Just out of curiosity, when you "buy gold" do you actually get a chunk of yellow metal in the mail? Probably not, almost no one in the US does

I do, because I'm not an idiot. I get real gold at auction. You can buy paper gold if you want, but only if you're treating it as any other commodity. There is no safety aspect unless you have physical control. Besides, it seems like very large companies are performing fraction-reserve-like scams by selling more gold than they have.

I choose Jessica. Mmmm...

however, you can tie a coded message to a bird's leg and be reasonably confident in the message reaching it's intended recipient without interception and decoding (international and relay flights notwithstanding).

And drones... anyone for squab?

I have the same problem. It fires for a gentle breeze through a bush, but ignores cars until you're right underneath it.

Did you miss the "urban" part? Even empty shells will be "probable cause" to get your home searched in the average city.

Find out how to get into your DSL modem interface and check the signal strength and S/N ratio.

I can't wait for the sequel:

Star Trek: Even More Lens Flare

Great re-start? Virtually exterminating the most fascinating species in the universe doomed the series.

Sure, but who's going to pay for that? It's way cheaper to just print whatever's trending on Twitter. The public has clearly indicated that they don't really care.

It's fun to say it had only 256 bytes of RAM, but the reality is that only 256 bytes were available on the 16-bit bus. You could take advantage of this tiny space to use the full power of the 16 bit CPU, but even incurring the wait states and 8-bit access to use the 16K of RAM the system was comparable to its 8-bit competition (it helps that the clock speed was 3 MHz when most systems were 1 or 2).

If spacial ability in children is a predictor of their scientific creativity later in life, then if we could improve children's spacial abilities, this might produce more creative adults. The next step is to look for ways to do that, and then see if it worked.

Yes they do, so no, linking to a Tumblr page would not get the Tumblr page indexed.

That sounds like the best way to protect your computer from all malicious code, which is to turn it off.

You forgot:
- PDF is no longer searchable

Well, the second amendment says "well-regulated militia", which the left likes to bring up as if it is a qualifying statement. Yet, when militia groups try to do the same thing-- maintain military weapons and perform regular drills, often commanded by ex-military officers-- they're labeled as dangerous crazies.