I disagree slightly on Windows 8. Windows 7 was a surprisingly damned good product. Normally I'd add on "for something Microsoft made", but that's not needed - it's good. It works. It works well, and it's pretty.

I'm actually looking forward to Windows 8, if they keep the same development teams and processes they used for Windows 7.

I'm not sure if it will start over, but yes, you can put a whole song or trim it with built-in (as in, on the phone) tools. So far, my phone has gone to voicemail before any song as restarted.

I've known precisely 3 people who have owned a Zune, and it's true that they did enjoy the devices. However, all 3 of them have since switched to using their shiny new Android devices for their music and have ditched the Zune.

The problem is, enthusiasts tend to shy away from DRM, and the Zune is chock full of it. At least with the iPod, you get SOME stuff that isn't DRM'd to hell. With Android, there's no music store, but you can put whatever you want on it, and then make it a ring tone, if you'd like.

Usually I agree with you, alpha-num, but not completely this time. If you mean "they" as in "all scientists" then, yes, you'd be correct. There was, however, at least one scientist screaming "ICE AGE COMING!" in the 70s. I can't remember his name, but the media was listening to him, so there were probably a few others who agreed with his findings. I think he's since said that he misunderstood what the data were telling him, and that it was predicting global warming THEN an ice age. But yeah, semantics, I know.

All that said, remember that science is essentially guess work with some evidence backing the guess.

!! tabernak !!

tsk tsk.

I've finally found something I disagree with you on (well, at least something major).

First, your numbers in the OP are a little off. If that big chunk that became the moon had not been bashed away... Well, you didn't adjust for that.

Second, we (humans) do not know how the moon came about for certain. Sure, there's some great theories, some of them with a ton of data backing them. But we still don't know - it's the nature of science, unfortunately. If it wasn't directly observed, we can only get a guess so good that nothing else fits - at best.

Then we get into the quantum mechanical issues regarding observation, but I think the AC who replied to your "Um, no." reply kind of brought that up. Sort of. I think. Whatever, it kind of brings it up.

Anyway, if we are truly part of an observational universe, then you're partly correct. Other life doesn't exist because we haven't observed it yet. However, that also means life outside of our known sources and locations is in a super-position.

My brain hurts.

My view is that perhaps it's true there's no other life in the observed universe, but that doesn't mean there isn't any in the unobserved universe. Also, we've had the technology (just not the gumption) to build colony ships for a while now, and we've not done a thing with it. Perhaps that's the fate of all intelligent life?

Hmm...

*looks at Sir_Lewk's user number*

*looks at Vellmont's user number*

Yep.

But I work so far from my apartment, there's no way to get there without either (a) getting on the highway (nuh-uh) or (b) risk getting mugged for being the wrong guy in the wrong 'hood.

I'd put together an ad and pay for all the same time slots that basically pointed all of this out in about 30 seconds.

It wouldn't be slander, so GM couldn't do jack about it, other than try and strong arm the media company that sold the ad slots.

I can attest to this. The large multi-national bank I work for was forced to take TARP funds, even though we didn't want them. At least we were one of the first to pay it back.

Too bad it's blocked here at work. :/

mention 5th element or printer cartridge costs yet?

Just wondering.

Hey, hit me up in a private email. I know someone in the community that may be interested in submitting content for ya.

Indeed! I have some friends in the Three Rivers area - since I know what they're saying is a curse, it's funny to watch them cuss up a storm here in the states and no one has a clue that they're saying "bad words".

Tabernak!