Today the demand, and therefore the price of He3 is incredibly high because of use in neutron detectors for DHS radiation portal monitors. It's (understandably) annoying to the cryogenics crowd who can't get He3 anymore. There are a few other fields besides that would utilize He3 if available.

There's also a fair amount of wanting to transmit over a large range without any good hills or super tall buildings to mount an antenna on.

Still doesn't compute - Wouldn't a "nice guy" (authentic or no) be more eager to please you, while a jackass (always authentic) be a less considerate partner?

Eh, I'm not so sure. What with the complexity of people and all, I wouldn't be surprised if a variety of factors are in play here, not the least of which is, rejection hurts. Wanting some space away from that is a completely reasonable reaction. Wanting to save his friend discomfort after their friendship changed…

While dbritt57 is an obv. tool, I do think you've misunderstood the disconnect here. To re-frame what he's saying in the terms you've used, dbritt57 has observed guys who don't practice "common courtesy" have much more success attracting the women they are attracted to. Now, whether that is because:

Oooh, that last part strikes me as a really interesting admission. Can you explain the appeal from a sexual perspective? I've always blown off claims similar to dbritt57's because I can understand the appeal for a self-destructive person being attracted to a creep (which isn't the sort of women I've ever wanted to…

I'm only vaguely aware said blogger, so I'm curious - what puts him into "scum of the earth" category?

Eye gouging does make it harder to find the shy girls though.

People are complicated, yo. We aren't particularly well geared to be rational about emotional topics; rather, emotions are one of the driving factors in acting irrationally.

I think you're closer to understanding than you think. If you're of a mind that physical and emotional intimacy are inexorably tied, you can't have one without the other.

To add to what was said below - I think that besides justifying the affair which is important for making sense of it, it also gives the wronged partner power, because if they can prevent it from happening again, all they have to do is be better.

Wait, you're conceding that the intent is malicious, but arguing the entire premise of the joke is not dehumanizing because the intent may be misconstrued? How others may see the outcome of this joke does not change the intent of the joke or make it less loathsome.

Correct me if I am wrong but all this does is provide additional clothing to the homeless as a means to use a human being as a living insult thereby degrading the dignity of the homeless at a time when they are at the most risk to freeze to death.

*disseminates over the Internet* This. is. treating. people. as. things. not. people.

It's an interesting theory, but for a novel theory to be accepted it must have superior explanatory powers than the already existing theory - in this case the theory posited by none other an Asimov, namely that he was a flaming liberal when he was married to Leslyn MacDonald, but when he married Ginny Gerstenfeld his…

The thing is, words exist as a means of communication that depends on an agreed usage. If someone reads an unintended meaning into a communication due to selecting an unintended usage that says more about the reader than me and I object to being asked to change because of a objection to a meaning that was injected…

As I understand that particular usage comes from manus - Latin for hand.

Different fields and even locations follow different conventions on this one. I and most of the PhD's I work with (in the physics and engineering field) leave off the Dr. unless we're trying to impress someone. Not that we never use it, we just save it for when we talk to grant reviewers, become the director of…

Oh, that's excellent to know, as we're flying through Amsterdam tomorrow.

Heh. My Grandfather was James Michael - his first son is James Michael Jr. and his third child is Jamie Marie. I know of what you speak.