"So why does god get a free pass to come from nothing?"

Why does the universe?

Look up the word "asshole." Do as you suggest.

I think the disconnect you guys are having surrounds your definition of "job creator." SuperKendall seems to define it literally. That is, somebody who owns a business and hires people to do work. Opportunist seems to be following the attempts by certain political types to redefine "super-wealthy sociopathic leach on society" as "job creator," and does not like it.

I don't think any sane person has a problem with literal "job creators." I think lots of people have problems with "super-wealthy sociopathic leaches on society" who try to paint themselves as "job creators" for the purposes of paying half the tax rate of "the other 98%."

I think I might've just one today's Buzzword Bingo...

I re-encode everything to mono. I just wish games would have a mono sound option, because when I have headphones on, it's hard to hear everything going on in games where the sound department decided to be real clever with the use of positioning tricks.

Holy crap, that's a scary idea (the early morning meeting hour enforcement thingy). I will consider myself fortunate that the worst I ever got was a demand to stand up during the "weekly huddle."

I was going to make some snarky comment along the lines of "THERE'S A GIRL ON THE INTERNET! Quick, everybody flirt with her!" Then I saw your username and it kinda messed up the joke. Thanks for breaking the stereotype.

Amusing thought, given the supposed connection between spy satellites and Hubble. It is rumored that Hubble was based very heavily on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNAN

Fortunately, my employer uses IT to make us stand out. We've sunk millions of dollars into technology infrastructure, and it's paying off in a big way. Individual departments may look at us as a liability, but the people who make the strategic decisions know what we're worth. It's about to pay off, big-time, as we're about to double in size thanks to other hospital systems wanting to get in on what we do.

Get a job in healthcare. It's very nearly worry-free, aside from mergers, for another 30-40 years.

Really? Jon called out Assange on being a bit of a deuche, but otherwise supports what Wikileaks is all about.

*DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN!* Oh, and you ninja'd me. I was logging in to say much the same thing while you posted that...

Don't tell them about the Wiki Bus!

The Jedi Knight games did everything right, from force powers to saber combat to letting you SHOOT the danged baddies if you wanted to. Translate that to the new graphics/physics engine, and done. Instant awesome game. (k, not really, but you know what I mean)

You might've been too old. My middle brother and I loved it, but our older brother was not much of a fan. To my little mind, the story was profound and world-shaking. To you, I can see it just being kinda *meh*.

Your UID suggests you should get off my lawn. :D

Those of us who were kids when it came out loved it, and the sequel (not a remake) seems well timed, to me. The movie was not a plotless dud, it was a kinda-confusing people-didn't-get-it (and a couple of plot holes didn't help) dud in the box office. TRON was redeemed by cable TV, VHS, and DVD.

And the cycles kick ass. So, get off my lawn :D