I used to think this way too. I would tell all my friends that if a boat were sinking with my wife and small children in it, I would save my wife first as we can always make more children. This is logical and makes sense to me. Then I had kids. It turns out that many of us are "genetically programed" (or however you want to phrase it) to save the kids first. Our minds don't always seem to work the way we want them to. I can still clearly see the logic of saving my wife first and would agree that this is the proper course of action but my brain simply won't allow me to do that. I am 100% sure I would save the kids first and let her & myself die. Wierd huh?

Of course I still believe strongly that if you are going to have a kid then you should also have redundant back-ups (more kids).

No, the form specifically asks in question 29.7: "Have you EVER associated with anyone involved in activities to further terrorism?"

She did not inform them of her continued relationship with two convicted members of a terrorist organization, including visiting one in prison. I'm not seeing a lot of gray here. She clearly should have answered yes to this question and explained her tenuous connection to these people. That she lied NOW is the problem, not that she was a minor activist in the 80's.

The M4 is fully capable of hitting man-size targets out to 500M with close to the same accuracy as an M16. The barrel is only a little shorter. Additionally, I don't understand your point? Both rifles are designed for a range of engagement distances.

The average walking speed is 3.1 miles per hour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

A leisurely pace might be closer to 2 miles per hour. So a one hour walk, not 15 minutes.

Your Disney point is spot on. I attended a talk by thier head of parking a couple of years ago and he indicated that Disney is legally allowed to "only" park 3,600 cars per hour on the property but when things get busy they can park over 5,000 cars per hour. That is amazing. More than a car per second with usually no wait at all. That is impressive! Not only that but the cast members that work in parking are always extremely helpful, polite and happy.

The dirty little not-so-secret-anymore is that the IRS simply does not do anything with about 90% of returns other than cash your check or send you a refund for whatever you ask for. They simply are forced to trust that the numbers are right. This is now out in the open and has resulted in a new type of scam where criminals simply fill out bogus returns for hundreds of SSN's claiming refunds. The IRS then happily sends them the money, to the tune of $millions of dollars to single addresses. The US Post office sometimes has to rent bigger trucks just to deliver the thousands of checks.

Sad.

I want to play too!

There is nothing to subpoena. This particular device does not store MAC addresses at all. When a Bluetooth device is detected, the first thing that is done is to pass the MAC through a one-way hash. The actual MAC address is immediately discarded and only the hashed value is stored.

I think you mean the mode. It is highly unlikely the median is exactly 10.

Double incorrect. The shipping lanes in the strait are on the Oman side. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Strait_of_hormuz_full.jpg

The rest of the gulf... is pretty wide and new lanes can be followed.

Pollen is not a side effect. Bees forage for three primary things: nectar, pollen and sap. They make honey from the nectar and "bee bread" from the pollen. Pollen is their only source of protein. Without it they would die. They use sap to make propolis to seal up the hive and glue things in place.

There is indeed plenty in an urban environment. Heck suburban bees live in bee paradise. Year round forage, diverse sources, all that irrigation to keep things in bloom...

Well, this is a fake product that will never exist or work but a normal regular hive will throw off 60-70 pounds of honey a year. Some hives will do 100+ pounds. That's a lot of mead. I only keep one hive but I could easily keep 5 or 6 and get about 400 pounds of honey a year.

The influence and importance of Slashdot in those early to mid years really can't be over stated. Heck, I used to ask job applicants for their UID just to help me sort through all the resumes. Those that answered "What's Slashdot?" went to the bottom of the pile. ;->

Good luck & thank you Rob.

What County would that be? I can't image that there isn't a traffic signal somewhere.

Don't bother. It's crap. The camera is horrid, the controls are sketchy, the save system is weird and incomplete and there are too many places where you miss a 1-pixle-wide jump or an item and have to go way back. Too bad as the art is wonderful.