Yes, that’s why I toast my peels.

Who needs matches when cigarette lighters are dirt cheap? I don’t even smoke and I keep a few in the house.

I know, they’re cute at first, but then you have to dust them and it really just gets to be a chore after a while.

It’s like airplane disasters. They happen very infrequently, but when they do, it affects a lot of people at once and becomes a huge story.

Why not fix the problems? Why shut the plant down completely? I’m tired of nuclear power being villified after Fukishima. Don’t build a nuclear plant in an earthquake zone; I didn’t think it needed to be said. Compared to oil spills and coal pollution, nuclear power is a far cleaner and far safer form of energy. There…

You managed to sum up in a single sentence what I struggled to say in a near novella:

This whole thread has been thoroughly entertaining. Like the rest of internet comment sections, the fact that your original assertion “what’s the problem, you can state an opinion in the discussion” devolved into such madness was an interesting read.

My thought exactly. And I’m an atheist.

Agreed. As a hardcore scientist myself we, as a group, tend to be very spiritual for lack of a better word. The majority of scientists I know feel as if somewhere, somehow, there actually is a creator. Not in the sense of creationism of course, but more like someone or something that managed to cram everything into…

Storm in a teapot.

Agreed. The paper was about the mechanics of the hand, not how it came to be that way.

His character was, and is, an appropriation of Asian culture

Psst, Saturn is a gas giant. There will be no debris. Cassini will be crushed and melted into oblivion by the immense pressures and temperatures deep in Saturn.

Actually, plunging it into Saturn is done to protect any potential life that may exist on one of Saturn’s moons. Scientists don’t want to risk it falling to Titan, or Enceladus and contaminating potential life there. They believe there is very little chance of such life at Saturn itself. Also, the intense radiation…

That’s the most surprising thing. Accessing the operator menu from player controls was (and still is) a huge no-no with just how quickly someone can set the machine to Free Play, and in a busy arcade it could go unnoticed for days until an attendant sees a much smaller coin haul than usual.

Those have a similar UI to the what you’re describing, but these menus have completely different options than the DIP setup you’re describing.

You’re being waaaaay too specific on why we need a Snopes button.

I don’t think you know what “perfectly” means. That wheel is definitely not “perfectly” preserved. Later on in the article you write “exceptionally well preserved” which would be a more accurate headline.

I'll be honest; only a 53 3-D GoPro camera setup could capture the pure awe magnificence of that man's beard and mustache.

Which is really hard to do in anything but a brand spanking new city. Any good plan usually involves major overhauls and infrastructure change all of which $$$$$. And when you float the bill toward the public and tell them their taxes are paying for it, so many interesting.... “experts” magically appear at the next…