Because ammonia works. It handles wide temperature swings. It is very efficient weight wise. The tech is well known. The instrumentation is well known. The only downside is that it's impressively corrosive. That said, the Russians don't use it.

Which, in the end, is likely why we do.

Justin Beiber and Paris Hilton.

Check.

Praise His Noodliness....

You need to take some Haiku lessons from smittyoneeach.

And while we're at it, let's get the Warp Drive and the Transporter on line. That ought to improve things.

Really? I'm glad you feel fantastic but can you point out where Niacin prolongs (or improves, I'll go for that) life?

Otherwise, I will suggest a brief perusal of the placebo literature.

Both of those critters could be accurately depicted using CGI and at least for Brittany, her 'music' could be closely approximated by an Autotune processing a fifth grade choir.

So, best pray to your dear and fluffy lord that nobody thinks there is any money in those ventures.

If your do-it-yourself skills are a little weak, the annoyatron

When in trouble,
Or in doubt,
Run in circles,
Scream and shout.

(R. Heinlein)

I think it may refer to the fact that neural derived tumors typically form from the neural support cells (glial cells, astrocytes) rather than the axons and dentrite of a 'nerve cell'. Lousy phrasing and really a stretch as far as significance.

Which segues into nicely hyperbolic title in TFA. What the research shows is that retroviral-derived sequences have some interesting control factors that are different from other cells. To intimate that this has anything to do with intelligence or even brain function is rather a stretch. It's a shame because the findings (a novel control pathway in the brain) is interesting all by itself.

Sigh.

I imagine all professional CPAs use some sort of professional CPA program. The value is in the overall issues that the program doesn't understand. Despite TT's underlying complexity and the fact that thousands of hours of research have gone into the program, it can't tell you the annoying little details of many of the forms - the exceptions, the gotchas.

I quit doing my own taxes several years ago after the IRS came back and asked for $65,000 in back taxes because of some presumed investments that one of my wife's Mutual Funds had screwed up. The accountant took about 15 minutes, found that I had put one number in the wrong place and that the Mutual Fund AND the IRS had put a bunch of numbers in the wrong place - I ended up with a thousand dollar refund.

My taxes are moderately complex - a couple with W2's, 1099's, Schedule C's and some investment income. The entire tax code is batshit insane (like the rest of the country) but I can't do anything about that. I don't pretend I'm a lawyer, an accountant or a pilot. I'll mess with a lot of things, but not my money or my life.

Unicode. Sigh.

Slashdot .... please. It's not all that hard.

A good start would be a promise not to create AI politicians. That should cover a whole bunch of evils.

Or you could just RTFA and discover that the nice Indian mathematician had some cogent and logical things to say.

TL;DR - it's complicated.

If the box is half buried in the mud and debris, you may not hear the ping at all or it may be very attenuated. It's just an audio signal, not magic.