By that definition, going to my office every day isn't necessarily a 2-way trip. Nor is getting up to use the bathroom, or going to the store for food, or going to bed. But it doesn't mean that I'm going to stop doing those things. I go planning to return, but accept some varying level of risk based on the potential benefit of making the trip. Going to bed is safer than the bathroom. Going to the bathroom is safer than going to the store. Going to the store is safer than going to Mars. But, depending on the individual and the perceived benefits, all of those adventures may be undertaken.

If you're driving your Tesla at 110mph, you probably don't care what catches on fire as long as it's not you.

You're driving 110mph in a titanium shielded metal box full of batteries. You ARE the ammunition.

Leave our beer alone? If you could get an Arrogant Bastard for the price of a Keystone, wouldn't you?

If Google was, say, a public utility then I'd back you up. But they're not. Filtering or selectively promoting things is entirely within their scope. Their rights don't change because they're popular.

However, if they're publicly viewed as abusing those rights, they very well may become much less popular.

That's not that unusual - I got my Real Doll on Amazon and think she's gorgeous. (In a rubbery, plasticy, inanimate sort of way...) Any way - She creeps the kids out enough to make a decent babysitter.

I don't really know anything about Kim's racial or political motivations. But I have copies of Machiaveli's "The Prince", Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", The Communist Manifesto, and have spent a good amount of time in Austria and a little in Germany (Vienna's beautiful.) And I work in the US supporting the DoD & DoE - My books hardly make me a traitor. And if Sun Tzu somehow miraculously signed my copy of "The Art of War", I'd think it was cool as hell. (Although it'd probably go to auction pretty quickly.)

The Axis advance was stopped in '42 and things started to settle down (comparatively - It was still pretty nasty.) The Russians kicked their asses the next year and the surrender happened in '45. Troops were being rotated to the front lines from several countries in '42 (rotated NOT meaning sent to the line until dead.) And, the year in which the person in question rotated in/out or when the war was over "for him" is pretty much irrelevant unless you're preparing something for the History Channel.

It depends where you get them, but I'll second that. A lot of people just "taste hot", but aside from the heat they're not entirely different from sweet peppers. Combined with some seranos, fresh tomatoes, and garlic they make for a nice salsa base.

I fail to see the relevance. No wait - I do. If they're enforcing free speech, that means they can't regulate what a person (or corporation) can say. Or selectively not say of their own volition. Does Freedom of Speech imply that we force people/corporations to say things that they choose not to? Regardless of their motivations? If I run a web-site and there's an article somewhere that says, "China censors nothing!", do I have to provide a link to it despite the fact that I personally think it's biased?

Which means it's up for debate. All we really know is that it's "not too far off" and likely in the wrong season.

Anyway it was meant mostly facetiously in case that wasn't apparent from the post. All I was trying to get across is that the calendar start time is arbitrary. Even if the gods descend and tell us the exact place, time, and date of the birth, that doesn't mean we have to change the year, or Christmas, or anything else. We've been rolling with it this long, why lift the whole train onto an identical set of parallel tracks? For the sake of accuracy? My guesstimate of the big bang wasn't far off from accepted theory. And, as a calendar start date, my big bang guess is as useful as the commonly used year 1 or Unix epoch or really any other metric.

Engineer-designed UIs are damned near perfect. As long as you're the engineer that designed them. And it hasn't been too long since you used them.

Yes - I am an engineer. And yes, I have outsmarted myself more than once. Go back to a 3-year-old project and think, "What was this person thinking??? Oh wait, that person was me..."

That seems to make sense and seems like an interesting idea. Can you express it using a car analogy?

Based on the birth of UNIX is at least agreed upon. The birth of Jesus is up for debate and an odd choice to try and promote as a global "Year Zero". We need to devote our resources to determining the exact moment of the big bang and start counting from there. At least writing the date would give people some idea of perspective. "Wow - I can't believe it's 13.805.624.212.04.27.14.21.12 already... Seems like just yesterday it was just 13.805.624.211.04.27.14.21.12!" "Lord... It's only 13.805.624.212.04.27.14.21.12... I don't get off work until 13.805.624.212.04.27.15.30.00 today. I've been here since 13.805.624.212.04.27.06.05.33!"

Sorry - If your birthday falls after the 28th of the month, your birthday is being revoked. That's OK though - We can toss our names in the pool for birthday reassignment sometime during Smarch.