@Janglesatwest: You can be a dreamer without accepting the idea of singularity. You dont have to beleive that the rate of change will continue to accelerate until we reach some sort of post human state to dream of FTL travel or holidaying on Mars or whatever.

@icelight: I dunno. It's not that lasers and diamonds do not improve a sentence. That's obvious and not up for debate. But, I think "using lasers and" does most of the heavy lifting there.

@Stevox: OMG! You would eat that?

@wagnerrp: In addition to the fact that [all of the numerous industry sponsored studies to date have failed to conclusively find a statistically significant link between the frequencies they use and] cancer...

@Befitzero: Assuming you had the strength to lift it above your head.

@Subliminal Bukkake: The antenna was on the roof, and shielded by the steel panels they used in those days. Probably safer that today...

@SG-17: I guess you're thinking of the point where the signal becomes indistinguishable from the background noise? The signal strength is inversely proportional to the distance squared - even the most focused laser will spread.

@LeftClicker: my first thought as well.

where's that damn myxomatosis when you need it?

@leftatmars: but leave out the coffee,

@kalleboo: I thought these were made in Taiwan where they speak Mandarin.

18,000 deg F is F'ing hot! So I checked out the astrophysical journal where I read:

How much of a spiritual experience comes from our expectation that it will spiritual?

Meanwhile in Google's top secret mountain lair:

@Anne Boleyn: Irrational anger is irrational.

@truthtellah: Yeah, although, come to think of it, that would be one ballsy maître d'...

'Snuggie' still sounds like a brand name for nappies (diapers) to me.

@truthtellah: Maybe the maître d' wouldn't let him in without a Jacket and it's a loner?

I refuse to watch this movie adaptation until he finishes the series.

@im2fools: Thanks. I like cake.