Conveniently left off the list of comparisons: "Things that get you put into prison."

Well, to be fair, if you're enjoying Cohiba's outside the US (including Cuba itself), you're probably smoking fakes anyhow.

How many spare rooms in your own house do you really need? One room, one person's life changed. Hop to.

I'm pretty sure that in an open beta a core dump is useful info. After all, that's the purpose of a beta, no?

The trial will only last 30 days though.

Mass-produced American beer (or "NASCAR beer" as I like to call it) is made with a lot of artificial ingredients. Prior to prohibition, American beer was highly rated, especially cream ales, which were its specialty. All of that beer know-how was lost to ages, and is only now beginning to resurface. I, myself, absolutely hated beer until I discovered microbrews. When I learned that beer can have a bouquet no less complex and interesting as wine, I became a big fan.

1) American beer is indeed piss. This is not trolling, or flaming. It is a sad, indisputable fact. But every day, hardworking craft microbrews fight the good fight to drag the American beer industry, kicking a screaming, into tasty world-wide acceptable standards of beer. As an American, I am proud of these microbrews, and I devote this July 4th to their patriotic efforts in beer-making.

2) The French help to the Americans in the Revolution is somewhat akin to the American help to the Brits in early WWII. But no one claims Monty didn't kick Rommel's arse, because he did.

Norby the Mixed-Up Robot was both my introduction to Asimov, and sci-fi in general.

I'd put this in the middle school range, sort of like Interstellar Pig or Strange Attractors. I think for an 8 year old something more along the line of Norby the Mixed up Robot, maybe? It's been forever since I was a kid, it feels like, so my memory is a little hazy.

*hear

I blame 4 beers and Jaeger shots.

A classic example. Now, in that case they really were in the wrong. But they compounded it by not just giving people what they wanted to here: "We will fix it."

There is absolutely zero incentive to do so.

In the corporate world, it doesn't really help to get defensive over negative perceptions. Even if they are false; telling people they're wrong, misinformed, or stupid is bad PR. Just say you'll fix it, add a couple more holidays to the work calendar, and move on with life.

Damn those bb forums and their tags, and damn those previews for letting me click through them without retyping the whole message!

...but [i]we[/i] have nine planets [i]too[/i]!

Justice for Pluto!