There is still a long way to go before we can use it to move a Ferenghi vessel or to fight off the Borg. We ought to make this a national priority. If you think the Ebola thing is scary, the Borg makes viruses look like sheer child's play.

I usually wrap one in a towel and then twist until it pukes all its helium -- kinda like juicing an orange but bigger.

1) The reference to Al Gore is relevant. Al Gore is a primary shareholder in some of the companies that have been formed to trade carbon credits. Needless to say, it creates a conflict of interest which ought to cause people to think a little more carefully about what he has to say.

2) Al Gore after his movie and various environmental statements should be an example of good environmental behavior rather than the opposite -- especially if he truly believes it. Additionally, it is fair to assume he has seen data that most of us have not and would adjust his behavior accordingly.

3) It doesn't matter whether a conservative author said it or whether it was said by Pol Pot. It is true or it is not. Giving credit to the author of a statement is the right thing to do no matter who said it. Ad homonym attacks are just plain dumb.

Let's see.... What you are saying is .... If ducks float and witches float then ....

It is a sure bet that once it gets codified into a standard that we can only communicate with our universe and integrated into a host of products, we will discover that we can in fact communicate with multiple universes. Luckily, there is the likely possibility that there are a host of other universes won't make this mistake.

of each member of my family. That way the various atoms can self report as to the location of their component parts bypassing the quantum mechanical problems of actually looking at electrons (for example) to find out where they are at and by looking changing their orbital pattern.

Facebook: Electron six is coming around the top bend at approximately 186,000mps, whoooeeeeeee!!!!!"
Electrons 5 and 9 narrowly avoided a collision at the bottom half of their orbit, only their charges saved them from a disastrous end.

If this catches on, we will probably start running out of IPv6 addresses sooner than originally thought. Besides, this is far more exciting than watching Facebook to see if your friends are going to the hardware store.

Yes, __ word "The" volunteered to be dismissed. __ word "The" had family problems. __ children were running wild and ___ wife was pissed. As they say, if ___ wife isn't happy then nobody is happy. Unfortunately, on __ way home, "The", was run over by a Prius. ___ police suspect that "The" didn't hear ___ car as it came around a corner and was subsequently into what can only be described as a word pancake.

Please make note of this tragedy, ___ indefinite article will be missed.

Followup: ___ judge who filed ___ dismissal committed suicide. __ suicide note said that ___ thought of writing rulings without ___ word ___ will be a royal pain in __ patootie.

Yea. But I'm sure they are around here .... somewhere.....

You can keep your string. I have two quarks and a muon!

In my mind is for that price, it had better be a direct satellite connection. (In which case it would be worth it -- especially if I could get a cheaper cell connection when I'm not out in the boonies.) Sat connections aren't cheap (usually about $1.00/min for a sat phone connection.) But for a cell connection, this price is outrageous....

We really should take it seriously since it is for the birds...

OK, perhaps the HP35 didn't have the beveled keys but, the classic HP keys have been beveled almost from the beginning. True, the alphabet isn't a QWERTY keyboard (you switched into Alpha by hitting the "Alpha" key on top). Even so, it would be pretty obvious to arrange them into a QWERTY format for a different application. For example: http://www.hpmuseum.org/3qs/41...

Yes, if you want to call the 9100 a calculator. ;-) Actually, I have one. It was really cool and had ferrid core memory and gold plated PC board. I've also got a few HP35s floating about both with and without the printed keys. Ah, the wonders of growing up in Los Alamos and what was once known as Zia Salvage. (They even had a nuclear rocket engine at one point -- though probably without the core.)

Beveled Keys have been in use since the HP 35 calculator. The HP35 was HP's very first calculator and the first iterations only had printing on a few of the keys -- the rest of the key designations were printed on the board the keys protruded through. The HP41 (early to mid 1980's) had a full alphabet keyboard as well as punctuation and all the keys were beveled. As I understand the patent, it should be thrown out due to prior art or at least obviousness since all the HP keys were beveled.

This is great news! The UV flashes naturally warn the reindeer so that they won't land on the power lines.