I can well believe Debian has been forked. No, wait, it's another word I had in mind.

Where is Commando Cody when you need him?

You don't need to be able to read. Your computer will do it for you.

A local dealer sells ethanol-free gasoline, while others sell gas stated to have as much as 10% ethanol. When I run my truck on ethanol free gas, the milage jumps by 10%, when compared to gas with 10% ethanol. It doesn't sound to be as though the ethanol does much, other than generate more polution, because I'm burning more gas.

P.S.. Because I'm burning more gas, it costs more.

His mouth is open.

Please leave Ada Lovelace's figure out of this.

I would be interested to see how the resistance of air impacts this. What velocity must it impart (and at what alunch angle) to achieve an orbital velocity? It sounds like there might be some "gotchas" to me. But if it sounds like it would work, I recommend we give it government funding, and make Obama the first human to try it as a passenger.

Remember the Falcon and the Snowman case in the 1970s? Falcon was given a fair trail, and sentenced to a long term in prison. Then he somehow managed to miraculously esacape, and was never seen again.

One wonders is something like that might happen to Snowden. Boy, that would sure be too bad!

It's reported one of the betaq testers said, when asked how well it worked: "hey, no sweat!"

Part of the longer life cycle is the lack of anything new with widespread appeal. Since Windows XP, the new versions have been lackluster. Sure, they draw a lot of really colorful pictures on the desktop. But they don't do much that couldn't already be done.

The existing PCs are powerful enough for most users, and have been for years. Most users are running Word, EXCEL, or their open source equivalents. They've had enough speed and memory for years. New hardware buys them little more than a keyboard without fingerprints. New software actually slows the machine down due to all the glitz.

Sure, there are a few people like me who want more speed for video processing, or other computational tasks,, but we're the exception, not the rule.

Aww, come on, fellas and gals: this IS the five sided puzzle palace we're talking about. You're expecting too much of them.

Precise, yes. Accurate, no. Propagation varies all over the place. I doubt any two places on earth are ever able to get exactly the same time. Close enough for all practical purposes, yes. Exact, no.

That's right. You're already doomed to a career in engineering and science because you think logically and analytically. We're going to cure all that by having you take courses in humanities. Then you'll fit in with the rest of the country, and won't feel so out of place with the government we have.

Besides, no one should conplain about having to take humanities courses. They take very little time for thought, and anyone could pass them.

I find it interesting that this was scored as though it were humor. I wasn't joking; I was very serious.

Who's in charge? Nobody!

Who kills bad ideas, based on prior experience? Nobody!

Who insures that everyone is working on something productive? You guessed it.