I think you're missing a big point. In Darmok their language doesn't even have a concept for "You" or "are"

I liked Troi a lot better when she went with the standard SF uniform in the last 2 or so seasons

That's not necessarily the case. To cite one example, our Walmart has the same brand of locally made frozen pizzas the other local supermarkets have. the Target by me doesn't, but it's a smaller Target.

I like the OWA app, it works well for a lot of my work flow when I'm away from the office.

No, but they were made by Maidenform, a women's undergarment manufacturer.

You make an excellent point. Giraffes also have the same type of selection pressures. People assumed that giraffes had long necks because it allows them to reach higher leaves. There's some truth to that but it's also true that male giraffes compete by pushing each other with their necks.

Anyone seeing a giraffe eat would make the first assumption, only someone seeing male giraffes during rut would notice the second.

Unlike the peacock, the long or thick neck may not hamper a male giraffe's viability

I'm guessing the twin motorcycle motors have a very good power/weight ratio.

It's a great game. My then 8 year old and I had a great time playing it when it came out.

And if you don't, I'll burn your house down ... with a lemon!

If you're not max level, mana is rarely an issue. Back in Cataclysm, 80-83 was pretty much like before, but then in the level 83 dungeons, mobs started hitting a lot harder and tank had bigger health pools. It's pretty much the same in Pandaria except 85-88 is easy 88-90 can be a kick in the seat.

The reason for Flex raiding (10-24 characters) was if you had 12 people ready to raid, in the past 2 people had to sit out. Now you can invite the extra two and all get to play.
With 12 players instead of 10, the boss gets another 20% more HP and there's a 20% chance for an additional piece of gear to drop. They worked hard at avoiding breakpoints (the jump in difficulty from say 12-13 is not much, but due to mechanics 13-14 is a big jump)
In my book, Flex raids are a big success.

I know they have special edition models from time to time, but these are kind of odd edition names for New Beetles.

Why not something Germanic like Planck and Goethe editions?

Includes the famous short story "The Galapagos-land Diaries"

Dress Your Family in Chitin and Denim

This reminds me of an old bit in The Onion "Nike to Cease Manufacturing Products"

http://www.theonion.com/articl...

Big Blue might as well just liquidate and give the money back to the shareholders, they just don't care anymore.

Form many, many direct observations, I have seen kids being "tortured" with standardized curricula though these were kids with strong artistic senses, or strong scientific senses, etc. Why, on earth, does a kid who loves STEM and is really a high-flyer in STEM, need to do well in Arts, Sports, and other topics in order to continue school/high-school/college? Same is true for kids who love Arts, Sports, or so who are tortured with STEM?

The ace STEM kid and the future art major needs sports to stay in shape.
The star varsity athlete needs to take history and government to be a good citizen.
All students need the Arts to give them a richer life, It's not necessary, but it makes life better.

They can specialize post-secondary. For the truly talented, there's "Fame" schools and private elite sports schools.