Medicaid has lower operating overhead and is more effective at negotiating lower costs with hospitals.

So irrespective of who is paying what, it costs less.

.0000735 smoots/s

Ah. So we are not only redefining "socialist", but also "abortion" and possibly "QED" (though I am willing to allow ignorance as a defense for the last one.)

Because we like to imagine that we are somehow separate from and superior to the society we live in.

Yes, but:

How many of those 3rd party apps are there because of the limitations of IPv4?

Idiot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum_Oxide

Which begs the question: Why are our prisons accessible from the internet in the first place?

In the grim future of Red Lobster, there is only war.

"Ugly bag of mostly water"

Broken drives are easy. Oxy-acetylene torch. I know of no data storage medium that can survive temperatures in excess of 3600 K.

WARNING: A Texan's (and especially a Houstonian's) definition "a short driving distance" may not correspond with common definitions found elsewhere in the country.

Lets be honest. Global thermonuclear war would improve the conditions for NK's citizens. I mean, quality of life in the NK is an alarmingly low bar.

Amazing. Why, I imagine it is only a matter of time before we have an automated roboticist.

Good luck with that. Do you have any idea how hard it is to buy something as simple as a bolt that isn't made in China?

What is a design criteria?
And this is web 2.0, everybody knows that you don't need Q/A. You just fix it on the fly.