Maybe it came from the Soylent Corporation's Mercury branch.

In Soviet Russia, meme manipulates you! That, DCHERRYHOLMES, is an example of meme manipulation.

To be fair, lobbying is something only a privileged few are "used to." Being used to lobbying is not the same as being used to getting screwed over by lobbying, which is the case for most of the USA's population.

Sorry, I meant GTA, not TGA. And BTW, I believe the expression the parent poster wanted to use was "short response time."

Motor skills and response time? The counterbalance is a lack of practical experience. There have been studies proving that old and experienced drivers tend to get involved in accidents less frequently than youngsters because, while young people may have the reflexes to react quickly to trouble, their older counterparts are much better at avoiding trouble in the first place. It often happens that, by the time a young person realizes that he has stupidly driven himself into a tight spot, it is already humanly impossible to safely steer clear of the oncoming obstacle. And no, being a great TGA player does not count as practical experience.

Please remind me never to borrow a computer from you guys. Ewww!!!

Sorry if I'm misjudging you, but you come across as very similar to those people who claim to "drive better when drunk."

And it was a teenager, too!

So, winning a raspberry award is within the reach of a group of schoolchildren? By looking at Hollywood, you would think it takes a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars to earn one! The movies that usually get them don't come cheap, you know!

I don't believe anyone should forget that Nixon did some good things for his country. On the other hand, if you have done some good things, does that mean that any crimes you have committed should be granted impunity? That sounds a lot like the case of the Chilean dictator Pinochet. Pinochet's forces murdered Allende, the previous President, and during his regime lots of political dissidents were tortured and worse. But Pinochet's economic policies and his incentives for education in the country allowed Chile to emerge from the disaster that Allende's administration had been. Today, Chile is way ahead of the rest of South America in terms of economic development. So, what is your stance on a case like this?

The North Korean government, of course! Remember, the late "beloved leader" was an Internet expert!

Eagles and hawks may have very sharp eyesight, but they also have a narrow field of vision. Human eyesight is a compromise between sharpness and peripheral vision. There is an XKCD cartoon that illustrates the difference between what a human can see straight in front of him and what he can distinguish out of the corner of his eye. But no, I can't recall its number (yeah, I know, hand in your geek card at the door)...

John Le Carré also said the same thing. In his book "A Perfect Spy" the main character, Magnus Pym, learns this art from his con man father. And the character of Magnus' dad was heavily based on Le Carré's own father.

So the question still stands: At some point there will be a "dead man's border" beyond which no living thing can be found. But so far, nobody has any idea how far down that border is, and for all we know it may be changing over time, as microbes evolve and new species appear with just a teeny little bit more resistance to extreme temperatures, pressure and chemically aggressive environments.

I stand corrected. That's what you get for posting in a hurry just before the beginning of another work day.