The gravity field spikes hard there.

Is the fastest spinning object, man-made or otherwise? Looking for some perspective on this.

Came here for that, left satisfied.

I see 2020 as the year after we start hunting Replicants. (Where's my flying car, dammit?)

And Congress, the RNC, EFF, ACLU, NORML, AARP, your local branch of the FFA, the hippy dippy weatherman, etc. But never Robin Williams, not really sure why. (Maybe because many people have already seen him naked, not willing to risk it again.)

"FORCE, unregulated or ill-regulated, is not only wasted in the void, like that of gunpowder burned in the open air, and steam unconfined by science; but, striking in the dark, and its blows meeting only the air, they recoil and bruise itself. It is destruction and ruin. It is the volcano, the earthquake, the cyclone;--not growth and progress. It is Polyphemus blinded, striking at random, and falling headlong among the sharp rocks by the impetus of his own blows." -- The Twelve-inch Rule and the Common Gavel, "Morals and Dogma"

Was not aware of this analogy. Thanks for the reference.

Imagine what might happen if one of the revelations-to-be is evidence of spying on members of Congress? Maybe this is suspected by said members, and while this might anger them, they would rather the "revelations" to be kept secret. A secret kept secret is power. A secret revealed forces action in ways that are not preferred.

After all, burning gas in an engine produces useful work, burning it outside just produces a loud bang.

Yeah, the other 2 are "Broken Angels" and "Woken Furies." Not related, but "Market Forces" was also good, set in a sort of dystopian future of class warfare taken to its logical conclusion. (Thanks for the tip on the RPG, but I hardly ever get to play board games anymore. No time, and nobody I know is even interested anymore.)

My politics are irrelevant, though in most things I trend liberal, not conservative. That said, I voted for the guy, since I preferred him over the guy with the magic underwear. And now I have signed that damned petition, and if that puts me on a list, so be it. I love this country more than any one politician, curse his soul!

If the Supreme Court ruled that some Government activity was unconstitutional, and the Government (including executive and legislative branches) just shrugged and continued said activity, what then? Or what if Congress voted to impeach the President, but he ignored this action, what then? Who enforces on the enforcers? Would this be the tipping point to civil war?

The Universe does not cause me, I cause it. So does everyone else.

Read "Altered Carbon" by Richard Morgan.

From the Amazon synopsis: "In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person’s consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or “sleeve”) making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen."

It is the first in a series of novels featuring the detective Takeshi Kovacs, and blends noir detective crime fiction with scifi. May remind you of Blade Runner.

Remember this?

I think he was trying to spell distance. American Distance. Our encrypted email servers need some distance from America.

Could something be done using TOR? If web servers can be setup on TOR, why not mail servers? Forgive me, but I barely know enough about TOR to spell it.