He could have made millions if the first thing he said on the moon had been "COCA COLA!"

You would be thermodynamicists always give me a swift pain with this trival over simplified conceptualization. Saying "Energy in = energy out" as if it is a profound solution to the problem of obesity, in a system with as many feedback loops and mechanisms as a human body has make as much sense as trying to control the speed of a modern computer controlled fuel injected car by restricting how much gas you put into it.

Yes, you're wrong. A manufacturing FFL is not required to make a receiver for your own use. One is reuqired to make one for sale.

Heinlein predicted it before Asimov. In "Time for the Stars", they landed on a planet orbiting Tau Ceti, theny named "Constance". They planned to colonize, but it was inhabited by hostile creatures who made them feel unwelcome, so they had to leave

It's like they say - Twitter is stupid, and Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read.

We already have flying cars...they are called helicopters.

Great story about this from years back http://www.evanwashere.com/StolenSidekick/

If your family was not in law enforcement, it's much more likely you'd have have a bad encounter with a cop. Cops divide people into 3 groups - Cops, Cops' families, and scumbags. If you have cops in your family, you are likely getting a pass on all the bullshit a normal citizen has to put up with from law enforcement.

The Microsoft folks who visit here where I work at RealBigCo are all universally chirpy and cheerful describing how wonderful Windows 8 is going to be, and how we'll love using it so much. Their expressions fall like a newby chef's souffle when I pipe up and say "I heard it's going to be just like Vista crossed with Zune and Kin". I love poking at them...

I always assign myself my own title and enter in the company's Exchange Global Address list, the place this outfit stores titles for people. I make it "System Programmer", my favorite old school IT title, or if I'm feeling expansive, "Master of the Devices" or "Final Interpreter of the Dogma".

I'm, a Libertarian, so I vote that party where possible. If there's no Libertarian candidate in a race, I vote republican, since Republicans are (very narrowly) more Libertarian than Democrats. But, when it comes to judges, if there's no Libertarian, I pick the Democrat, since on the whole, Democrats will be more reasonable in drug cases than republicans. For what it's worth....

"The price of 2.5-in solid state drives have dropped by 3X " Hmmmm.... where I come from, if something is reduced by 1X, it's at zero. Perhaps he meant it's dropped by 1/3, or 2/3".

He slotted the Chinese virus, paused, then drove it home. `Okay,' he said, `we're on..." `Christ on a crutch,' the Flatline said, `take a look at this.' The Chinese virus was unfolding around them. Polychrome shadow, countless translucent layers shifting and recombining. Protean, enormous, it towered above them, blotting out the void. `Big mother,' the Flatline said.

He wore the most screamingly funny science fiction book ever written - "Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers". A parody of Doc Smith's books. It's worth te the trouble to find.

"Blue. Tally Isham blue. The clear trademark blue they're famous for, Zeiss Ikon ringing each iris in tiny capitals, the letters suspended there like flecks of gold."