just as education is not training, incentives are not motivation. motivation is internal. incentives are attempts to uncover that. when someone does something for money, that's a good start.

success in one field (for Linus and Mitt) doesn't translate into viability with another.

selfish/lazy/etc., parents that BOTH work? kinda hard on us working-class stiffs aren't you?

print a BIG briefcase for the suitcase nuke you just printed.

also, lack of DNA evidence doesn't exonerate.

Moore's Law. if you are 20-something, you are toast next year. make way.

Inconstant Moon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconstant_Moon ursula l guinn called it most depressing.

There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT! (and technology cures what ails ya)

All o' 'em. eveR single one.

kinda/sorta like Waco without the wackos.

"old age be like": like this. avoid predators/cure polio. old age is relative.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink. Earl Long Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/whisper.html#aDdBKTeRF7pytwOE.99

AC lowers the humidity so my books don't mildew. AC lowers the temperature so my dogs don't die. AC is better in a lot of ways.

this is the USA. roundabouts don't work good (well): http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/11173856/ Raleigh NC has given up. tried it. fail.

"forcing cars out" means people and money go away.