You are forgiven, my child :)

Not to mention that for all the time he spent subjectively in the computer world, hardly any time passed in the real world. He was never noticed missing.

Yes, they wore suits complete with power supplies to provide all of the lighting. Apparently as expensive as they were to design and make work, it was cheaper than trying to go back in w/ special effects to deal with all of the issues of fake lighting...since the actors really were glowing, the lighting effects were accurate (reflections, shadows, etc).

wait, how did you know my pw?

Weren't they on the Russian version of American Idol?

With a loop sling and 10 minutes to make those shots. I was never able to make expert (wasn't good @ off-hand and the 2nd magazine of rapid fire), but I could still do 10/10 at the 500 and have time to spare.

Slightly different in a high-stress combat situation w/ no ear plugs, a full combat load of gear, trying to pay attention to your team leader's orders, etc. Even on the "move-and-shoot" target ranges, with all the running around and non-optimal firing positions you weren't hitting things consistently at those ranges.

My corporate overlords told me their machines were so good that they don't need paper trails, am I not supposed to believe them?

That has nothing to do with whether the US has an official language...various groups have been trying for years to have a law passed (or an amendment to the Constitution) that makes English the official language of the US. Obviously they have not been successful to date. I doubt they ever will, since politicians would never pass it as it would hurt their image in the minds of non-English speaking constituents, not to mention all the idiots who would cry racism at such a move.

Unless you're in the house 13 meters down the street from the real target :)

Damn, I want her. Too bad she probably doesn't want me :(

We went last summer and in one of the Animal Kingdom locations they had a Pocahontas character come out for picture time...Pocahontas was rather endowed and kept coming close to having a wardrobe malfunction, but she caught it every time...for once i didn't mind waiting in the long line for the photos...

when those were first mentioned my entire shop (a unix team at that) was excited, then we didn't hear anything new for awhile, then I saw the prices...immediate mood killer.

#3 and #6...At least here in Virginia, we have this annual joke of a requirement called the car inspection, where supposedly every year they go over your car and make sure it is road-worthy. In actuality, it creates guaranteed income for the all the mechanic shops who care more about charging you to replace wipers and cracked light housing than fixing real problems. I had a car that got hit for 3 of the running lights being out, yet they didn't say a word about all oil leaking from the pressure sensor (I would go through a quart a day at least). My current car passed w/ a broken engine mount, a broken linkage to the sway arm as well as the sway arm itself being bent. But I they tried to tell me the brake pads needed to be replaced until I pointed out I had replaced the pads myself the day before.

Compared to what I learned on a trip to Germany: annual inspections are not a joke and will cost you a lot of money if you don't regularly maintain your car.

The problem with that is now there are cars out there where the shift lever has no physical connection to the drive train and instead just tells the computer to put the car into whatever gear you selected w/ the lever.

Based on who friended 'her' and the kind of information 'she' was able to obtain, I'd say the choice of photo worked pretty damn well.