Coffee is free at Microsoft. Comes out of a machine that brews each cup.

I read that story in Analog (or one of the other Sci-Fi periodicals) around 20 years ago. In-Vitro meat was the rage with exotics like Mammoth being created in the lab. One of the main characters started selling a secret mystery meat that became very popular. The reveal at the end showed that it was made from a culture taken from his girlfriend's ass cheek.

They should turn this into a "Mission to Mars" ride at Disneyland.

Although the wait in line might take quite a long time.

I stand corrected. Thank you.

What kind of retirement plan are those Federal workers getting? I bet if you factor that in, they are paid much, much more than the contractors.

Three words: Graduate Teaching Assistants.

Eventually, effects costs will be low enough that these can be produced as television series. Then Marvel and DC will create their own television networks with shows that parallel their comic books.

Summer crossover events are going to take up a lot more time.

The Hydra hunt could be a television series.

Boy, when that black hole gets drunk he is a real asshole.

Netflix has zero negotiating power with digital streaming. They have negotiating power with DVDs because retail prices give them a BATNA.

The studios will raise their prices until subscribers * price is maximized. Then they will raise it a little bit more and take away Netflix's profit. If they give up their DVD mailing service then they are walking dead.

Blockbuster is dead because they didn't do the retail BATNA. They got in bed with the content owners and those owners ****ed them (in bed).

Never do a business where you have a single provided of your supplies if you want to make any profit.