Where are people going to see movies these days? Pleasure Island from Pinocchio? I've never seen or heard anyone texting, talking, or whatever on their phones. Granted, it's not a monastery, but it doesn't disturb me or ruin the movie for me. If you haven't been to the theater in 15 years, how do you know the behavior has gotten worse?

Maybe you are the new-fangled type that prefers to watch media on their home entertainment system?

I've found that certain movies are enjoyable on the big screen, and less so on the small. Does that mean they lack something? Probably -- but for me, it's about the experience of the film. If it needs to be seen on the big screen for me to properly get the full effect, so be it. If it makes a less stellar movie feel like it was worth it, then it was worth it.

I don't go to the movies twice a month-- probably more 6-8 times a year-- but if I could go whenever for $19.95 a month, I might see almost every movie. If have have to shell out $10 for a movie, I have to think really hard if it will be worth it. If I've already shelled out the cash, it's a no-brainer.

This is interesting, but will this tell us if his brain is truly different from any other physicist, mathematician? Before we go making any pronouncements, I think we should do a little more research into people of his profession.

Remember that the creatures that populate the English-language fantasy world are all from Britain (which in turn I guess derive from the Norse mixed in with some local supernatural creatures, with a few Greek ones thrown in). The creators of the modern fantasy genre, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were British. It's really not surprising that fantasy-genre people speak with British accents. All the people who believed in elves and fairies and wizards a few hundred years ago were British.

These are all essentially Anglo-Saxon folk tales; why shouldn't the people that inhabit these worlds have an Anglo-Saxon manner of speaking?

What I find more strange are Roman emperors of Greek kings speaking with British accents.

Beats paying $10/mo. for online play! Their service is free.

I don't care, I'm still buying Heart of the Swarm when it comes out...!

You make it sound like they were only looking out for the interests of those who make their living teaching.

I think the thing we should care most about is its impact on the student's learning.

Wheels are worthless unless you have decent roads. In order for the invention of a wheel to be worthwhile, you need a decent, flat path, without too many ruts, to drive your vehicles across. Meanwhile the Incas has excellent roads, but since they ran up and down mountains, wheels might help you for half the journey, be become a liability on the other half.

4) You can return it at no loss to yourself -- you didn't pay shipping in the first place, nor do you pay to ship it back.

Will liberals stop at nothing to destroy the American Way of Life? </sarcasm>

How many sci-fi films how sounds in space during epic space battles?

When the price of oil starts getting that high, its energy competitors start becoming a lot more... competitive.