Weird, it says its going away November 2013...

Yeah, there'd be stuff to work out, like setting a max amount/percentage that you can put into a single area (to try and help normalize it), but basically, those who pay more would get a bigger say. Which, when you think about it, fully fits a capitalist society...

Sigh. Nevermind, I'm an idiot. Gear -> Classic Home.

In slightly unrelated news, every time I put in [google.com] in my bar, it takes me to the igoogle "home page" instead of the search page. Any way to avoid that?

Doesn't help that he's wearing what appears to be a parachute as a poncho...

Can we expand that to general government initiatives? Where we can choose where we want our tax dollars to be spent?

Regarding the "why aren't Parish's people using it all the time," I'm guessing that its inherently unsafe after a certain point, where Alphas get overloaded. They used it on the fire guy (is that Scipio? I get names confused) to knock him out briefly so they could escape, and damn the consequences. But if you'll…

The RNC is in town for the next couple days, so I think that takes care of all the stupid for the next month, at least.

Well, drinking booze damages your liver whether you're a child or adult, its just that a child's growing liver would be more susceptible to damage.

So, its totally fine to do it as an adult then?

Does anyone know if there will be a free demo/trial period for new players? I didn't manage to get into the beta, and I do want to play this game, but I want to know if its worth dropping $60 without having played it first.

Huh! That's an interesting case, and a good catch by the doc, since that could've gone on for a while.

mabrouk's Samurai looking at things.

Medically, it makes sense, right? The heart apparently isn't strong enough to keep blood pumping to the brain, so if she's upside down, the blood flow naturally goes more easily to the brain, right?

Hmm, yeah that's a bit strange. I'd chalk it up to heat-of-the-moment/ignorance.

That's because a typical "slushbox" driver goes P -> R -> D -> P (assuming backing out of a driveway/parking spot), not caring what that silly N or the extra stuff afterwards is. To the average driver, you're in a single "gear" for 99% of your trip.

Its a damn shame that manual transmissions are declining.

In order for her to be able to even get out of her driveway, she'd have to know how to use the clutch, if she were driving a manual...

Wait a second, everyone knows the world is round, some old sciency guy said so...

That said, if you just had a jury of your peers say...