I am sure Chrome and Firefox are well ahead on "new versions per month" stats

Still I wouldn't touch IE with the proverbial 3 metre citizen of Warsaw

"Governments are distinguished by wether or not"

A wether is a sheep. But then so are the people that vote

"Do you believe the periodic table of elements is local to the Earth, or is it the same elements all over the place?"

I'd say they woould have different names on other planets, and in some parts of the universe there may not be many of the heavy elements, which need a supernova to be made.

(even on this planets, there are some places where Element #13 is called Aluminum, (the proper spelling is Aluminium)

Well, that's what I want to talk to you all about; endings. Now, endings normally happen at the end. But as we all know, endings are just beginnings.
    You know, once these things really get started, it's jolly hard to stop them again. However, as we have all come this far, I think, under the circumstances the best solution is that we all just keep going. Let's keep this going in sight, never an ending. Let's remember that this world wants fresh beginnings.
    I feel here, in this country, and throughout the world, we are crying out for beginnings, beginnings. We never want to hear this word "endings".
    I know we all want to sit down. I know you want to take it easy. Of course we're looking for the good. Of course we're looking for the fresh start.

"so who cares, move it to 1 am, doesnt mean a damn thing"

They'll do that in March anyway.

"Deep space exploration could benefit from that kind of durability."

Deep space tends to be very cold, and chemical batteries don't do to well in those conditions.

" It's lasted longer than most governments..."

Windows XP has lasted longer than most governments, when you think about it.
Democracies tend to change after a few election cycles, and in the last couple of decades has seen the departure of a number of dictators

"What kind of delays are they expecting?"

There is a delay between the event and the observation of the event due to the speed of light.

milli is one thousandth, so Mega milli is a Kilo

Its just as well that we don't live in a democracy

You need a power source

If people drive with their cellphones off (or in their tinfoil purse) then Google won't know where they drive

OTOH they should give them a lower premium because they are not driving with their cellphones on, so won't be distracted by texting or answering the phone.

I thought the most popular password was just {enter}

Whereas entertainers are investigated by The Humourous Fraud Office

"But over the same time period, people who sit all day long are more likely to die sooner -- no matter what it's from.

The implication being that sitting all day seems to help whatever is already killing you do it faster."

So the people who sit all day have increased their risk of being hit by a large asteroid, but such an impact is going to wipe out the rest of us as well, therefore we need to get those people up and moving or we are all going to die!

I thought our galaxy was only about 100,000 LY across
Wikipedia says 100,000 to 120,000

But maybe Samsung will come out with a bigger one