@Ellestra: my thoughts exactly, plus in their absence, what would rise up? Red Plankton that burns your skin? I'll pass.

@mekki:

@MikeMc: but scifi shows get... sniff... CANCELLED

@crosis101: because his dad was cheech.

These movies are so over the top, that I couldn't help but enjoy machine girl.

@Mike Z: thank you for settling my long debate on whether new york would be cool to live in. A permit to watch stars, I cry inside for you NYers

@hawkeye18: shadows, and from having seen a few shops in your time.. also I imagine you are aware of all internet traditions. :P

@alfredcueball: We were in a solar minimum, basically the sun was a ball of fire, nothing exciting. No sunspots no flares, nothing for about 8 straight months if I remember correctly. I watched it for about 90 days of those on the SOHO website and it was just a featureless ball bland and featureless. Then sun spots…

@mordicai: See the problem is, climate change was global warming not 5 years ago, before that it was global cooling. Accepting climate change is adorable.

@Lassus: thank you.. i needed that.

@Thunderclees: [io9.com]

@Sam: River is a bit more "olive" colored and you have a winner.

@FrankN.Stein: maybe its an optical illusion and if we flip it upside down the colors don't reverse? I see what you are trying here! Caught!

@LoganSix: cant say I have ever thought of grampa simpson in the smart category.

@OMGUnicorns: in a word, why yes..

Near the end of this piece, I couldn't help but feel that instead of the one person/mind I exist in is really a bunch of microscopic organisims pulling my strings.

@edmangoodrich: Got any tree-stars I can have?

@worsethannormal: The measurement of the position effects the speed and the speed effects the position, so once you've measured either one a plot of the measurements would be different than if it wasn't observed, or depending on which measurement you went with. Plus the paper keeps falling off the table.

@WookieLifeDay: I kind of gotten cynical of paid critics since a lot of movies I completely enjoy were lambasted by some of the big names. Plus, Ebert has a thing against video games so it sits in my craw.

@Andrizzleton: yep, my first thought was,