Well, they're about the only scientists who don't have to worry about their funding...

It's depressing and (I wish) shocking how many people here who try to pass themselves off as informed don't immediately realize this.

That might not be enough, come next primary, when their teabagger opponent from the (even FURTHER) right is hollering about how the RINO incumbent believes in (omg) GLOBAL WARMING.

It should do everything he wants it to do. Jesus, did you really just ask that on Slashdot? Either you don't belong here, or I don't anymore.

I've felt it (and I've felt plenty of other buzzes, too).

Notably, I have only felt it during the (few, brief) periods in my life that I've been in excellent physical shape. If I'd start exercising but quit before tiring myself out, I'd feel frustrated. But if I exercised to a decent level of fatigue, I'd feel a strong sense of well-being.

At the moment I'm in terrible cardio shape, and all I feel when running is awful. I don't think the "runner's high" happens until you're a runner.

I just watched some highlights and man, is that lame. The robots have legs, and the legs move like they're walking, but the robots are actually just stuck on the end of big metal poles that move them around the ring.

I understand that technology isn't to the point where a bipedal robot can balance itself while executing complex movements, let alone while something else is trying to knock it down. But what they have there is stupid enough that they just shouldn't have bothered.

I know they're an AC, but for god's sake mod parent up!

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So every bakery is spending half a million dollars an hour on electricity? That doesn't pass the sniff test.

Subtle...exodus?

I agree that the word "historic" is probably overapplied, but come on, it's going to land on a fucking comet for the first time in, uh, what's that word I'm looking for? Oh yeah, history.

That's not something I'd describe as "reusing passwords".

This is why.

Buying my groceries from a different store for a month is one thing. But how do you expect a boycott of an ISP to work? People cancel their currently-installed service, possibly incurring an early termination fee, then pay to have competing service installed, which probably a) doesn't exist or b) is just another name on the same list?

I'm sorry, but a boycott is just an asinine suggestion in this context.

Too bad the operators of coal plants don't have to take all that into account.