In any case, croftj is dead on correct about an overload (no pun intended) of abstraction in the java community.

Good gravy, can't anyone even write a decent Java app anymore without having to learn half a dozen frameworks?

will 'neither gain nor lose one second in about 3.7 billion years,'

What clock are they going to check it against to verify its accuracy?

And if there is such a clock, why isn't that clock being tested instead?

Big Dog Beta Test

You need to feel safe, because robots are made of metal, and robots are strong.

Old Glory Robot Insurance

OMNI magazine is alive and well in 2010. What's the matter with you people?

Here's proof. (Ignore the Apple IIgs thingy he hauled to the beach though..)

Clip from 2010: The Year We Make Contact

The Colonials and Cylons were equally tasty to the animals on the African plains.

But what if when you exercise (Energy Out) your body says, "Hey, the environment requires that a lot of fat is needed to keep up with this constant exercise, so I'm going to have to make a lot more fat to keep up."

This might explain in part why people who stop exercising after doing a lot of cardio for months tend to balloon up in weight very easily.

The body is smarter than we are- it responds to the demands of the environment.

But, he made us all feel fuzzy inside. That's got to count for something.

>> Flash!!!! AA-aaaaah......

There, fixed that for you.

No, I'll bet it was because they don't play any actual Sci-Fi, so they couldn't call it that anymore.

Apparently the key phrase here is "some parts of the brain."

Those parts didn't include the ones that were supposed to keep my roommate from failing out of college while he was playing Tetris.