Comment Re:So Close (Score 1) 176
Solar power on Mars would also have to contend with the global dust storms, which can last for weeks on end. Nuclear doesn't have that worry.
Comment Re:Missing option... (Score 1) 1026
I think *you're* wrong. Racism was quite prevalent where I grew up, which was small-town America but not the deep south. I'd imagine it's worse there.
Comment Re:Darn... no Mac Mini update (Score 2, Informative) 1079
I, personally, have an old mp3 cd player in my car with no aux input that I don't feel like spending the hundred bucks and few hours to replace. So for me it would be nice.
Comment Re:I'm sick of small curves (Score 2, Interesting) 156
Wait, what's the finishing goal? Die with the biggest pile? Die with the most STDs? Spawn the most children? Technological singularity? Completing some religious storyline?
Comment Re:What a bunch of BS (Score 1) 439
Only because we've killed off most of the things that are dangerous.
Bears (brown moreso than black) will hunt you for food but their range is pretty limited now. Moose, bison, and even elk can be quite dangerous if startled or at the wrong time of the year, but we've killed most of them too.
Bears (brown moreso than black) will hunt you for food but their range is pretty limited now. Moose, bison, and even elk can be quite dangerous if startled or at the wrong time of the year, but we've killed most of them too.
Submission + - Why don't people work? (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "While there is a multibillion dollar industry out there that tracks every move of the working public, what nonworkers are doing remains somewhat of a mystery, according to the US Census Bureau. Today the agency released an interesting study that looks extensively at why people don't work. For example, for nonworkers 25 to 44 years of age, taking care of children or others was the main reason — 44% — for not working at a paid job. Nearly 2 out of 5 or 38% nonworkers 45 to 54 years old did not work because of a chronic illness or disability. Men nonworkers were more likely than women nonworkers to be retired or going to school. Almost 5% of respondents said they had no interest in work.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19618"
Submission + - Jack Thompson Suspended 1
Dr. Eggman writes: GamePolitics.com has the story the Florida Bar has ordered Jack Thompson to undergo psychological testing and have suspended his license for 91 days. According to his 2005 book, he has been asked to undergo such testing by the bar before, but sued and successfully settled with the bar for $20,000.
