There is not. Stars have numerical designators and some have official names. You can't purchase a name.

(There is no mention of what happens when a town grows to a population of more than 100,000, but the logical conclusion is that we either blow the crater up, or force people to leave the village. DO NOT QUESTION THE IAU ABOUT ITS RULES.)

My hand is up!

I see your point, but exercise can be so many things. Unfortunately gyms have money to burn when it comes to promotion, so there is an impression that this is the way to get fit. And then you have to deal with the spandex posers. (Ok not all gyms are like that, but still.)

Sure. If you know what you're doing. :)

I have no problem with the security checks or the invasion of privacy. I do have a problem with the fact that the TSA is ineffective at combating the threat, as well as overpriced. There are ways to conduct a security assessment and search that both cost much less and actually work fairly well. As described here. Note…

This outstanding article by Michael Z. Williamson, written less than a week after 9/11, explains how airport security can be effective, efficient and relatively cost-effective. Needless to say, I doubt the methods described will ever be implemented by the TSA.

I'm assuming it means "pus**"

To be clear, it wasn't the only reason we moved. Far from it. It was a small part of why we moved.

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In case you're not familiar with how a hydrofoil works, it's basically a boat on skis. It looks like a normal boat at rest, but at speed the skis lift the boat out of the water, reducing drag immensely, and that's when the speeds really come on.

Not a lot of the hydrofoils left on the route sadly. They are being phased out in favor of catamarans, which are just as fast but nowhere near as awesome.

The effect makes it look as if the boat is flying just a few feet over the water, and it can all be weirdly unsettling.

Rockin' the parachute pants there, steadycam dude.

Fair point.

That's a fair point.

We're pretty close to 4K on laptops. Dell is selling 28" 4K monitors for under $700 so give it another year or so I guess.

They definitely look awesome. However those displays at Best Buy are running custom demo movies. The whole thing is designed to make you want 4K. With a real movie at a normal viewing distance, the benefits are not as great as the manufacturers would like to suggest. It also requires much more from the filmmaking…