USA didn't 'whip' Canada. Ryan Miller is just a very good goalie... 93% save percentage while Brodeur didn't do as hot with 82%.

We'll see in the finals.

Except the food surplus is probably the result of rather large fertilizer imports.

Then they are an idiot and failed to proceed when the way was clear (ie, when opposing traffic had a red light).

This isn't a complex problem if you think about it.

What do you do if you approach an intersection and the lights aren't on?

If I'm approaching the intersection and no lights are on (green or red) and I see you proceeding through the intersection, I'm going to stop and recognize the problem. The obvious solution is to proceede when it's safe (ie, when the other direction turns red).

No snow sensor is needed, other than your eyes.

I hate pseudoscience as much as the next red-blooded nerd, but honestly... people should choose to be outraged about relevant "issues".

The Canadian Blood Service is completely dependent on unpaid, volunteer donors. With people's fear of AIDS, malaria, vCJD and other blood-bourne pathogens, the CBS has to do everything in it's power to ensure the Canadian blood supply is sustainable.

Since volunteers are unpaid, they have to be motivated to sit in a chair for 15 minutes with a rather large needle stuck in their elbow. Motivation can take the form of many things, including silly personality profiles based on blood type. You do what it takes to ensure the organisation is perceived as a happy and fun place to go to give part of your body away. If I am in an accident and need blood products, I don't care if the blood came from an uneducated paper-folder who takes these profiles as gospel, or a PhD in cognitive neuroscience who vomits every time she sees a Zodiak symbol.

If people want to be pissed at the CBS, be mad about the default rejection of blood from homosexual men involved in long-term monogamous relationships.

You can give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.

Blemish-free is pesticide-rich ;)

By using Windows or any other software, I am using a service, since the 0s and 1s on my hard drive have no intrinsic value. So if I'm not buying the code... I must be paying for the privilege of using the code. Licensing...

And no one likes that either.

Maybe people just don't like to spend money!

That's the narrow perspective of gambling where the only point is to win money.

The more appropriate and realistic reasoning is that you're paying for a rush. It's exciting to have the feeling of winning a big stack of money. It's the same with paintball. No one plays paintball so they can get shot and develop welts. They play for the strategy and excitement.

Next time you're in the grocery store behind someone buying a lottery ticket, consider that maybe they're getting a few dollars worth of excitement in waiting for the numbers to come in and the anticipation that "maybe" they'll win a few million bucks.

That said, I do not gamble. I'm just open to different perspective and I ask people about their motivations.

That's certainly not fair...

Those drones carry ordinance and cost a great deal of cash. I'm sure drone pilots face serious repercussions if they write off a drone just as if a pilot writes off a Raptor.

They require skill to fly. Isn't that what pilots are being paid for?

Thank you for the reality check...

For my folks, 60s music has certainly not disappeared - it's ubiquitous. If the recording is worth keeping, it will be done by the record industry.

Physical artifacts are more important; not digital works that can be duplicated.

If you are stupid enough to get inebriated while someone is under your care, and that person is harmed, you should be called negligent and be charged appropriately.

It doesn't make sense to charge someone with possession if their child dies. Their neglect would have killed the child, not possession of a controlled substance.

Anti-American? I certainly don't think so.

They are parties who believe in a sovereign Canada (or Quebec) and find American intrusion into politics beyond their own border unappealing - like the rest of the world.

I'm not anti-American, but I'm certainly pro-Canada. I don't like it when American lobbyists campaign on Parliament Hill; it pisses me off. I suspect Gilles Duceppe, Elizabeth May, and Jack Layton don't like it much either.

Point it at a tea light!

Happy Birthday!

How fast is "God Speed" anyway?

Is it faster than Plaid?