If it was imperative that we leave Earth within 5 or 10 years, how would we begin? Let's do that. There is no certainty that we have more time.

At least, that's one way of thinking.

We need to stop taking sand for granted and think of it as an endangered natural resource

And all the animals and trees said: back of the line, buddy!

From TFA: "I feel like I've lost my entire cultural identity in effort to be part of the culture I've spent the majority of the last decade in"

White male here. I was with a company for many years that had a _very_ different culture than I was used to. Let's just say some of the stuff that went on would be firing offenses and many other companies or at least be highly offensive to some. I learned to fit in and emulate the culture. When I left, I realized how much I had changed, just like the woman in the story said she has lost her identity. This is not just a racial problem.

Shouldn't the headline read "scientists have discovered a way to couple photons into pairs"? The original "scientists have discovered a way to couple photon pairs" makes it sound like the photons are already paired and those pairs can be further paired.

Part of the problem is likely that Firefox needs to maintain memory for the "undo tab" and "back" button. I think you can tweak that in about:config

exec("wget -O- http: //127.0.0.1/cute-puppies-and-unicorns-trust-me | sh");

From TFA: "millionaire boondoggle thrill ride"

The author says it like there is something wrong with that.

Can't say I disagree with you. Do you have any ideas for a better system?

Since getting rid of cable we've found ourselves actually engaging in our hobbies again, as opposed to just passively staring at the screen.

You can make the same case for anything in your life that isn't giving you a "return on investment": television, facebook, slashdot, people you don't want to spend time with anymore, etc. Eliminate the things you don't need and new (more fulfilling) things will spring up to replace them.

All-you-can-eat monthly subscription with download links for all videos (including commercial music videos) in various formats (mp4, mp3, ogg, etc.).

Yes, a proper terminal and a proper shell are two huge strikes against Windows in my opinion. Adding a package manager is a nice step forward for them, though. Too little, too late for me, but will be handy in those situations when I must use Windows.

AI isn't as scary as biological manipulation: new species, new diseases, ...

"Lum" in Lumia rhymes with "gloom". No hard sounds like "T" or "K". I'm not a naming expert, but I don't care for it.