Meat is only what is defined by the USDA. I grew up on a farm, and we raised beef cattle. Our freezer downstairs was filled with beef that was one of our own and butchered by our butcher. At least we knew what we were eating, ground chuck, sirloin, etc. Nowadays, the percentages are confusing. "Ground beef" can…

I am glad that others feel the way I do. There is a thread I started on io9 about this very subject. It reinforces your point very much.

Thank you very much. I feel that everyone is entitled to believe whatever they choose to. I came to my opinion by attempting to understanding religion. I have read the Bible, Qu'ran, Torah, and others. To me, religion should be of your own curiosity. Do not go out and try to force other to your belief system. If…

Very true. Creationism has morphed into a selfish ideology within the last two centuries. I do not mean that offensive, but I am referencing your point of us being perfect creations of the divine. Many people take it as literal, Earth is only 5,000 years old and that an omnipotent God created everything in 7 days. …

With the war between Creationism and Evolutionism gaining traction in recent times, this could be something that would work for both theories. Although there is no concrete proof, this would be revolutionary if it is correct. That means that both ideologies are mutually dependent on each other. Another wonderful…

I have a firm belief that the speed of light is not the absolute it is made out to be. We already have proven that time dilation does exist. The evidence of red-shifting and gravitational lensing also lead me to believe that the speed of light is a variable amount. Maybe the limit we know is bound by the gravity of…

My phrasing was not the best on that. My bad.

I traded my 2009 MBP 13 to a late-2011 MBP 15 a couple of months ago. I was seriously getting all jived up about this new Retina MBP until I learned it is essentially a big Air. My MBP's only built-to-order option was the high-res matte display. I chucked in 16 GB of RAM and a 750 GB hybrid HDD/SSD, and all the…

Upon learning that far off galaxies are moving away from us faster than light, this is a moot point. Mathematics imply that our universe is substantially larger than the observable window, 13.7 billion light-years in any one direction or 10.7 trillion cubic light-years.

My wife was stationed at the air station in Atlantic City for 3 years working on the helos pictured, HH-65 Dolphin (or Dauphin). I made many friends there at that station who are first responders such as pilots, rescue swimmers, flight mechs. Even in passing I knew how much of a BFD it was to cold call an emergency.…

As much as I would like to try to have any sympathy for the kid, I just cannot. It does suck that he is set with the precedent, but I absolutely loathe texting drivers. I was damn near killed by a distracted driver (do not know if he was texting but he was distracted). Before my accident I was just annoyed at the…

I made a comment on Jalopnik concerning the fundamentals of this article. In short, I was informed recently to not have any radiological testing for a few months. The reason was that I had absorbed a ton of ionizing radiation from testing and that I was too "hot". It was a clerical error between my doctors that…

It is by Future World Music. This mix is called New Beginnings (No Guitar). The album is Volume 7: Evolution. They provide dramatic scores that are often used as the music that sets the mood of a trailer or scene in a movie. I traced their music from a score I heard a couple of years ago and bought the double…

I was a touch disappointed with this week's ep. They pulled a "Destiny" and saved her in the computer core after her body was killed. I groaned a little at the end of last week's outing, but really groaned in this week's show.

Although it is not a car for the daily commuter, the Tumbler comes to mind. It was designed to jump and make bridges. "He's not a street; he's flying on rooftops!" Plus it jumps over a car to intercept an RPG. Fictional yes, but awesome.

Have to agree with Miss Leathers. Too much of an age gap for it to be the stepdad. The stepbrother is the more likely one. They are like the Xavier/Lennsherr dynamic. Used to work together, comes a dividing point, and now enemies.

I lived in Clearwater for the majority of the 2000's. My wife got stationed first in NJ and now in AL, which is where I'm living presently.

I had posted this in another motorcycle thread here, but it is still important:

I figured out that scene the second I saw it. The post crew works from what the actors do. The director will say to picture the screen and interface with it. They then make blind finger or hand movements and add the UI in post. Looks cool though.

OK Charlie, you sold me. I watched the first ep and am now hooked. I have missed a decent edgy show that can be complicated. I miss my BSG and my SGU. I am glad that there are familiar actors there from both shows. Also I agree on many points: it's nice to have Vancouver be Vancouver instead of Boston, New York,…