we did?

The thing that's made humans so successful is our tenacity. I imagine that tenacity would often fall short without some measure of aggression. There's plenty of times where it would be more logical to give up on a task, but we're too pissed-off to let it beat us. Aggression is what fuels that final push that often gets shit done. The problems arise when humans butt heads (or come up against an equally tenacious adversary). Two tenacious beings going at it will destroy their environment in the process of defeating eachother. If we could put differences aside and unite, our mutual aggression would be to our benefit. So, what humans most lack is empathy and understanding.

Obviously if there were an invasion fleet looming around our planet, it would first be detected by some misanthropic kid with a telescope. That would be the easy part. Then the kid would have to convince his alcoholic, ex-Air Force father of the impending invasion. Then the father would have to swallow his pride and contact his old partner (the one who was promoted after turning in the father for doing something that was technically wrong, but was undeniably the honorable thing to do in the situation), who now just-so-happens to head a clandestine wing of the military specialized in dealing with alien invaders. Obviously.

nothing some well-placed quotation marks can't fix

Glad to see someone had roughly the same thought I had.

They didn't say they measured the speed of the individual photon, only that it arrived later than the other photons.

Does that mean they used to same password? If not, someone must have a keylogger on their system. That seems a bit more serious.

I think it's more a matter of not letting cops have any discretion. I've had minor encounters with LEOs where, because I was relatively cool with the officer, I was simply told "pour that out" , "get your friend home" or "pull your pants up, sir". I'm grateful the officer didn't have a camera recording the whole time. If he did, he would have been far less likely to let me go. I see the argument that constant surveillance will lead to a more even application of the law. If they know their boss is watching they'll have to treat their best friend the same as a stranger, white males the same as any minority. But, this also means we're essentially eliminating the cool cop's ability to be cool. Every officer will be forced to become that dick sticks to the letter of the law to a fault.

I was under the impression that the sharing of copyrighted material was the problem. I don't see what's illegal about Sony uploading an anti-piracy ad and naming it "DOWNLOAD Fury (2014) 720p BrRip x264" so long as they own the copyright on the ad. I mean, it's a pretty horrible name for an ad, but whatev. I was unaware that the protocol itself had been outlawed.

so long as they don't try to land a damn comet anywhere near me!

I love spades, but my partners always hate it. Probably something to do with me going blind nello on every hand.

I wonder how sleep apnea works in space. It's hard to sleep on your side when there's no "up".

They sleep in little padded pods. I'm pretty sure they can go pitch black.

needs more copper mesh