Torgo took care of the print while the Master was away?

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!

Besides, flikr would probably survive in core technology form and be released from being shackled to the bellowing Carnifex that is yahoo as it sinks into the ooze.

Ah.. Prince George's County, I remember thee well. The soft light of the Crack Houses lit up for New Years. The stray bullets landing in the backyard from Northwest D.C. "Spare a copper for a hit, eeh guvnor?"

"Prince George's County, like Flint Michigan without the dignity or respect for life."

There is a legitimate point to considering the technological ability to both communicate more rapidly about a highly infectious disease and approach a new and lethal strain with modern decontamination and medical systems. That doesn't rule out the possibility of certain very specialized and nasty toxins such as Bacillus anthracis and other hybrid biological weapons. The real danger is in a strain of bacteria that can infect a host, cause relatively mild and temporary symptoms, then reinfect and spread after a period of time leading to a lethal toxicity in the effected patient and the people they have probably come into contact with. Obviously, the really virulent diseases like Ebola Zaire are so nasty that they burn themselves out fairly rapidly because the infected population dies before they can spread the virus. As our knowledge of DNA sequencing and protein structures increases though, we start to arrive at a set of tools that could lead to truly frightening weapons and bacterial/viral hybrids. Diseases that can switch on and off based on environmental triggers. Or how about a bacteria that multiplies rapidly and uncontrollably under a certain PSI of air pressure in one's lungs?

Not to contribute to the general level of blather and misplaced angst generated by this discussion. I think it is useful to point out what college can be helpful for after all the screaming about grade inflation, tuition costs and how pointless all this education is (thank you Slashdot). The real question that should be asked of any undergraduate at the end of their 4 year (or five in my case, I had Coop rotations and problems with depression) is "Did you learn how to learn?" If the aspiring young person can't answer that question, then yes, their undergraduate education was problematic. I didn't get the best grades during my academic career, I had a hard time with several classes, but I never quit and I learned how to learn. I keep doing it all the time now. If I run into something new and interesting to work on, I know how to take a ride over to the Northwestern Engineering Library and dig in and learn everything I need to know. I am always open to learn new skills and anything my employer wants me to learn. I can turn around and teach what I have learned to other people. Is school good for teaching that process? Hard to say now. I know I got my money's worth from the Michigan State college of engineering.

Sorry, that should be www.hipflask.com. I was close.

Anything that leads to giant hybrid super-soldiers who have poignant and heartbreaking back stories while providing insightful and challenging commentary on contemporary social and transgenic issues with cute girls is A-OK by me.

www.hip-flask.com

No one expects the Elephantman Inquisition!

Ummm.. maybe they didn't ask for anything? Or did deferred service to try to fulfill their obligation to their country while still taking a moral stance that they were incapable of killing someone for abstract principal or self defense? Ohh.. wait, that's right, all war protesters are cowardly parasites. What a wonderful simple life you must live. It must be great to have the ability to identify Evil and hypocrisy instantly.

Unless you are talking about Mississippi State.. I'm going to assume your "alma mater" is Michigan State. And I miss Moe at the Archives Bookstore. He was a total sweetheart of a tabby cat. Curious Books is still around of course and there is a lot to like about that location. I vaguely remember the Borders being near there also. I think Barnes and Noble moved to the Okemos Mall. And yes, this post is totally useless if you are talking about Mississippi State...

Oh, wait...

Germany will fill the gap using dung fired power plants using all the horse crap from the state mandated horse based transportation system. Though of course, fossil fuel based transportation will remain available to citizens making above a certain amount of Deutschmarks and the political class since they have important business to conduct. All nice and tidy, and somewhere in all that crap, there's a pony!

The possibilities for creative mayhem with this are just delightful! I hope Charlie Sheen gets to voice Donald Duck in the animated movie! M...I....C.... "Wax you real soon" K... E....Y... "Why, because you're one dead Taliban!" M.....O....U.....S.....E.....!!!!! Got to go, off to think up radio call signs for Goofy, Minnie and Uncle Scrooge.