Big space stations and starships would have to be built in space due to the gravitational benefits. That also would tend to leave them unable to land without massive damage entering the atmosphere, unless they are able to separate into distinct sections, one of which could have the necessary size and shielding.

To me, the real question is whether or not our species will destroy itself, or get stuck in a cyberpunk-style corporate dystopia, before getting a chance to create a society like the Federation.

Long before I read Ender's Game, this book (specifically the characters of Meg and Charles Wallace) helped me to realize that it might be okay to be smarter than most other kids I knew. It got me into SF and fantasy first, and remains one of my favorite examples of science fantasy along with Dune and Stranger in a Strange Land. The trailer looks so good, too. I can hardly wait another month for this movie.

So that rules out all of Ursula LeGuin, Octavia Butler, Isaac Asimov... need I go on, really?

Yeah, 22 million comments and counting, but all of them are fake. You've solved the case. "When Fascism comes to American, it will call itself Anti-Fascism." Not only can't you spell, that isn't the way anything works. You really are the special kind of stupid.

Like Greenify.

Is cracking down on apps that use accessibility services as a way of getting around not having root access. Google really isn't very friendly to users having control over their own device. So much for "Don't be evil".

Because a blade runner runs around, looking for lost replicants, and then literally or figuratively stabs them until they stop moving.

Otherwise people would instantly think of Zoe Graystone, and then right after that, realize how badly this could turn out for humanity.

If filmmakers think watching a movie in a theater is somehow analogous to seeing a live stage play, they are even more out-of-touch than I thought.

It's called a "home theater" for a reason. I've got ~87 high-def inches of projector screen that takes up my entire field of view, and speakers that I like just as much. Unless I have a burning need for 4K, which I don't, there is literally no reason to go to a theater except timing.

Maybe one of these years they will finally move to F2FS as the default for mobile devices. Apple finally added a new feature before Android had it.

Anyone else read this, and instantly think of Bill Gates' comment about how 640k of RAM should be enough for anyone?

I have to admit I don't understand why "medical legitimacy" matters so much here. You seem to be arguing against something I haven't said.

I haven't read every single comment on this thread, because I had to work today. So I'm fine with conceding your point about transgender vs transsexual.

I also admit that as far as I'm aware, the number of transvestites and drag queens who identify as transgender is rather low. Higher than the general population, perhaps, but I really have no definite data on that. It's also true, however, that not all trans people experience significant dysphoria. That's neither good nor bad. It simply is.

What concerns me most is your hostility to the LGBTQ community. Yes, it's certainly true that our activism has frequently failed trans people. Particularly where the HRC is concerned, time and again the trans community has been thrown under the bus in the name of LG rights. (Bi people also seem to get shafted, though maybe not quite as much.)

But who else is even trying to do the necessary work? Originally we were all put in the same box because straight cis people found us all freaky and weird, but some of us actually do believe in solidarity. For every judgmental "drop the T" white twink or TERF, there is at least one person like myself, who wants nothing more than for everyone to be acknowledged for who they are on the inside. LGBTQ people aren't monolithic. Plenty of us want to listen and help in whatever ways trans people feel they need most. I hope you understand that.

You know how when you go over to a friend's house, and accidentally call their female dog "he" or their male cat "she"? Most people would then add, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know."

Why does a human being deserve less courtesy than that?

Gender dysphoria also applies to those who are transgender, in other words, those who (for whatever reason of their own) choose to forgo surgery and/or hormones. You keep using "transsexual" as if it's a synonym for "transgender", and you should know better. It makes me wonder whether you're misinformed or just a troll.

I would expect a straight or even a gay cisgender person to make this mistake. But you should know better. Same with your hatred.