Sorry but that's not flexible. If I can't fold it into quarters and stick it in my pocket, don't tell me it is.

First of all, I am not saying the data is wrong, but it looks in the wrong place. I'll explain. If the AVERAGE American takes a test and does more poorly than the AVERAGE European or the AVERAGE Zimbabwean, that is one thing. However, America is not run by its average people. The average people do the work, sure, but they are directed by the above-average, and I will tell you something about them. These people are the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, the doctors, etc. While our average people don't stack up to the average people in other countries, our above-average people crush the above average people in pretty much every other place. Our engineers, our scientists, our doctors are light years better than the ones in most other countries. Why do you think so many come from abroad to study in our higher educational institutions? Because the education is GOOD, and among those above-average people in those schools there is an elite crop. It is they who run the country. So these silly comparisons do not bother me. Our average people can be less average than the others, so long as we continue to excel among our elite.

I thought they were saying a license to hunt animals using drones. THAT would be awesome! :P *pew pew* *deer falls down*

Who let Canada do Science??

What is the airspeed velocity of a beer laden drone?

Then again that also describes every single series launched since Buffy and Angel ended.

Honestly not a bad run for any show. Can't see a reason to complain.

Oh yeah, and what do you use for powering the magnetic field to contain the plasma?

Actually there isn't a big enough yawn to encompass the boredom I have with N. Korea's threats in the news. Wake me up when they decide to commit national suicide by actually doing something.

Don't eat or you will die.... oh wait.

Huh, interesting. Well if the universe is going to turn into a larger version of my bedroom, I hope I at least get to keep the Interwebs.

That's a function of the job market, not the useful(-less)-ness of the degree. In good times, the sci/eng major will get a job right out of school. The same cannot be said for this degree if the space companies are all filled up already, which is likely in good times if the school cranks out hundreds of these kids a year. At least if I'm a Chemical Engineer, and the oil companies won't take me, I can work for the drug companies, and if not them, the chemical companies, and so on.

Nope, a PhD is not relevant to the point I am trying to make here. What I am saying is that if 300 kids get this new Bachelor's degree, the chances that every single one of them will be a technical AND cultural fit for places like SpaceX and Bigelow are not good. So if a kid blows the interview at these places, what then? At least with a degree in ME or EE, you can try a completely different field.

Getting a degree that is only useful at maybe 5 or 6 companies in the whole country is not something I would recommend. How is that different from majoring in Medieval Japanese Literature? There are maybe 5 or 6 universities that would hire you with that degree too, and then you are stuck with your student loans that you cannot pay.

I definitely think the core engineering, hard science, or generic business routes are the way to go for undergrad. If someone wants to specialize a bit for an MS or higher, ok then.

do most of those game trailers from TFA look pretty bad?