Or, as we like to call it, the B ark. Funny how most of the enlistees are telephone sanitizers, hair dressers, and public relations people.

Look at the money they paid Lebron James right out of high school. No need to go to Duke or Kentucky.

Absurd? You bet, but the the analogy is the same. Those who have the talent, motivation, and contacts to start a business without college are out there past the 6 sigma point on the curve just as athletes like James are. For the vast majority, however, going to college to learn your trade and, even more important, learn how to learn is the best path to a successful career.

Given the state of today's technology, what has been the biggest surprise to you. Something that, 30 years ago, at the dawn of the personal computer, you would have never envisioned as being possible?

Oh, the miracles of buying in quantity!

Yeah. I'll be battle-hardened to withstand 20G shock, survive submersion in seawater to 500 feet depth, be rad-hard, and have full-up mil spec documentation. It's yours for $127,343.36 per copy. Do you need the HumVee mounting kit as well?

Nobody who died on that show stayed dead. Like SCO, they kept bringing them back for one more episode. Well, its time to let go, SCO. Walk off into that bright light.

The available water is already over-subscribed for the current population and industry of Az and, with the effect of global warming, drought is settling in for the foreseeable future. If all these people are gonna move in, what are they going to drink?

It seems like that should be of even more concern.

The Island of Dr. Ellison : Pig men for all!

And like Raspberry Pi, I can't get one anyway.

It's Tennessee.

They got to keep the rubes under control and the best way to do that is to keep 'em stupid and down on their knees.

Whatever the bible says about life, the universe, and everything, it is most assuredly NOT a theory in the true scientific sense. It a mix of myths and goatherder tales and is no different in that regard than creation myths from native americans, the incas, or any other religion.

He was gonna use Holocaust but thought that might be a bit rhetorical.

Kind of nerdy, I know, but I find it interesting to read about individuals such as Newton, Feynman, or Darwin. It gives a humbling perspective on one's life to read about people who truly have pushed out the boundaries of human knowledge in a major way.

I checked out a version from my local library just so I could try and read it for myself. This edition was a fairly recent translation from Newton's original work, which was in Latin, into modern day English. Even with that and with an advanced engineering degree and some study of orbital mechanics, I couldn't begin to grasp what he was saying. His mind worked on levels far above mere mortals. I can only imagine that reading his personal notes would be like staring into the face of the Sun without protection. He was an amazing individual, his devotion to alchemy not withstanding.