We have 23 chromosome pairs. Before mitosis (cell division), the chromosomes duplicate, producing a diploid set of 46 chromosomes.

Maybe it does, maybe it does not. I would say that the opinion of, say, an astronomer on evolutionary science carries more weight than the opinion on the same subject of an uneducated layperson completely unaware of the principles and methods of science. The layperson may reject evolution because to him it seems unfathomable that he could descend from monkeys (especially when the Bible contradicts it), whereas the astronomer, due to his own scientific grooming, understands that there might be larger causal framework at play that he may not be aware of that makes the evolutionary theory a plausible conception.

The crashed alien ship is a "hidden" encounter, you won't see it on your map, even after discovery. The only way you would find it is by a very unlikely accident or by knowing where to look for it. Your game experience has not been spoiled.

That would probably lead to CowboyNeal getting all the money...

You have. There was a discoverable crashed alien ship in the original game as well as the third installment. The DLC is just extrapolation on the concept.

Is there really that much difference in having a thousand or having a dozen? Could the country with a dozen warheads not fuck any other country beyond repair or redemption just as well as one with a thousand nukes?

I think the poster was surprised that Google gave the last result in years, not seconds as the input units would have warranted.

Obviously this is not going to help those with an eye-related illness other than macular degeneration. The conditions you mentioned are treatable with other methods (eyeglasses or lasik for dysopias, medication for glaucoma, etc). This is simply a new way of handling a specific ocular disorder.

Coming up next, RIAA applies for patent for human voice. All speech will be licensed, $0.99 a sentence.

I listen to NPR often, and I ain't paid nothing for it. So, it's free.

I don't think that's a fitting analogy. A better one would be a clock where a collection of internet geeks argue whether it is 2 PM or 3 PM, one insists it's 2 AM, and one insists time is not notable.

Contractual or not, four years for sharing some plans seems tad excessive.

Oh well. I guess you have to be American to understand the American judicial system.

I think that's a good viewpoint. Now, I am all for Wikipedia and have on many occasions found it to be of paramount value, but there is no way anyone in their right mind should trust an "encyclopedia anyone can edit". The way I see it, Wikipedia is a collection of sources, and WP articles function mainly as summaries of those sources. No-one should accept anything that's written in WP without checking where the information came from, and that's why everything that doesn't fall under common knowledge should be referenced - even if that means long reference sections and a superscripted number after every sentence.

A simple glance at TFA would have told you that: