Needed more help fixing all the problems with the iPhone 3.1 upgrade.

Next thing you know, the story will be picked up by the Mainstream MSM Media.

Totally misleading. When I saw that "reinventing the internet" phrase, for a minute there I thought they were gonna start changing my tubes around.

Justifying violations of your civil rights since 2009

Did he use vi or Emacs?

Even assuming you're a real Comcast representative, why should we believe anything any Comcast rep says, after witnessing the series of lies, stonewalling, and misdirection Comcast produced after being accused of interfering with BitTorrent traffic, and then again after being caught red-handed interfering with BitTorrent traffic?

Right, and they charge extra for that "barefoot" sensation. I'm not kidding -- I saw a pair of "natural" running shoes which were little more than moccasins selling for over $200

Bionic Commando Commando... wait...

Yeah! It's the Six Million Dollar Man, but with the additional challenge of chafing.

Sigh.

joke (jok) n.
1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
2. A mischievous trick; a prank.
3. An amusing or ludicrous incident or situation.
4. Informal:

1. Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality: The accident was no joke.
2. An object of amusement or laughter; a laughingstock: His loud tie was the joke of the office.

Endosymbiotic theory is really interesting. All multicellular life is a product of an ancient bizarre symbiosis between amoeba and bacteria. One of the things I find most interesting is that your mitochondria have their own DNA, which is not passed down from father to child -- mitochondrial DNA is strictly passed down maternal lines.

Just one more thing George Lucas f&@ked up.

THIS is the way science works: you look at the evidence, squeeze it hard and see if it breaks. There is no doubt that the evidence for a soon-to-be-ice-free Arctic is broken. Ergo, the plausibility of dramatic climate change effects in our near future has gone down, no matter what anyone's politics drives them to prefer.

I don't think I'd go so far as to say the evidence is broken. Aside from what the article says, you might also be interested to know that right now we are in the coldest part of two major cycles with a significant impact on Arctic sea ice.

We are at the minimum of the 11-year solar cycle. Total Solar Irradiance will most likely increase significantly over the next year.

We are also at the cold end of the ENSO cycle - in a mild La Nina which will likely end this year. Models predict the current La Nina weakening through Spring 2009.

40% of variance in sea ice extent is linearly correlated with ENSO fluctuations.

I'm not from the UK, there they have a comprehensive national insurance policy. Still, when I look at the USA who tax their citizens at a rate of 2.9% for medical cover that covers only the disabled and elderly (>65), and compare that to the 1.5% we pay here in Australia

I'm in the USA, and I agree with you that it's in the best interests of every citizen to have full coverage for all basic services. But keep in mind, the disabled and elderly have the highest health care costs, and Australian Medicare is not as efficient as you think.

From your Australian Medicare link: The program is now nominally funded by an income tax surcharge known as the Medicare levy, which is currently set at 1.5%.[2] An exemption applies to low income earners. In practice the levy raises only a fraction of the money required to pay for the scheme. If the levy was to fully pay for the services provided under the medicare banner then it would need to be set at about 8%.

Private options are not always worthless. My company bought mine for thousands just last year.

Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

'It used to be other parts of the body that we thought were important,' says Esin. 'But now people realize that their brain is the crucial thing that gives them their mind and their self.'

That's not necessarily true. For example, I do a lot of thinking with another part of my anatomy. Ask anyone.