Satellites and starfighters. Twin Ion Engine Fighters have existed since 1977.

LOTR is what, 50 years old? Vs. the Bible... get my meaning?

What's with the rage? Even if you don't agree with it or are an atheist, religion is part of human culture and history and should at least be acknowledged and accepted as that.

People copied floppies. And look at what became of the software industry.

>You think this, because you only hear when Republicans block stuff, because you read news from sources biased to your views.

Not really. I'm not american, but I'm interested in politics and keep up to date. I keep an eye on CNN, FoxNews, and NBC. Without exception, "leftist" commentators make a much saner impression on me than conservatives. I also remember quite a few instances in the last 3 years in which Obama tried to garner support in order to work with Republicans. All they did in return was hijack the event by trying to look good on TV and confronting Obama with ludicrous, populist statements and accusations ("Mr. Obama - show me your birth certificate!"). Yes, remember that time at the Republican convention? It was painful to watch.

A good example of how the Republican party "works" is the tax policy. Even well known rich people have been telling the government to tax them more. The Bush-era taxcuts for rich people is unfair. Yet the Republican party refuses to let them go, all the while over simplyfing the situation on TV by claiming that Obama wants to raise taxes.

No sir, I am not blind. I am well aware that the Democratic party is not a party of selfless saints. But all what I have said about the Republican party is in plain sight of any neutral observer. It's not a coincidence that if Europe were to vote for an american party, 90% would vote Democrat.

Yes, there is corruption in both parties, yet every time I watch Fox News or hear people like Glent Beck, Sarah Palin, or Rush Limbaugh talk, I wonder how it is possible for any sane person to support the Republican Party.
There are some decent folks in it, for sure. But the signal to bullshit ratio is so extremely low.

Also I believe that Republicans are the worst offenders in partisan politics. Everything coming from a democratic president has to be put down by principle. There is no common ground in the interest of the american people, ever.

Also, Republicans like to preach how they want to have a smaller government, cut expenses, less debt, etc. In reality what they do is funnel public tax money directly into their favorite corporations, usually oil and military-industrial, with contracts, subsidies and wars. All the time speaking of tax cuts, never mentioning that they apply only to the rich and corporations.

The Republican Party is the political wing of rich America, nothing else. Their tactics are fear mongering and ignorance.

The problem with Alpha Centauri A is that it's part of a binary star system with Alpha Centauri B. Both of these stars are comparable in size to our sun. I am not certain, but I would assume that having two massive stars in a system would makes the temperatures and orbits of any planetary bodies extremely volatile.

In German if someone is kinda ignorant, dumb, or stupid, they are often described as "living behind the moon."

People tend to say that to me often. Now that I have a video of the far side of the moon, finally I will be able to prove to all the idiots that they were WRONG!

Maybe Japan has a stagnant economy because like the U.S. or Germany, it already is one of the most developed countries in the world. Perhaps the focus should be on building economies that don't require perpetual growth in order to sustain a high quality of life for all citizens. Perpetual growth is impossible. Even with new technologies and innovation, there are only so many resources on this planet.

Freezing UI does sound alot like a threading problem. I'm not sure what language and tools you're using, but you might want to google "Swing single thread rule" and read into the results to learn alot about the problem of multithreading UI's. Most of the results will be Java specific, but I'm sure they also apply to other technologies.