You see the same thing whenever feminism comes up. Another reliable way to bring out the morons is anything like "Hey, guys, rape is bad and people who do it are bad people."

In a two-body system.

The delta-V budget to reach LEO is staggering, if you've played KSP a lot. You can pretty easily get 10-15% payloads to orbit around Kerbin, but Earth payloads are more like 3-5% at best.

I'm a little offended that they chose Remembrance Day for their shopping extravaganza.

I work at a library, and Adobe's log server has been in our firewall for a while now. It's a violation so blatant that it actually went up a few layers of management for a change.

Richard Stallman is playing the world's tiniest violin somewhere right now.

Where the cost of shipping is prohibitive - the Canadian Arctic, say - mass production might not even come out ahead.

It's a partial solution. Hydro power is only really available in certain areas, and transmission losses kill some of the gains. BC makes a good amount of money this way. North America's hydro capacity is probably as large as it will ever be, because it's extremely destructive of wildlife habitat and of arable land.

*cough* 1958

Ecliptic.

Given that a 21 minute show is something like 90 seconds of laughtrack, they aren't getting a great deal for their buck. :)

My understanding is that ice cores don't go back that far. Best so far is 800,000 years, with the bare possibility of more than that.

What bloody slashdot were you reading in 1999?

I have been very happy with my Linux steam library of late. It's kept me busy, perhaps not with the particular games I want, but with games that are quite good.

It's the difference between getting ice cream and sorbet. I might have preferred the ice cream, but if I'm lactose intolerant, y'know what, the sorbet is almost as good and I'm perfectly pleased with it.

Dairy cows aren't really used for meat generally. At least not at the dairy farms I've been to. They're usually too old. It happens, but only if it's kept in mind from the beginning.

An actual farmer could correct me, but some quick googling around seems to confirm it; about 30% are used for meat.