all the best vegetables are made of beef

well.. +2 for informative, thanks for the lead

Nope, that was just Jamie...

you made me do something that I try to avoid before commenting, you made me go and read the article. but looking at MIT's site there really is a Yang Shao-Horn. Unless this is just an elaborate ruse.

I'm reasonably certain that your sig has a syntax error. What does your IDE say?

But I bet if Congress asked the entertainment industry for hookers and blow they would get them within the hour...

nah, it wouldn't be the first time, that's why they were found guilty of violating anti-trust laws the first time around.

it might seem incomprehensible, but there have been multiple business cycles in this country (and the world). Some of them dipped into depression. One of them happened in the 1920's (the GP example) another one happened in the 1930 (your example). Just because you are unaware of something, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Nope, still Bush's fault.

My first thought was "Mytopia = personal utopia" - which I'm sure is what the marketing folks were hoping.
My second thought was "great we can't even share utopia anymore, another concept taken to the self-centered extreme".
Then I snapped out of it and thought "who cares, if they can make some cash then good for them".