Yeah, I'll sign right up for that. : /

It's ironic that AC should post that response...

I remember a program from about 10-12 years ago that could convert speech into different accents, might be fun to try out at least "FOTR".

And visually - without deep inspection - it looked like a pretty good fake! Why wasn't this story on /.? :)

"Happy"? I dunno... observing those birthdays could be deadly.

For those of us old enough to remember being glued to CNN all night long, being disappointed when the mission was scrubbed-and then doing it all over again the next night, listening to John Holliman interview astronauts et al.about the future of manned space flight, watching the shuttle when it finally rose on flaming pillars-yeah, it was exciting. Absolutely. It almost didn't matter if it was the most practical vehicle or not, it was inspirational and of course, just cool.

You must not have had the pleasure of putting the keyboard ribbon into the socket - like putting a limp dick into a tight pussy (the trick was to hold it by the sides, & pull it stiff as you inserted). I'm pretty sure that at least one of my youthful whiskers turned grey.

Huh - I always wondered who put that hidden camera in my bedroom...

Kinda like my organs.

Unfortunately, the Taliban has learned how to use thundersticks. That's all they need to know.

------- Oh really?

I think AC meant "aboard the Enterprise" (1701 though-1701D had Heisenfart compensators).