Cause and Effect? I'm pretty sure Heisenburg simply describes the effect, not causes it :-)

Except in Soviet Russia ...

[ Ya, I hate myself for this, but it's been a really slow day. ]

The cost calculation extends beyond manufacturing. I imagine the switch to virtual input devices also allow more reliability as there are fewer moving/separate parts. In addition, the touch/gesture interface can be re-programmed, updated and "enhanced" (said in quotes as I personally find that most enhancements are not) more readily than fixed physical interfaces.

And redo other things.... The phrase "Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus of a feather flock together." doesn't really roll off the tongue.

Thankfully, my 401k is heavily invested in many and various Sack businesses ... Retirement here I come!

Perhaps this just shows the difference between types of people that compete vs. cooperate or selfish vs. selfless. Personally, I hope that if I'm ever in a situation like that for real, I'm the latter type of person.

Well... It's leaning in the same sense that I did when I accidentally hit my thumb with a hammer and my grandfather said that I should try and not do that again - and that he had learned that solution himself in his younger days. Grandfathers are often helpful like that.

Leon should have kept his cool, like Rachael did later, as it turns out the Voight-Kampff test is checking whether someone is a Lesbian, not a Replicant.

Made me think of the "Better Off Ted" episode, "Bioshuffle" (Season 1, Episode 9):

• Ted: So, what is it?
• Phil: We call it "The Voice of God."
• Ted: No, we don't.
• Phil: No, we don't.
• Linda: Field testing shows that the subject, or "victim," as I like to call people "helped" by Veridian Technology, can be hundreds of feet away and will hear the message as though it's being whispered only to them.
• Phil: It's highly persuasive. Advertising companies are very excited because it will allow them to burrow even deeper into the human brain.
• Phil: At full power, the sound wave is so intense it can cause vomiting.
• Ted: A machine that causes vomiting. Well, that could have all kinds of applications for the military... and fashion modeling.

That's "Mul-Ti-Pass" and, yes, they know it's a Multipass.

[ One of my favorite movies BTW. Anyone know if it's a significantly better experience on Bluray than on DVD (or even Superbit DVD)? ]

But I'll need a punch-card station and reader, build out my server room with a glass service window, hire a disinterested, snarky guy to retrieve printouts ... Or have IBM mainframes changed since my college days back in the late '80s?

Congressional accounting.

Similar arguments (about this and other things) can be made about Speaker of the House John Boehner and the House Republicans. Obstinate, obstructive, short-sighted, selfish, petty people can be found many places in Congress.

But, but, but... Every company I've ever worked for has touted how their employees are their most valuable asset. Were they fibbing to me? Sigh. Now I'm sad.

That's what she said.