Sad that I've seen no references to this on /.

The end of season five was that experiment: is the cat alive or dead? When they "left" the island via a successful explosion, they all had to die w/o the island's grace. They had to find grace in themselves and their actions, w/o the island to act as a mediating force.

Yes, it's a sad reversion to Judeo-Christian ethics. Such is the way of Hollywood sentimentalism.

Otherwise, it mostly works. Except for fixing high-pressure hydraulics w/ duct tape. Oh, and jets can't taxi backwards w/o a pushing force.

and stop wasting our fucking time. That's all this is about and you know it.

I was with them until they ranked breeds by intelligence.

What they're not telling you (and most of the +3 posts on this thread would indicate that the posters know little of professional dog breeding) is the pedigree of the subjects under test.

I was especially disappointed when they chose to rank the Afghan Hound as one of the "dumber" breeds; which is sorting is such a human trait.

Those who know the history of the Afghan in Europe are aware the breed descends from a very shallow gene pool. Find the history of the breed written in the 19th century by "those who would be king" (Google books maybe?) to read the description of just how intelligent those imperialists found the long-haired variety.

Exactly. Russia has its first year round warm water port. Don't underestimate the importance of this to Russia.

APOD story

If you live in a 1st world economy, I wouldn't bother w/ RAC. Most buyers will only pay 3rd world wages to RAC sellers. It's quite frustrating and will probably be a complete waste of your time. The only Americans who make money at the RAC site are the owners.

I canceled my CS account after they overreacted to Bavarian censorship demands. See Risks issues 17.61, 17.62 and other sources

From the FAQ

Re: traceroute logs:

Karma for the post of this log. That should provide a few minutes of fun. I can only image what Dr. Bratus thought when he saw it.

Thanks for reposting that link.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the translators, "riding between the post-houses", who've brought Lem to those of us less able to read Polish. I see that translation has been hit a bit about the neck and shoulders in replies to this review. Thanks to Lem and Kandel, I don't have (nor do I want) a security clearance, wince while stirring the contents of styrofoam coffee cups, quote Snow more often than is necessary, and see the Phools everywhere.
On another note: Penguin Classics edition of Calvino's "Complete Cosmicomics"

I wonder if VMS was even allowed in the competition. Yeah, I know: "It wasn't banned, the rules were changed!"

Only to someone who reads entirely for plot, or who identifies with the characters. The plot line is merely the skeleton on which the story hangs. That's why Bombadil could be cut from a movie that was merely a plot line of the original story. Please keep making movies: you don't understand why that character was important to the story of LOTR.

From TFA:

Her analysis of Sony V. Universal is required reading. Other articles can be found here