Comment Re:Turtle and Macaw, but no Lion or Bear? (Score 1) 380
Parachutist is there, however.
And cat-scratch disease.
Comment Re:Prosecutorial misconduct (Score 1) 327
The judge should be removed from the bench and the prosecutor should be disbarred. This is blatant abuse of the judicial process, and both are either complicit or incompetent, and either one should warrant their removal from their respective offices.
You must be new here.
Comment Re:Shouldn't he be looking elsewhere? (Score 2) 257
Did anyone check his office in Langley?
Comment Sharpest tool? (Score 5, Funny) 516
Maybe she actually IS the sharpest tool in that drawer.
Comment Windows 8 My Homework (Score 2) 534
Your dog has been automated.
Comment Re:And why would we... (Score 1) 562
> No. But developing the technology to go to other planets gives some chance of surviving it.
If we can develop to live on the dead rock of the Moon, that tech would let us live here no matter what we do to the planet.
Pave the Earth
Comment Re:Damn, I download 80 gigs a day on FIOS (Score 2) 538
You don't think that Verizon will soon announce that they are bringing out a generous, industry-leading 151 GB cap?
Comment Re:12 billion bailout - Yes, but... (Score 2) 228
But...
They paid back the TARP with money they got from quietly selling illiquid MBSs to the Federal Reserve.
http://dailyreckoning.com/outing-ben-bernanke/
So, yes, the Treasury got paid back. But now there is a bunch more junk on the Fed's balance sheet that will eventually have to be written down.
But Goldman came out OK, so that's nice.
The Science of Caddyshack 55
astroengine writes "Thirty years after the release of the cult classic comedy Caddyshack, Discovery News has geeked out and gone on the hunt for any trace amount of science they can find in the movie (video). From gopher territoriality to seismic deformation, from pool poop bacteria to the color of lightning, it turns out there's quite a lot of science to talk about..."
BlindType — the Amazing Keyboard of the Future 125
kkleiner writes "BlindType has created a new touchscreen keyboard program of the same name that changes size, orientation, and position to match your wandering fingers as they type. BlindType also features some of the most impressive typing correction software I've ever seen. The result is a practical touchscreen interface that knows what you meant to type, even if you make mistakes. Lots of them. In fact, you can type without looking at the screen at all."
Comment Foreign languages instead (Score 1) 156
Probably should just teach them the languages of the countries were the engineering work will be done.
It will give them a head start for when they go there to look for work.
Comment I have a 95% perfect solution... (Score 5, Funny) 353
Since 95% of email is spam, just block it all.
No one will notice the statistically-insignificant 5% false positives.
Comment Fire them (Score 5, Funny) 531
Tell them that they're no longer needed, and give your lecture to some kids in a less-expensive country.
For added realism, have them train their replacements.
