I'm not a Keurig fan by any stretch. I use a french press at home. But you seem to lack any sort of creative imagination. Here's the alternate story.

Ever have a group of people over who would like some coffee? Sow now instead of each person getting to brew the coffee variety of flavor or decaf level that they would like in an individual cup, you have to brew many full or partial full pots of coffee so people can be happy. Or you just say screw you to your guests and make them drink the fully caffeinated super dark roast because that is what you like, and they can just suck it!

Basically, the group of people is when the Keurig is most handy. Each person can have their own flavor. And when you want a second cup you don't have to worry about the pot being cold or stale. It is a new brew right in your cup.

My in-laws have one and we use it when visiting. The second place I have found it to be handy is my new place of work. Nothing is supplied but the brewer. Rather than have a coffee fund or something each person just gets their own pods and cream or sugar as they desire. Works pretty well for ease of managing.

Is it know for sure that the collision would have completely liquefied the planet? It makes some logical sense that the impact hitting on one side of the planet would have produced or left a bulge on the other side. This could be where Pangaea came from then. Obviously if the entire planet became liquefied then there would be no bulge. But if a portion of it was left as a crust it could be an explanation for how the continents started out as one super continent so long ago.

I think if the changes are guided then it isn't quite considered evolution, or if you prefer, Darwinian evolution. I don't think many people would consider the breeding of a new dog breed to be Darwinian evolution as the mate selection and traits selected for have nothing to do with it's ability to survive. Some smaller breed have such big heads that they can only give birth by c-section. That animal, as a species, would not do to well in the wild. If an AI was selecting it's own changes it is quite similar. It goes even further from what we think of as evolution because the changes can be implemented in it's own self. It does not have to have offspring that compete for resources and mates. It can decide what changes it wants and reprogram itself to have them. Quite a short cut from the standard model of evolution.

It doesn't matter what you download. I wanted to get Chrome for my PC after a fresh install. IE/Bing led me to an infected version to download. I'm sure that Microsoft is just fine with people who install Chrome ending up with viruses, but I know who is really at fault and that is why I detest MS to the core. If it weren't for the games I wouldn't even use it. And even then, I refuse to give them money for their lock in.

The top of a large mountain would have a faster rate of time than at the base, according to relativity. So over a million years, the top will have moved into the future in relation to the base. But the planet spins once each day. The base and the top align to a certain star at the same time each day. How can they experience a different time if they spin an the same rate. Perhaps we are measuring time with things that do not keep constant. If we made a clock based on the spinning of the planet, it would not change based on gravity or speed.

It is true that he said some pretty stupid things on Facebook. But from what I heard on public radio this morning, he did have disclaimers on the pages saying that it was only ranting and venting of his frustrations and not to be taken seriously. That seems to show that he did not mean the threats seriously. If you let anybody take offence to anything said, then I have plenty of stuff to through all the politicians and even the President into jail for!

And why don't you care about the suffering of the plants? Do you think they don't feel pain? They certainly do. They even communicate to each other when being attacked by insects or bacteria and viruses. You care about one life form over another, but that does not mean anything in the grand scheme. You probably have no problem swatting a mosquito that is biting you, or pulling a tick out of your skin and killing it. Life feeds on life. Get used to it!

Well I know for a fact that they can live on their own in the walls of your house just fine! I came out one night to feed on my brother. Nasty little bloodsucker!

On the flip-side of this though is the MPAA. They are not a government organization, nor are they mandated by the government. They do possess quite the power to stop certain things from being shown in movie theaters though. Plenty of producers have forced the editing of movies so they could avoid certain ratings. And we are not even allowed to know who the people are who produce the ratings, or how they are created. It is a black box that controls what gets shown in theaters. Check out the movie "This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)" [imdb.com] if you want more details.

Why do all the comparisons involve a non-powered ballistic object like a bullet or in this case a hammer. The Rosetta probe does have thrusters on it and can adjust it's trajectory to hit the comet. It would be more like a heat seeking missile shot at a flare.

They originally thought there would be no shadows because comets are very smooth and round. It wasn't until the Rosetta probe came close that they saw what it actually looked like.

If they knew it was craggly, then why were they surprised at how irregularly shaped it was. I remember them saying how they suspected comets would be much more smooth than this was and they had a tricky time trying to find good places to land.

The mysterious "Band of Holes" seems like it could be the result of an automated drones that left foot prints or bore holes during it's operation here on Earth. http://www.crystalinks.com/ban...

I might be a customer of the game company, but I refuse to be a customer of Microsoft. If I am required to use their system to play games I can at least pirate it so they get no monetary consideration from me!

Unless you don't happen to be in a "Free Speech Zone" while doing it.