So..... it's like the bet at the beginning of "Trading Places"? So there is a spiritual $1 bill riding on the eternal struggle of Good vs. Evil?

Simple - the idea being that if you use both your hands you may complete an electrical circuit *between* your two hands. Hands are attached to arms, arms to chest, and in between your two arms. in your chest, is your heart. Run a sizable (or even not very sizable) current through there and you may stop your heart. Just like a defibrillator does (TV notwithstanding). So using one hand only you will likely complete a circuit through one of your legs instead - and the current would pass by your heart and not through it.

This is just a guess, but may be related to the myth they tested about avoiding gunfire by going underwater. They found that even .50 cal sniper rifle fire could not penetrate more than 3 feet of water. I'm hoping someone wrote in to see if this were scaled up - can water defeat bigger guns / artillery? Only way I can think firing a cannon at water makes any sense.

Huh? They shot a CANNON BALL through a minivan! There is no question of guilt (if by guilt you mean responsibility) - no one sane would hold a question in their minds for two seconds. It wasn't intentional, by any means, but that DOES NOT matter. Man up, immediately. Apologize and try to make it right, immediately. That is their only good option. Lawyering-up will only make it worse. The only reason anyone would have for suing is if you didn't try to make it right, immediately.

You mean, getting Keri pregnant so she can go apologize - as "no one can be mad at a pregnant woman"? Sounds like a plan.

That was also my first, reflexive, response in regards to SSA being in trouble - knock out the cap and do not adjust benefits to match (keep those at the cap). First thing. I don't make that much (it seems, others may disagree) and I hit the cap every year. Just a little extra from me and the thousands like me may push out the 'crisis' by 5-10 years. I have absolutely ZERO idea why this hasn't been done already.

Good luck with the CS degree - good to hear about someone moving INTO the field instead of out of it. Experience will be a real problem for you - I would suggest looking at a bunch of open source projects, find one that looks interesting, and help out (as much as possible, in every way you can). That can go a long way to bridging the gap and having something really cool to talk about in an interview. Implementing a feature, fixing bugs, rewriting the users manual, fixing or adding things to the web site for it - whatever it is, that is GOLD in an interview. Shows you are motivated, like doing it, can jump in and solve problems - all great things smart people look for in employees. Be prepared to talk about it, explain why you did it the way you did, be able to defend your decision, and be able to accept valid criticism.

-99% of drivers have no idea how an ICE works (or what that stands for, or even that they have one in their car) -95%+ of drivers don't now anything about oil (and many new cars now have an idiot light to tell you to get it changed) -Only one of the nozzles at the gas pump (gas or diesel) will fit in your car. They needed that for a reason. -95% of drivers have never changed a flat, or know how - There is an idiot light "I need service" on the dash

So by your accounting 95%+ of drivers should not be driving. Yeah, that will happen.

There are likely regulations already in place about disclosing ALL drug trials to the FDA. And even if not, think about this. If the trials go bad, the Pharma will drop the drug, or the FDA will can it. If the trials go well, the Pharma wants them included. Only if the trials go bad, AND the FDA does not know about them can cherry-picking go on. And doing that would make for HUGE liability for the Pharma if a whiff of it ever got out. It just isn't worth the risk. The risk is just too high - they may lose the entire company.

Yep, that's what they call themselves. Both of them.

Thank you. I'll be here all week! Try the veal.