Are you kidding? I'm still trying to figure out how to finish this one...

I'm saying it's an excuse. I've heard a coworker say that since God is coming back "any day now" that there's no reason to plan for the long-term future.

After a little thought, it occurs to me that the entire doomsday-joy that people have is actually a bit of an excuse; These people simply don't care about the future. They don't want our children and grandchildren to grow up in a clean world and don't care if there are resources for future humanity to use.

If you have an .edu email address, register it with amazon for a free year of Prime (free shipping!) - you don't get the streaming video though. :(

Not really a correction, more a suggestion: Please consider adding "If you don't understand why the site is in the roulette, please search for 'Newt Gingrich' and the name of the site you were taken to." or something similar. See comments.

I wonder if online games using peer-to-peer traffic to speed up content downloads (i.e. WoW) are pushing ISPs to ease restrictions on bittorrent-like protocols?

Of course role-players are more prone to lie. How many times can someone REALLY roll a 20 on a 20-sided die in a row?

Agreed, and you just got yourself hearted.

How many times have you seen the Hobbit teaser now, out of curiosity?

...or a thinly veiled literary metaphor for Jesus?

Yup, it's a patent from when Apple was developing the Newton. That said... wow, it's still a valid patent? I seem to recall last seeing a Newton being used by a diplodocus in the late Jurassic period...

It's an unusual orbit, but recall that they're all basically ellipses. The earth orbit in the animation is, IMO, actually too round.

Less coffee, my friend. :)

Please see the comment below: [gizmo.do]

We've got quasi-moons [en.wikipedia.org] and other, similar near-Earth resonant objects. Depending on your outlook, we've got anywhere from one to tens of moons, not including all the artificial ones we put up there.

Quite true, but I was more writing to the potential future audience busily tut-tutting at how all us 21st century folk were so backwards for our current thoughts.

"Sometimes these attempts will be fruitless[...]"

I keep one buried under my back yard.

Turn off disasters in the option menu then click on the helicopter with the crosshairs icon to get rid of it for a few minutes. Works like a charm.

Considering how many stars are there (plenty!), are you SURE we won't eventually be able to order a drink there? 'cos if it's just a matter of time, I'm willing to wait.