Don't worry, Fourier transforms are not taught to undergrad students either, but the advanced mathematics make for very efficient source codes.

Ironically they're most likely going to waste more paper and "destroy" the environment by denying obvious progress. The better question is: is someone at 3M just messing with the city to show Berkley how much more they need them than 3M needs Berkley, and get the law repealed.

I got some ocean front property in Arizona.. from the front porch you can see the sea. If you'll buy that I'll throw the golden gate in for free!

that's OK I think the space elevator is supposed to be completed in 20 years too. at least we can run away from earth easily.

Is this turning anyone else on?

Yes xkcd says it best yet again.

Coppertone is in for a world of hurt.

The best thing about insurance is you don't have to get it. If you feel you'd save money by investing in an HSA, or just plain paying bills as you go, you have the right to do that. Likewise insurance companies will compete with each other to keep rates low. If you don't like one carrier move to another who can give you a better coverage. that's what we like to call economics. the only time this fails is when an outside source, (enter government) comes in and imposed regulations and standards that the insurance company has to abide by. suddenly your primium won't go down, because you have to have drug rehab insurance and pregnancy insurance, just ignore the fact that you're a male who is smart enough not to do smack. or worse yet if the government forces you to have insurance. that's when you'll see the prices skyrocket, and the coverage and quality shrink. because when demand is forced supply can do whatever it wants to control the price.

I agree phone calls are often less informative than a good email or text. As phone calls often are intrusive and interrupt a person train of thought to discuss your topic, and an email or text can be a thought out response. If I don't have the time to call a person or create a conference of course I send out a email which has all the appropriate people CCed. I don't think kids texting is any different than the memo sending of the last generations other than it's slightly faster. and as far as kids not socializing, I would blame the raised cost of living. Video games are cheap and take up lots of time, but going to the malt shop to hang out costs $5-$10. If people have so many issues with kids not going out side to socialize they should throw some money into outdoor activies... but frankly thanks to teamspeak I think kids can socialize very well on line without ever meeting a person face to face. not to mention the options to meet people from other cites, states, or countries.

I have no idea what default search engine my bb has... I don't use the default browser. Opera Mini to the rescue!

I believe that currently cow and Chicken are souly responsible for any sunken subs. whale and dolphin were sadly the scape goat for too many years!

Damn i love bash

The problem is of course that people don't trust that the code will work. I get asked all the time, "how do you know it will work" because I freaking wrote it to work. Humans may have issues counting, but computers got that down pretty well. I think we can trust them to do a simple calculation.