Or know what JRPGs are, perhaps???

Good grief. what an obscure reference. And that is supposed to make Aeris notable?

I guess so is the guest character from that one episode of the simpsons to someone out there... but sheesh - like the target audience for JRPGs I'm guessing that group of fans is vanishingly small.

Given the trend in valuation of US currency over the last five years, I am pretty sure that the US has had absolutely no problem printing money on a whim lately.

Whether we are talking about the same thing or not is an exercise for the moderators :)

I think this should help you understand the message being sent:

xkcd 641

HTH, HAND

You seriously think that a random act of terror will make the security measures show for the security theater they are? Please. Any self-respecting politician will merely point out the security measures are just *inadequate*, and now you will have to strip prior to getting to the air line check in gate, and wait in the security line naked... or some other atrocious invasion of privacy that seems too laughable to mention now but in a short time will be "the next logical step".

I no longer fly, and it's not for fear of terrorism. The cost of flying has gotten too high, even if the financial burden has never been lower.

iThink there is room in the market.

iCould be wrong though...

I'd rather see windmills than coal, gas, or oil fired generators; I can't see how windmills will poison anything. I really don't care about a few dead birds; the day after the tornados hit here in Springfield in 2006, there were thousands of dead birds everywhere (and far fewer trees for them to live in).

Technically, dead birds don't need trees to live in.

Just Sayin'

Makes for great compression though. :)

13 internets to you, sir. Congratulations, enjoy your prize.

Sure, but can you imagine the eBay listing fee, commission, and worse - the paypal fees?

Just imagine having 2 billion dollars frozen in your paypal account when the buyer files a dispute.

Sheeeeeeeesh.

I thought about moderating your comments, but instead I'll post my analysis of your "analysis":

For an article that was about things your kids may never know about, that was a heck of a lot of blather about how the article was wrong because you do all this stuff.

Lucky for you, I didn't need to post two enormous, useless comments just to point this out.

Fabulous, even.

Wait...

D'oh!

it is cool to start a thought in the subject field, and finish it in the body field.

Good grief how I hate that. It can completely change the meaning of a post.

This may come as a surprise to you... but if you can put the number into a webpage... so can that person in authority. Whether it's a receipt you keep with the vote readable, or a number you put into a webpage.

Any time that you can verify after you leave the polling place which way your vote was recorded ... so can someone else. And that can lead to very serious consequences. Loss of job, family, the stakes are endless.

All that is required for you to verify your vote is a human-readable paper record that will be kept separate from the electronic record, but doesn't leave the polling place. That way you can verify it after you vote electronically, and if a recount is done, the paper trail box can be unlocked and counted.

It aint trekkie unless it's CleverNickname insisting they have to reverse the polarity of the main deflector dish ;)

Well, it's not to some of us, I guess.