But I need one I can CONTROL, dammit!

nevermind fixing brain trauma, I want a brain expansion just to upgrade my intelligence and functionality. Where is my exobrain? I don't want to wait another 30 years.

I think it is 2-5 years at the moment, but I could change all that if I got into management. (Just don't tell them in which direction, or I'll never get the job.)

A stellar civilization may need to harness more of the power of its sun. This could involve massive solar power arrays orbiting the star close enough to cast a planet-sized shadow without the gravitational effect of a planet. We ought to be able to spot anything like that, and consider it a possible sign of smarter-than-us life.

my phlegm has blood in it... is that bad?

"a little over a quarter goes towards defense and military spending (I'm not sure I'm getting my money's worth on that one)" .... Living in a rich, fat target? Yes. Got enemies? Yes. Been invaded by a foreign nation lately? No.

You've lost that lovin' feeling, Whoa that lovin' feeling, You've lost that lovin' feeling, Now it's gone...gone...gone...wooah-oah-ooh

at least cooling will be less of an issue, with their computers out of their cases.

Ah yes, they are truly getting back to nature with their high-tech web based computer programming business. Why is it people who like going nude call it "getting back to nature" when they still drive cars, cook food, use medicine, etc? Why are clothes the only thing they see as unnatural?

ia!