So, does she shoot the laser off the hip Rambo-style, or does she wuss out and use a bipod?

This site is doing all it can to drive away core members. Many have already given up. That they would try to pass off something so shamelessly promoting products and not think we can't tell it's a pitch should insult all of us.

I could care less about "oh pasta here is so good" tweets from some celeb. I'm in that 44% and I set up an account just to hold my name.

That's very Buddhist

That's like a driver saying auto mechanics has nothing to do with his job. You might not understand how computer science influences everything you're doing on your job which is probably why your search algorithm results always suck. Just because there are some glaring stellar examples of guys dropping out and making boatloads doesn't make that best path to success. The average IT guy is...average! He's not some 160 IQ natural born leader with a business sense. This Slashdot meme of crapping on formal education needs to stop. Yes, lots of people can drop out or never go to college and make a good living churning out web pages or iPhone apps, but that's not the best path to take.

The best thing for anyone entering the field to do is get a 4 year degree and get the formal education you'll never get on your own. I say that as a guy in the industry for about 12 years who went *back* and finished my degree. I sat through that last 2 years in class almost every day thinking of coding/design errors I'd made in the past based on what I was taught.

Helium 3 is up there. I think that's the isotope that's supposed to be good for fusion.

Besides that, all the talk of going to Mars IMO is a silly and dangerous technological leap. Right now, the most isolated humans who've ever lived (not traveled) in space are a day away from rescue. Lets deal with the challenges of setting up shop somewhere slightly more remote before building a Pluto base (kidding). It's far more feasible to pull off and would probably lead to permanent settlements. As it is, going to Mars would equate to the "pride rides" the Apollo shots were.

You don't know how stats work.

Do they scream out cliches like "I can't shake 'im" and "I got a bogey on my six!"? And, do they have ambiguously gay volleyball matches after a sweaty dogfight?

Which is why communities lock in. My point is you still need to invest in a mixed economy while you can and NOT when you have to.

The point I take from it is it's silly to think that all you do to fix the skills/jobs gap it so send people to school. Some people will have the ability to make huge transitions in careers, but most will be looking for equivalent work. It's how sociology works. You have to look at demographics and odds, not best wishes and theories.

That being said, I hope this is a lesson to communities, cities, and states that throw all their economic eggs into one industrial basket. No matter how good the gettin' is, you're screwed if that industry takes a big hit.

Has anyone noticed that on stories about Google, if you post a negative comment almost immediately you get negative banged? Over time other readers pos bang you back up. This is probably the 5-10th time I've seen this happen. They must have PR guys trawling for this stuff.

You want to blow their minds, explain to them that if they have health insurance in the US they technically have Obamacare.

"I've been getting all my news from sources telling me that this was going to be a disaster and that goals would never be reached. None of my friends signed up, so based on my anecdotal evidence there must be a conspiracy here."

ProTip: mine's in yur mom, CanHasDick! Wait, this isn't Battlefield chat, sorry.

"Freetards"! Thank you, now I know what to call them!

Wish I could mod you up, but I don't have the points so maybe I can siphon up some of the negative bangs.