WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, the most perfect word processing program ever developed. The amount of work one could easily accomplish with that program still surpasses anything we have today.

Those shortcut keys were fantastic and the guy(s) who thought of allowing 'Reveal Codes' should be given free beers whenever they are out.

Auctions. They are they ultimate free market. People bid on something up to the point they believe the product is worth. No government interference or price controls.

"There is only one uni-tasker in the kitchen."

A fire extinguisher.

Finally, a web site which doesn't try to overrun your browser with unnecessary rotating images and the latest and greatest shiny because some web designer said, "Why not?"

In other words, a web site which is useful.

Maybe it's the reason why I still seek new bands in my 40s... (scandinavian metal rules!)

Speaking of which, I was listening to DragonForce on YouTube and decided to check out one of the suggested bands. Imagine my surprise when I selected Sonata Arctica and heard almost the exact same music. Stylistically they were identical, even many of the chords were the same.

Made me wonder. . .

If you look at Colorado, they had temperatures in the 70s in February. They, along with Alaska, were warmer during the month than almost anywhere in the mid Atlantic to northeastern U.S.:

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Which is why studies have shown people who watched The Daily Show and Colbert Report were, on the whole, more informed about world events than those who watched Fox.

What I observe with the majority of people: they are fully capable of being free-thinking individuals, but the main way they use this capability is to follow the crowd.

With herd animals that are prey creatures (i.e. cattle, sheep) this makes sense in terms of survival. There is safety in numbers. Stray from the herd, and you get targeted by ever-present predators.

With humans, who are at the top of the food chain and generally have no natural predators, it's just a form of cowardice. I'm not sure the DNA of fruit flies is going to provide a satisfying explanation here, at least not one that can be extrapolated to include people, fascinating though it may be.

The simple solution would be to boil the water as Prozac, birth control medication and the other chemicals we dump wholesale into the water system wouldn't be a problem.

Once you get enough built up crud you would scrape it off and burn it to help produce the energy necessary to boil the water.

Let's see a damned cat do that. You can't, because cats are stupid pets.

Cats aren't dumb enough to stick their heads out the window of a moving vehicle where it can get whacked by bugs or stones and keep doing it over and over.

Also, my cat was smarter than most humans I had do deal with and listened a whole lot better.

Or, and I'm just spitballing here, people could be adults and not think they're being cool and edgy by putting a dick somewhere on a map. Personal responsibility and all that.

This is why we can't have nice things.

So it's like what happened to Bart Simpson:

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The comments from the article sound eerily similar to those coming from Japanese men. More and more they are playing video games and watching porn rather than interacting with other people, most especially women.

It might have something to do with control. When you're playing a game, you are in control of your character. You are still at the whim of your surroundings and other players, but you are in control of "yourself".

Not so when approaching others and most especially women. With the decline of civility, asking a woman out and being rejected is no longer, "I'm sorry. I appreciate you asking but I'm just not interested" to, "Fucking loser! Why would you talk to me? Get the fuck out of here."

It's easier to not bother than deal with asshats.

Congratulations; you summed up the entire GOP immigration debate as in "Hi I'm Bill O'Rielly, blowhard for Right Wing Nut Jobs. I'm the son of an Irish immigrant and i just HATE all the Mexicans coming into the country illegally."

There, fixed that for you.

Specifically, I am referring to a return to federalism, with the vast majority of citizens' government coming from the state and local levels. You know, the way this system was intended to work.