Modern Advocacy Organizations Call it "Getting the word out."

By Mike Resnik is my most recent. 1984, Childhood's End, and Cat's Cradle were pretty much downer's when I read them.

I have two hobbies that involve more meetings than any real job ever did. Funny how I'll do for free what I'd never do for pay.

No Aussie would waste time on such a project. Wait! Was beer involved?

DVD FAB has a "Rewind" option. Must be a hold over from the VHS FAB version.

I'm old and about to die. I really don't care.

Not really knowing about cloud platforms, I needed to pick a random answer to get to the comments to get a clue. What I learned is how hard it is to close your eyes and mouse click a random poll answer.

My one and only New Year's resolution, quitting smoking, was kept. I did it New Year's Day after waking up with holes burned in my clothes and blisters on my cigarette holding fingers. Guess I could have chosen to quite imbibing but one must know his limits.

After a new phone call or email to my correct name but not for me. My name is not common but there are a few. Having the correct contact data for the one they want decreases the number of 5 am calls for the one in California, etc. I live in Tennessee.

My schedule does not allow for watching a series in anything like real time. Very busy for several months, then a few weeks of off time. Series with definite story lines can't be viewed now and again or out of sequence so I accumulate them and watch them as a block. Wonder how common this is and how it affects the ratings. That said, i did view the first series of Caprica and found it boring. Of course not so much as Wrestling or ghost hunting.

My alarm clock was made in 1972. Pretty sure it has no LED.

I've personally wondered why telemetry of black box data was not the norm and if anyone was considering it. Good to know someone is. Even considering the number of flights it would not seem the amount of data would tax the current communications system. I'm saying to replace the black box, just augment it.

I live in the USA and may or may not ever go back. Having a local number and charger for local current is handy.

Honestly, I've never used one. Just keeping a few Windows and Linux boxes running, checking email and reading /. eats all my discretionary free time.

After 2 years at Oak Ridge I applied for and was accepted to Med School. Not much math and very little hard science in medicine unless you are in pure research. If you don't use it you loose it. I am the computer guru for family and friends but not much math there either. Why would I want to re learn it when it is of no use to me? By forgetting I mean the specific equations and applications, like Maxwell transformations, the atomic weight of Aluminum, the valence states of Fe, etc. I probably do retain some of the concepts that make me better understand the universe. At age 64 I do try to learn new things such as Linux which led me here. Although my tech skills don't match the average /. reader, /. is a great place to keep up on that part of my life that has been partially abandoned.