Do you still have an active Pilot's license? Myself I've never gone beyond my SEL private license and gave up flying after my daughters were born (due the the cost of insurance). Did you give up after the accident with the Beechcraft (those Bonanza's were sometimes nicknamed "twin tailed Doctor killers") or did you continue flying? Do you still follow what's going on in aviation? If so what do you think of Rutan's Spaceship One?

On this particular Romney quote Linus was wrong. However his remark was still right on the money IMHO

Why not use hydrogen for party ballons? The amount of gas in a party balloon is so small that there is really no fire danger. There would be some risk at the filling site, but a container of compressed hydrogen is not any more dangerous than the tanks of propane used for the outdoor BBQ grill.

If a judge makes a decision that is later deemed contray to the law, or a higher law, then it can be reversed. In this case the first amendment might trump the judge's decision. However, the ruling will stand until it IS reversed. I wonder if that happened, would the court owe the defendant compensation for her illegal jail time?

Let's see this isn't a virus, it's kinda like software leukemia or a software autoimmune disease.

But in this case the court's decision is probably in violation to the first amendment and would be over turned by a federal court (or the USSC). Her facebook comment is within her rights to free speech even if in poor taste.

I'm using Linux Mint 13 KDE on a thinkpad R60. I too don't just close the lid, I use the "FN" key plus the blue moon key to suspend. I then have to use the power button and enter my password to restart the machine. I'm not surt that my older thinkpad is affected by this bug, or if the bug is even present in KDE. I have also not seen anything in this thread as to if this is a 32 or a 64 bit (or both) issue. BTW I have a newer thinkpad R400 on order and will be putting Mint 13 KDE 64 bit on it. We'll see.......

The winter ice extent is missleading since the ice is gettng thinner. It's not the total ice area, it's also the VOLUME that is shrinking and NOT recovering!
Did anybody follow this link that was posted on the article....?
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/05/799761/death-spiral-watch-experts-warn-near-ice-free-arctic-in-summer-in-a-decade-volume-trends-continue/

Well fasting can help heal some problems. While recovering from surgery I developed Pancreatitis and was put on a liquid diet for a few days (jello, broth, water, etc).

The study suggested that calorie restriction reduced the onset certain dieases. This does suggest a longer life is possible as it reduces the chances of dieing from cancers, tumors and such. Eventually the body does lose the ability to regenerate itself and death is the result. If you can prevent dieing from other causes so you can live long enough to reach this point you will end up living to the maximum age you are able to.

Wrong. You body DOES make vitamin D when you are exposed to the sun.

I haven't flow Delta in years, and after hearing that they don't believe in the US constitution and free speech I will NEVER fly them again.
Think I should linkt to this in my blog.

I think the R series use the same MB as the T series (only difference is the metal chassis on the T). I've upgraded my R60 from1gb ram to 2. It CAN accept up to 4GB, but only the first 3 would be usable thanks to the chipset and 32bit processor, so I stopped at 2. I also upgraded the HD, but unless you buy an IBM branded HD the bios won't be able to perform the HD selftest correctly and won't boot. Workaround is to bypass the bios selftest with two timed keypresses during startup.
I'd like to upgrade my 14" R60 to a higher def LCD screen but I don't know how to perform the mod and which parts to buy. I have the core2dual 1.85ghz processor, I think these were made to accept up to 2.5ghz processors, but the increase won't be worth the effort IMHO. The machine runs the latest Linux Mint KDE just fine.

4. you don't have the use of the laptop while the battery is being replaced and the machine is in transit between you and Apple (unless you can find a authorized local Apple repair station.

As far as interchangable parts for laptops go, get a thinkpad. Most models of the thinkpad (especially the "R" and "T" series) kept on using similar interchangeable parts and form factors. Not only are these easier to upgrade, but to keep on going if something fails.