were the pervs of the universe, where we were the only species that was obsessed with putting ourselves in aliens and having aliens put themselves in us. We were the creepy hormonal 13 year olds of the interstellar community, who just desperately wanted to be subsumed by…

There are those that stand up when the Boss arrives,and those who are all out of fucks to give and don't care about said cookie... :D

Probably The Luxor in Las Vegas. Didn't stay there but visited for the IMAX theater inside. Las Vegas is definitely an interesting place to visit, as the themes change from casino to casino, but is the most science-fictiony, especially now that the Star Trek Experience is no longer in Vegas.

Totally. People who say "as a Christian" are willfully ignoring that there are many different types of Christians, and many different types of people within those denominations.

I read this headline all wrong...I thought people were really were saying " 'Blank' is my middle name."

We need a game show where people have to guess whether a short synopsis was a plot for True Blood or Breaking news in Florida.