Thanks!

And mostly empty space.

That's the thing. You can (a) understand QM or (b) try to learn more about QM, but one precludes the other.

Again with the assumptions about me - sigh. I haven't "bought into" anything, I just stated - yes, perhaps overstated - a followup comment to another, poorly worded comment, mainly to be clear about things and illustrate the poor wording of the original. It obviously had some resonance, especially with you, one way or the other.

That said, your post-analysis is over-reaching. Perhaps you're an arrogant, ignorant, small-minded twit or simply retarded because your parents are brother and sister or you were oxygen deprived at birth. Or maybe some women have been mean to you and you're just a whiny little pussy and/or hate women. (Obviously, just guessing.) No matter, you're simply being too pedantic to be reasonable, insightful or interesting. (There are always mirrors around if/when you're interested in any self-reflection.)

Have a good day and lonely life, "Tom".

So you assume everyone on /. is on the same page... Furthermore, there are other, clearer, ways the GP could have written his remark.

I was happily married to a woman 19 years older than I for 20 years, before she died - literally in my arms - of a brain tumor in 2006, and I haven't dated anyone since. My volumes are fine. The fact that you're willing, nay eager, to make assumptions about me and put words into my mouth says more about you. The mirror is in your bathroom, friend; check it out.

In addition, streaming from, say, Amazon only provides the movie itself, not any "extras" - and, for example, I enjoyed the extras for Gravity (on Bluray) a lot. Do other streaming sources, like Netflix provide more? In addition, the experience / bit rate is limited by the available bandwidth and any transient events (I had a streaming movie from Amazon pause on me for about 30 seconds 3/4 the way through the movie last night)

Using the current state of Ink Jet printing costs as a benchmark, I'm sure the cost of the cartridges will *far* surpass the cost of the printer any mission to send them to another planet. It will probably be cheaper to simply buy enough humans to make the trip and keep them in storage to use as-needed.

Seriously? Someone said, "it's not safe to assume consent won't get revoked, unless you 'put a ring on that finger'," and I *my* reply, asserting that a person always has the right of consent, ring not withstanding, was misandric? It's simply a *fact* (or at least it should be). Are you a partial or complete moron? (and, yes, those are your only two choices)

Although, "putting a ring on that finger" doesn't automatically give you perpetual, on-demand sex privileges. It's always her (or his) body, not yours - regardless of any expensive jewelry you shelled out for. (Just saying...)

Tinder and Grinder ... come pretty close (so to speak) :-) Only a few degrees of separation away from directly altering your body chemistry.

One could replace the word "drug" with "app" and make a similarly interesting observation...in this day and age.

My pretend girlfriend runs Windows XP - sigh.

I'll have the fish.

Could it just be a cheap way to ferret out unlicensed copies of Windows...?

I know the reference, but, somehow, I got the image of someone bent over, blindfolded, pants around their ankles...so no more premium cable for me.