One should not disrespect a holy place like that. Would you steal from the collection plate? Go to the Mahabodhi and pick the Buddha's nose? Pee on the Kaaba? A mature person can respect another's holy places even without holding their beliefs.

They're identical pictures with different names. I saved them both as p1.jpg and p2.jpg and then opened the first in Irfanview. Irfanview allows the use of the mouse scroller to go from image to image in a directory. No difference at all— the only indication of change was the name in the title bar of the…

Not that I like that you had to go through some distress, but I think I like that better than my assumption. It's more appealing to realize that a person can take hold of the problem, assess its effect, and consciously override its influence. And you also give some insight into the reward system— a new doodad, a…

I don't recall that. There was a quote from "Children of the Gods":

Agreed. Besides, McKay actually gave her that crown outright in "Redemption"—

Because he can't even fix his own car, let alone a spaceship!

Aww, man, now I want to go and do something like that. I wonder where my dad's old Ford Fairmont is. Or maybe his Vega.

It's the fact that things like that are popular that makes me think of MMORPGs as being almost addictive. Casinos leverage that psychology— the reward of the bell, working and spending more for diminishing returns, and so on. Subscription-based games seem similar. Players are not having fun... they're just getting…

If you don't like that, you have no soul.

Yup, pretty much. By their standards, my 2011 Altima (a fine car, but not exactly anyone's dream) is the greatest car in history, except that I went crazy and got it in black instead of beige.

It seems like they take the cars out of context. Of course the Atom has deficiencies compared to other cars. That's not the point. Criticizing it that way is like saying, "For all of its merits, the BMW M5 simply can't haul as many kegs of beer as the Ford F350 Powerstroke, earning it this reviewer's…

You used to be MacGyver, MacGadget, MacGimmick. Now you're Mr. MacUseless.

Ditto... The Carrier IQ crap moves that from "useful" to "necessary", if only because it shows that there's no telling what else might be there, still undiscovered.

Aren't bombs a form of technology? Along with the mail delivery system? So isn't it a little hypocritical for anti-technology folks to use bombs? I think once they realize how silly they look they'll stop.

I never saw any reason to think otherwise going through my program (discrete math). Women seemed to get it right and wrong at the same rate as men. It is absolutely incontrovertible, though, that women look way better doing math.

Fwiw, I also believe myth 9 can be true under specific circumstances. There was a pretty well-documented case of a police officer, Jim Cirillo, of the NYPD, who managed to fatally shoot 3 hostage-takers from great distance with a pistol in a very short time. He had very little recollection of the moment, iirc, and…

I know I've encountered the myth in at least 2 places—

Does the left-brain/right-brain thing explain why I'm ambidextrous? Seriously, I found out on accident that I can breathe underwater, too.

I kinda want to make out with Meg Whitman a little right now.

Reminds me of the College sweatshirts that pop up once in a while in 80's movies. Not a particular college, you understand... just "College", a general endorsement of higher education, I suppose.