You could ask any street urchin to buy a ticket for you.
He has some highly sophisticated method, but was caught at the easiest part anyone could do better.

>If your goal is a self-sustaining colony (a "backup earth" or whatnot), step out of the sci-fi novels. We're centuries away from that at best.

It will never happen, if we never start working towards it.

"*All* nucleated cells in a body share the same DNA load (barring local mutations -which are really minimal, and with obvious exception of the germinative line)."

Except, chimeras?

Earth tugs on the Sun as well. Does the Sun rotate around Earth?

Tell that to Monsanto: http://www.monsanto.com/produc...

Vote for someone outside of the current two-in-one party system.

Reminds me of the DNA grenade i saw in some recent sci-fi series.

Right, the US citizenry shouldn't be educated. Keep watching TV :D

I'm not fond of Uber (not an user, and read some horror stories about raping, etc).
I'm also a Google fan.
But this story reminds me of M$ eating up smaller fish who thought it is safe to partner up with the shark.

The US doesn't invade AND occupy its neighbors. They go farther, and don't stay there for decades. Anyone rich enough (in the US) can get a fair trial. In Russia, you have to be a friend of Putin.
So, there are subtle differences.

The problem is, she isn't alive. There ARE female programmers this age too. But they are damn rare.
By the way, there is nothing wrong with designers, writers, etc. They do a lot of important work a game programmer wouldn't be able to do.

Nope, but secure channel issues are already visible.

Which is more degrading, a woman with no boobs, or a woman with noticeable boobs? Considering how much women spend on breast enlargement, I would think a woman with considerable boobs is the desirable for them.

Not just aerial. Their subs sniff around Sweden daily.

I see a possibility for a cold fusion conference in a Physics department.