I second the motion to nominate Nichelle Nichols. She's one hell of a public speaker and was responsible for recruiting Sally Ride as an astronaut (if we can believe Wikipedia. Can anyone confirm?).

Answer: No. At least not for anything of consequence. Just look at how many successful petitions came out of change.org.
Anyone that thinks a web based protest would be effective should read "The Revolution will not be Tweeted" by by Malcolm Gladwell, published in New Yorker magazine, to understand why.

http://www.newyorker.com/repor...

I have to wonder how/if this research translates into the games arena. Recently, there have been several attempts to make games playable by humans but which negate the computer's advantage of massive search. These games include Arimaa, Octi, and Havannah. One speculates whether it would be possible to design a game that is equally difficult, and a fair contest, between humans and computers.

I remember the film Spin which was made of out takes from wild feeds of politicians and church leaders appealing to their constituents for money. It showed them making outrageous remarks not realizing they were on the air at the time.

I embarked on a small project to read a rather short untranslated medieval Latin text. I was not aware of Distributed Proofreaders, and they may not want to take on my test in any case. I've been able to glean a lot of meaning by using Google Translate, Blitz Latin, and William Whitaker's Words. I was able to use these because the text I was trying to read was fairly short, about 25 pages. Doing it yourself may not be an option for a much longer text, but think of it as a possibility should the need arise.

Best wishes on your continued endeavor!

A similar observation was made at the Palmerton, PA superfund site. The nearby Blue Mountain was the recipient of toxic fumes spewed from a nearby tin processing plant for almost a century. The resultant depositions killed almost all the vegetation on the mountainside, which furthermore, did not decay because of the dearth of micro organism capable of living there.

"...concentrations of cadmium, lead, and zinc in the soil were so high as to prevent regeneration. In fact, metals levels stopped all microbial activity, creating a biological desert where trees that had been dead for 20 or more years could not decompose. "

http://www.mabiosolids.org/upl...

Nature does indeed have a lot of fusion reactors, but there are none on this planet. If you want to see one, look up on a sunny day. If you want to see thousands, look up on a starry night.

I agree with 22/7, which has been named Pi Approximation Day. It is a lot closer to Pi than 3/14!

Why move a dangerous asteroid into lunar orbit? That's a little too close to home should something go wrong.
If they want to study it, just send a probe to bring back pieces of it.

USAans can always petition their government and seek redress of grievances. See links below:

http://www.petition2congress.c...

https://petitions.whitehouse.g...

It probably won't change anything, but you'll feel better for a few minutes.

I, for one, like this proposal for two time zones across the entire CONUS

It was never published AFAIK, but there was a documentary film made about Darger and his book which mostly summarized the plot, including animations of many of the illustrations. Worth seeking out IMHO.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03...

While it has never been more important to be passionate, there's not so much to be passionate about.
From [a study on UK supermarkets] on 'The realities of leadership': 'Almost every aspect of work for every kind of employee,
from shopfloor worker to the general store manager, was set out, standardised and occasionally scripted by the experts at head office.' ...fewer of us have much influence over how to do our daily tasks than before...even though we're regularly told by our employers, our business magazines and our television software adverts that work is a place of exploration and fulfillment.

So, what is left for managers to manage? Primarily the answer is 'people management': motivating, beginning with 'getting the day started' meetings they concentrate on meeting targets by, as one manager put it, 'ensuring they (staff) are motivated, trained, they're quick to do the job, and hyped up, and they're going to go out there and deliver'.

Excerpted from the book "Talk Normal: Stop the Business Speak, Jargon and Waffle" by Tim Phillips

for vegetables!