Would you like to participate in an experiment? Good!
On the count of three, throw your e-reader at the wall. I'll throw a printed book at the wall. Does yours still work? Mine does! [...]
I'm deeply impressed how you managed to get your post as a written letter delivered to slashdot via snail-mail. and have them type it in for you
* I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think that the pronunciation change is more noticeable in US media.
Well, the British are famous for some pronunciations too, especially when it comes to town names.
Just look at the nice little town of Littlelancfordupstratdoushire, pronounced "oi".
She?
You see, in English language basically everything that can't run away and hide up on a tree on its own is considered female.
And this thing is even flying towards us, which qualifies double, especially for slashdotters.
Nothing with mass can ever reach c.
Easy solution. Just prepare a spaceship with a catwalk, and use some of the already anorexic wannabe fashion models as astronauts, promising them they'll get themselves as cover on Vanity (or whatever).
By the time they are nearing C, their mass will be zero.
Problem solved.
The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it. -- Allan Sherman