What's up with this "Troll" flagger? Got nothing better to do, eh? Jeeze. Get over yourself.

Thanks for the reply, but "Troll" has nothing to do with difference of opinion: it's a designation that the person posting (me) is doing so for spam or to cause trouble. I welcome difference of opinion, but people who mark "Troll" are just lazy because they didn't even read the original story this post was referring to. If so, they would have seen my post as a simple nerd joke. Jeeze. So again, I say "Troll markers, get a life."

Either way, people marking people as Trolls for no good reason is just rude and abusive (of their power to mark "real" trolls).

Whoever marked me as a "Troll" should get a life. Look at my karma: Excellent. I post here all the time.

If you don't like my post, fine, but don't mark me as a troll before you do some basic research into who I am.

BORG or Skynet? Which is coming first?

It's too bad this EU guy wants to insist on regulation. They need to let the consumers decide, not the gov.

Let the best man (company) win. Don't stifle innovation with silly regulations.

I don't see anything in this document to indicate Kansas wants to Secede over this. Not exactly a correct title.

Sure, they're pissed, and as a state, they have a right to be. But they should check their own backyard before they go blaming the current admin. After all, Kansas overwhelmingly voted the yahoos into office that got us into this mess in the first place.

See: "What's the Matter with Kansas" http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Matter-Kansas-Conservatives-America/dp/080507774X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234822651&sr=1-1

"Solenodon paradoxus collects food by digging extensive tunnel systems under the ground, then foraging for insects and other invertebrates from the surrounding soil.

Foods eaten include: millipedes (Iulides), ground beetles (Carabidae), various orthopteran insects (Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, Blattidae), earthworms (Lumbricidae) and various types of snails."

Strange that an animal loaded with venom doesn't go after small mammals or something.

"Solenodon paradoxus is described as a 'slow mover' and a 'clumsy runner with no agility in avoiding enemies and a poor means of defense'"

So what you're saying is, Solenodon paradoxus is the nerd of the jungle.

more interesting facts: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Solenodon_paradoxus.html

Somebody might want to tell them to move the cabana next time. It isn't rocket science...oh wait...it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-lyoPP3go
(little cabana too close to launch site gets blown away)

I think Flash political games will unfortunately fall to the dustbin of history. Just the mere fact that technology changes and Flash (.swf, etc) will almost certainly become obsolete in favor of the latest and greatest file format of the future. Flash will become the .mov or .avi of the internet world. Will Flash games be preserved? Who will take the time and effort to convert them to the new file format? How many times have you encountered a Flash error even today?...Much less the future.

As for static cartoons in .jpg or .gif format, at the very least, these tend to survive because of their stability and wide-spread acceptance that doesn't seem to be waning.

Besides, those Flash games can be a little...childish(?). Whereas a cartoon has a long history of being "acceptable" to adults. Ironic, but true.

Reminds me of Sex Panther Cologne: "60% of the time, it works every time."

"Ever seen a black t-shirt with a wolf airbrushed on the front and a shark wrestling a sherman tank
on the back? Now imagine wearing a three-piece suit made out of those shirts. Sex Panther is like that, but in cologne form."