Uhm, the size of the universe is 93 billion light years, while the age of the universe is about 14 billion years. Not the same thing.

A better analogy would be:

If a single atom were expanded to the size of the observable universe, the Planck length would be about as long as a football field. (Thank you WolframAlpha.)

I wish I had mod points for you, my friend. The Spanish kids deverse all the credit in the world. I was disappointed that that story never came up on Slashdot when I read it six months ago.

Mr. Anleu Fernández wrote on Tuesday May 12, at approximately 2pm, a commentary ("post") in which he expressed, "The first action people should take is to remove cash from Banrural, and break the banks of corrupt people," along with the hashtag #escandalogt, which is known by Twitter users as a way of classifying posts related to the Rosenberg assasination case.

Ok, that was cringe-worthy.

If it doesn't come with GPS, I don't want it. I passed on the original iPod touch because it didn't come with GPS. Oh, and I don't want a gadget like this to receive phone calls, that's why I didn't get the iPhone in the first place.

s/in fact/however/

i saw it too and it bothered me.

He's talking about ALL presidential candidates, from ALL parties, not just the two you know.

Switzerland is both a direct democracy *and* a federation, and I don't think it has been ruled by a mob.

If nearly half of US states punish faithless electors, why not get rid of this useless, undemocratic voting process entirely, and automatically assign the totallity of the state's electoral votes to the candidate that won the state's popular vote, effectively ending the Electoral College? (Same thing for Nebraska/Maine and Congressional districts)

States's electoral votes should be chosen directly by the people, not by representatives elected by the people. Period.

The Electoral College has no purpose other than to change the will of the people, if it so desires.

Using the machine is part of the learning process, you idiot. How do you figure they'll do their research for their homework? Nearest library? I don't think so.