"I want to live in a world where *everything* that makes me uncomfortable or might cause pain or conflict is excised from history."

Then your utopia is to be dead. All persons present potential for pain or conflict, even yourself.

"a lot of people have improved their lives greatly with a little self-delusion"

What's the evidence that delusion is the cause of someone improving their life? Some folks have improved their lives in spite of their delusions, but it was likely a resolution to improve that did it for them.

No one told you "shit like this" was going on because you were three years old. The Good Old Days when everyone treated everyone else and their property with respect haven't happened yet. Temporal proximity to events tends to lead to exaggeration regarding their severity but it has always been this way. There are wonders and horrors aplenty in this world. Be thankful many of the old horrors have been vanquished, strive to remove those that remain, and enjoy.

That, was Brilliant!

The other WoW geeks (former player myself) are still laughing since I read it aloud to them.

Mars is a very bleak and lonely place and all those anti-depressant pills aren't going to take themselves. It's a market colony.

I mean, how long can it take before clippy lets us know that we might be in the market for a new couch, or in need of a pizza?

This killer meme brought to you by the rally to restore FEAR.

once you figure the total energy savings (reduced power needs, reduced cooling needs, etc) over the lifetime of the drive I wonder how much more expensive it is. I can't wait for SSD to become more affordable. I'd like to have that in our SANs too.

That's a Space Station!

Greetings Earthlings,

We are the Transcendors. We assume our ambassador Stanley Fulham has prepared you for our arrival.

ChatRoulette, the PG edition.

Just watch traffic at any intersection and you can see many abuses of power.

Is that new somewhere? I think I only get four total streams, and only two of them can be HD.

Tell the Tea Party there are tax free land grants there.

I think this penguin was first discovered by geologist William Dyer from the Miskatonic University. Shoggoths, fishmen and madness cannot be far behind.