From my experience as a keyboard player, I think concerts are that loud so that the guitarists can hear themselves. Seriously. They can never get enough volume.

My phone is my alarm clock.

I recently saw a meme (you know, those are always truthful, right) stating Avg. yearly cases of child sexual abuse, Catholic priests: 201 (which is terrible); and Public school employees: 29,000 (!) The supposed source of that stat is us dept of education but I was unable to find such numbers in the 156-page document.

Well, "they" used to make 16:10 in a decent size.
I have 2 of these Samsung 226BW 22" purchased in 2007. Had to replace the power board on one last year. They still work great, but I've been looking for something with a little higher resolution lately. They're 1680x1050 max.

Yes.

It's not exactly the same. Everyone knows that slashdot readers actually open the links and read the original articles, so the linked sites still get their advertisement hits. :-)

Maybe, just maybe, they will eventually invent "flubber" :-)

That's pretty much what I do. I find most stand-up comedy to be offensive (usually rife with profanity), so I just don't watch it. No big deal.

Interesting, that phobia can mean aversion/dislike of a thing. I say interesting, because in Koine Greek the word phobos (from which we get phobia) is also used for reverence, as in the fear of God -- much the opposite of aversion/dislike.

With gmail, it'd be more readily visible to use the + character. Mail sent to example+slashdot@gmail.com will actually just go to example@gmail.com. Easier to keep track of than variations of period characters.

That being said, I also have my own domain(s), but instead of a "catchall" address, I create specific aliases. If one starts getting spammed, I just delete that alias.

As a Floridian, I fully support this proposal!

My current TV was purchased new in 2007. Something on the the power board went out recently; I replaced the whole board. I hope to use it for many more years. It's mainly a secondary monitor for one of the computers at this point, can't even remember when we used the ATSC tuner last.

I very recently read an article that proposed Jesus was born around October (Feast of Booths/Tabernacles), based on the verb "dwelt" (literally, "Tabernacled" to put the noun into a verb in English) in John 1:14. Personally I think that's a pretty weak argument, but it was interesting to consider, as much of the Gospel of John is centered around various Jewish feasts. The truth is, we simply do not know when the incarnation took place, when the Messiah was born, nor is it important to the faith.
So, yeah, I agree, have "Christmas" some other time of year.

Also, there's a missing option: between 1,000 years and "never".
I'd be so embarrassed if I chose "never" and it actually happened in 1,005 years. I'd never hear the end of it.

You're probably already familiar with the story.