You are a stupid fucktard.

Here's Richard Feynman's review of the Challenger disaster: http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/feynman.html
Here's the report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board: http://caib.nasa.gov/

The root causes are exactly the same. People in decision making roles totally unqualified to understand risks, no accountability. With sadly predictable effects.

With Challenger, the o-ring erosion was ignored despite the fact that they were never designed to erode.
With Columbia, the foam falling off was ignored despite the fact that it was never designed to fall off.

In both cases, it's the same fundamental problem.

So do yourself a favor and learn some critical thinking before making an ass of yourself.

The real tragedy here, is that as evidenced by the Columbia disaster, Challenger taught NASA absolutely nothing.

Because it isn't the government's or anybody else's business how much money you earn. Among other reasons.

I voted for "Burn In Hell, You Despicable Scum" for several offices.

So to make things fair you're suggesting that

a) The top 5% should pay 95% of the federal tax burden, and
b) said top 5% should also have 95% of the voting power in federal elections.

Anything else would hardly be fair. After all, if a person has to shoulder a disproportionate share of the upkeep costs of the country he should be entitled to an equally disproportionate share of the political franchise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial A marsupial is a mammal.

New Yorkers, apparently.

.50 BMG has been outlawed in California. .416 Barrett would be a better bet.

Wouldn't it make sense for a counterfeiter to try to fake older generation currency without the modern security features? It would still be accepted as legal tender.

Yes and no. AFAIK, hydrogen extracted from petroleum isn't pure enough to be used in a fuel cell. Last time I checked, hydrogen of acceptable purity cost about US $100 per quantity energy equivalent to a gallon of gasoline.

Don't be absurd. In laissez faire capitalism the shipping companies would be free to arm their vessels and hire guards to protect themselves from predation. Due to current international treaties, they cannot do this, thus creating an extremely uneven playing field. What this is instead, is A) Yet another example of the fallacy of unilateral disarmament. B) Yet another example of the fallacy of entrusting the defense of your life, liberty and property to the state. Think of it as a school that will suspend you for fighting should you choose to defend yourself against the bully who wants your lunch money.

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The technical term for people like you is "delusional". If you're living paycheck to paycheck, you're living the American Dream, a.k.a., you're living beyond your means. And guess what, you don't have the fucking right to live a lifestyle you can't support. Deal with it. You can start by spending the time you normally use to read Slashdot on doing something productive. It's not a basic necessity. Neither is your TV, DVD player, or going out to the pub. I'm sick to death of whiny bastards with an disproportionate sense of entitlement. Then again, asses who can't manage their money are my primary source of revenue. So I shouldn't complain.