We can just chalk it up to bad aim by the Prince.

How can they expect us to believe this crap?

Putting the word "transparency" in anything with a telecom bends the needle on my BS meter as it 'helicopters' off into the wild blue yonder.

Where was all of this 'transparency' stuff prior to Snowden's escapade?

We need ALL of the PATRIOT Act repealed now!

No, it is not.
It is my nose and taste buds that tell me the difference.
Lipstick(trademark) on a pig doesn' change the fact your still dealing with a pig.

Yeah, it looks different, but it still squeals, smells, and acts like a pig.

Jimmy Hoffa, encased in concrete? ;-)

Oh, and my car keys, hundreds of missing socks and the TV remote control. That's my theory.

Probably so, but I am making progress quick enough to suit me, and further improvement is still ongoing.

But at the same time to answer your second question, I think there are permanent limits I will not be able to overcome.
That is mostly age related, as you age, your body decreases in ability to repair damage to itself, and repairing damage from a stroke involves the brain 're-wiring' itself to bypass the damage(dead areas of the brain killed off by the stroke).
There are limits to the damage it can reroute and recover functions even in a young person, but it gets tougher for the older ones.

I'm hopeful progress will continue, but at 56 years old, I'm trying not to be delusional about it.

I'm really more grateful the damage was as little as it was, compared to other stroke victims I have witnessed!

HEH! HEH!
The cause: my bad judgement and stupidity without a doubt: a prolonged drinking binge with bad vodka.

I was off work on Workman's Comp form an injury, awaiting surgery, and too much time on my hands.
Incidentally, that coincides with a dramtic increase to my /. 'foes' list, and getting many messages I was added to numerous /.'ers 'foes' lists!

My age was 51? I think. as an added note I have had a heart attack back in 1998 also.

Strokes are serious and wildly variable in their effects and outcome.

Keep close watch on your blood pressure, and manage it as necessary. this seems to be a big factor in preventing strokes. Hypertension is your enemy here. Talk to your doctor about it, really.

The reason I called mine 'mild' was the resulting damage was limited to slightly impaired fine motor skills, and a mild speech impairment: I can't always get said what is in my mind to say, almost like my mouth disconnects from my brain. Also, I cannot stay awake for prolonged periods like I used to (LAN Parties!). After I am awake about 14-15 hours, I become impaired as if I had been drinking, slurred speech, unsteady balance and more impaired motor functions. Cheap Date! Don't need to drink, just stay awake!

All but the sleep thing has steadily improved with use, but there can be frustrating times. :-)

Try to take care of your health while young and it pays big dividends as you age!

I can accept that.
I had actually debated myself which way it would go and my mental coin flip came up 'drifting away'. :-)

I was unsure if the moon's 'pull' on earth weakened enough to be s significant factor (assuming a loss of moon mass from mining/harvesting/) compared to earth's pull on the moon.

I should have compared the moon's mass with earth's mass, and realized the moon's mass changing would be insignificant in this context.

Thanks.

I know that is the subject discussed, and I happen to agree with their conclusions, but what about gaming.

I had a 'mild' stroke about 4 years ago, and one of the things affected was my fine motor skills.
Pre-stroke, I enjoyed working with my hands...model building, carpentry, welding/fabricating, leather-work, etc. I also had neat, legible handwriting....not any more. :-(

I was also heavily involved with Fallout 3 and Fallout NV, both playing and making mods.

That endeavor really suffered!...but it was also the very best therapy I found, by far.
I am back up to my prior abilities (more Skyrim now though) with the gaming, modding, and my Blender and GIMP skills are improving even more from the added confidence.

So I'm grateful for that, and now depend HEAVILY on my various spell checkers to keep from appearing an illiterate idiot.

Alas, all is not roses...
I had to put my joystick away. I cannot regain enough hand to eye coordination to fly in games or simulators.
(I used to be an extremely deadly and precise 'pilot' in BF 1942 and it's Desert Combat mod-especially the AH-64 Apache; and kept a Win 98se box around just to play my favorite all time sim: SU-27 Flanker ver. 1.5 Squadron Commander's Edition"...the box is stored with the joystick now)

I think Pink Floyd beat you to it long ago....

"I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon." [snippet of lyrics]

Same here.
I would think that less moon mass would do one of two things:

1.) like you said, pull Luna into Earth eventually

2.) or the moon's reduced mass WEAKENS the gravitational attraction and it drifts away (what my 1st thought was)

Astrophysics is just an interest and informal hobby (I'm a 'NASA brat'), but my knowledge on the subject is strictly amateur.

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can constructively comment on this and help us both out! ;-)

I was under the impression there were already treaties in place to prevent nationalizing the moon by any nation?

On a practical and related note, several years running their was a guy I worked with that would buy several young steers and pigs to raise to butchering size. He had the perfect setup at his home to do this.

We would all chip in a modest fee to support the feeding and raising, he would take them to be 'processed and give us a call to come pick up our meat.

He got his 'free' for the work, and we all got range free, and range fed pork and beef at about 40% of current 'but it in the supermarket prices', and it was some AWESOME eating...everyone made out like a bandit.

You might inquire around your area for a similar arrangement.Call it a kickstarter campaign to be 'trendy'. ;-)

*BTW, the 'WHOOOSH' did not escape me...LOL.*

When it comes to quality food, I really miss my youth, growing up on farms and ranches. The food was superb, and FRESH! Well worth the little extra effort, and much cheaper by cutting a slew of middlemen and feedlots out of the loop. ;-)

Yes, since the first comment came up, I was looking for this very comment.

My first thought when I read the article was...'Hmmm, it didn't work out too well for the Neandrathals inbreeding just like it did not work for the Hapsburgs either.

Just thinking about those pages and pages of arguments about including that little silent "h" makes my yog hurt.

* Adjusts bra strap*
*Audio message plays*

"You will need to reboob Windows Bra for the changes to take effect....Reboob now? Cancel?"