Well "we" didn't allow it, the assholes on the supreme court did. Unfortunate, to say the least.

Given the billion-year timescales to evolution, I'd say the likelihood of such synchronicity is exceedingly small. Unless they've known about our planet for millions of years and have come to the conclusion that no possibility exists for technology allowing a visit.

Thank you for so honestly and succinctly admitting that you are an anti-social dick who doesn't care about anyone else. We know the world is fully of types like you, but they aren't usually so honest. Kudos, and I honestly hope your attitude pays back tenfold upon you in your own lifetime.

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I'm unaware of this "attitude problem" that is apparently keeping you from supporting OWS. I see a lot of (civil) disagreements at the protests, and surprising amounts of consensus among people from different backgrounds. Most people are there representing THEIR OWN OPINIONS on what is wrong, and there is very little active discouragement of different opinions. Also, calling yourself a member of the "Adult World" is pretty damned childish. Who talks like that? We're trying to steer the national conversation in this country towards VERY adult topics, but find ourselves fighting against outright lies on the one hand (false attacks on the protesters) and the usual bread and circuses on the other (reality TV, celebrity news, FUD about foreign threats, anything that comes out of Herman Cain's mouth, etc). So you disagree about the camps. Fine. I suppose you would have told Rosa Parks that she was being an arrogant **tch who ought to just sit in the back too, right? You do understand what civil disobedience is?

Why do you have to paint the OWS as a monolithic entitity? I am a protester, a peaceful one, and I certainly was not advocating violence just as 99.9% of the protesters were not. Why can you not get it through your thick skulls that a very tiny minority of troublemakers (some anarchists, some planted sabateurs) do NOT REPRESENT the rest of the group? The cause is a legitimate one, and you are using very stupid reasons to turn your brain off to what the movement is about. Your loss, as I don't see anyone else fighting for what is right in this country.

We all know Oklahoma is a hotbed of wild-eyed liberalism, too.

LOL!!!! Once upon a time, people paid up front. You know, savings. Wait, were you being sarcastic?

I love people like you trashing credit unions when you clearly have done no research. I switch from Bank of America (goodbye, losers) to Alliant Credit union recently. Here's a summary of what I now enjoy:

- nationwide ATM networks. Basically there's one a mile from you anywhere you are

- no ridiculous fees, or re-ordering your mortgage payment to somehow find a way to overdraw the account

- I actually get a return on my checking account! Ok it's 2%, but still pretty nice

- I actually can write checks (I don't bother, I just send them from the bank online, it saves postage)

- VISA debit card

- most awesome: I scan checks and deposit them at HOME. I can also go to any networked credit union and use their ATM to do this. AWESOME.

I ALSO HATE the sound of pouring liquids! Yay, there are two of us! (And, it is really weird, an no I have no idea why I hate it)

BZZZ! You would be wrong, but thanks for playing. Turn off talk-radio for a minute and listen. Obama is center-right, and no socialist unless you could the "socialism for the elites" that is wall-street bailouts (including the unauthorized stealth bailouts going on through the Fed). He is practically aligned with the republicans when it comes to fiscal policy (which is to continue the taxes != expenses that both parties have been running for a while), and has proved himself the opposite of a progressive in social policy as well, up to and including MURDERING an American citizen without trial (or did you miss that?). He has not done anything to overturn the civil-liberties murdering patriot act, nor has he called back the illegal wire-tapping program. His administration has prosecuted more people for "treason" in revealing secret information than ever before. He has not increased taxes (talking about it doesn't count), and he has essentially held back prosecutors from going after the massive fraud on wall street.

All this is immaterial, because the real truth is he's a massive sell-out, in the pockets of the monied interests, and full of lies and rhetoric like 99% of pliticians out there... and now we know.

-- Love, a pinko commie liberal that WISHES we had a real progressive, or any, left candidate for president

Replying to say I agree 100% with this. I actually don't really play games, I am way too busy with work and school. But I like supporting the EFF, I like supporting indie software developers of any kind, and I like the pay what you want DRM-free model. I too am "voting with my dollar": MORE OF THIS PLEASE!

Now, I did play Crayon physics on a long plane ride where I was too burned out to do more work, and I had my whole aisle and people behind me fascinated with a game that creative and smooth-running on linux. I'm sure there's more and I hope maybe over my next vacation I can enjoy them.

Indeed, Ron Paul passes the "Is the candidate a lying, corrupt sack of shit?" test. Unfortunately, I disagree with him on how to run the country. So, back to square one. If we can get not just three or four candidates of Ron Paul integrity spread accross the spectrum, but thousands of such candidates to fill local positions as well, then we can say we have something to vote for. Until then, no.

I believe the amount of not-easily-visible ordinary matter in the universe has already been accounted for in our models. We knew sources like this were there. Even at the most optimistic estimates, it is dwarfed by the amount needed to throw off the galaxy rotation curves, the main (but certainly not only) circumstantial evidence for "missing mass" which in turn leads to the idea of dark (non-baryonic, non-interacting) matter.

There was mention a while back about government projects to provide tools to agents so they could manage hundreds/thousands of online personas... paranoid linky: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread664190/pg1 Considering the hysterical attitude of the gov't about wikileaks, it's sadly not unbelievable that this would extend to such places as slashdot.