To the Republicans it isn't. To them, they believe their invisible man in the sky told them the entire Earth is theirs to use.

Not to all, or even most Republicans. That's mostly the Religious Right, and they have far, far more influence than their numbers say they should because the GOP needs their votes to win elections. Just because the far right extremists act that way doesn't mean that the party as a whole agrees with them.

If memory serves, he did use a fire extinguisher as a rolling pin to crush something (I don't remember what, either nuts or ice.) in a special to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary, but never on the show itself.

FWIW, Alton does admit to having one unitasker in his kitchen, although he's never needed to use it: a fire extinguisher.

Why would I assume it to be, if I was not named specifically in it somewhere? I did, however, assume you were interested in a discussion of what you wrote, as you posted it comments enabled. If you would rather not talk about it, we can stop discussing it.

Only because you posted it here, and I don't have any idea what (or even if) you write anywhere else.

The nonbinding agreement that gets more attention from Glenn Beck than from anyone who has any power to do anything regarding it? OK. I wasn't concerned with it when I was reading your JE.

And what does the moderation history (currently insightful, and underrated) of that comment say about the "leftie majority" here on slashdot?

For further counter-argument, I present my pointing out the conservative majority in a recent comment here, where I was promptly buried by "troll" moderations. I even used direct quotes from the exact source of the same story to support an earlier argument and was attacked as "flamebait".

But go ahead, tell us how this site is all overrun by "leftist fascists". Tell me enough times and I might even tell you where the next reptoid meeting is.

No, nobody seriously thinks that. The CIA isn't even trying to prove it.

Unfortunately, everyone is reading a bunch of journalists who lack even the slightest ability to parse nuance. Iran is trying to build a nuclear breakout capability.

Every serious report that has ever been issued says exactly the same thing: No evidence of a nuclear weapons program, undeniably overwhelming evidence of Iran attempting to gain breakout capability.

Yes, there is evidence of weapons-related development (delivery systems, etc.). Yes, they have a growing enrichment program that is geared towards weaponization. Yes, they want to be able to build a weapon. No, there is no evidence that they have built a weapon or plan to immediately do so.

Breakout capability is still scary, though. It means they can have all the pieces in place to produce a weapon before anyone can mobilize sufficient resources to stop them. Given the regime's behavior, you should be able to understand why that concerns the rest of the region.

I've posted this with complete links and lots of details, but I'm not bothering to do it anymore.

There are some bosses who are so self-important that they'd fire anybody who suggested that they can fix for themselves, and I agree that I'd not want to work for one, but that wasn't what I meant. I was thinking of the kind of boss who'd fire you for phrasing your suggestion the way I did; of course, following the link may help you understand my thoughts.

I think I'd have been tempted to tell him that he knows how to fix it if he knows how to whistle. Of course, a lot depends on his personality; if he's an arrogant stuffed shirt, you'll be looking for your next job before you know what's happened.

What you did, essentially, is make your own Lavarand. That's cool, of course, but don't try selling them because they're still under patent.

What I stated was factual; it is a fact that a user does not need to remove their entire hand from typing to use the trackpoint. That is part of the reason why it was designed that way. You can hate the trackpoint as much as you want for whatever reasons you chose, but when you lie about it you just look ridiculous. Why would you move your entire hand to use something that is designed to be manipulated with one finger? You couldn't use your entire hand on it even if you wanted to.

No. I have to take one finger out of typing position. And being as the QWERTY keyboard only puts a few keys within reach of my index fingers - and not all of the most used ones - it is a far lesser drawback than taking my whole hand away to use the touchpad with decent accuracy.

But go ahead and tell us how awesome your touchpad is. I can't force you to acknowledge reality if you choose otherwise.

I have never had a problem with my trackpoint impeding my productivity. I have frequently found myself cursing that touchpads on other peoples' laptops. The Trackpoint allows me to move my cursor exactly as far as I want, without taking my fingers off the keyboard. No touchpad has ever been able to legitimately make that claim.