Just to clarify, the LDS church has never taken a stand against caffeine. It's been coffee and tea, but never caffeine specifically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom

I nominate the guys from The Pirate Bay. Arrrr!

You might be right about the dogfighting days being over. But just remember that the same argument was made 4 decades ago when they decided that F-4s didn't need guns.

Please let it go. We have a whole new administration to whine about.

Because they believe they MIGHT get better.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm pretty religious and I actually like my life. I enjoy spending time with my family and I'd like to hang around for a while. I actually don't spend a great deal of time thinking about the afterlife. I find that living my beliefs makes me happier in this life.

The stratosphere is about 8-15 km above sea level, depending on latitude. To put this in perspective, the top of Mt. Everest is two-ish km shy of the stratosphere.

What's that? I'm detecting a hint of sarcasm in the parent post.

Wow, slashdotters must have a REALLY low opinion of lawyers to have modded this insightful instead of funny.

Damn Canadians...

I don't know, but I know that he won't be saying it in court!

Spoken like someone who has never actually read a scientific paper. Any paper I've seen will give you: (1) the historical context for why they are doing a study, (2) the assumptions made in doing the study, (3) details on the observational data and model used in completing the study, and (4) a RANGE of possible results. It is true that the media typically doesn't do a good job of reporting uncertainties, but don't accuse the scientists of sloppiness when you're completely unaware of what goes into a scientific paper.

I don't like this at all. Suspend her, give her detention, whatever. But don't frisk and arrest her for texting. What the hell is happening to our schools?

Mario has been doing this for years, and he doesn't even need the "small unmanned boat". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Sunshine

That's all right. Our Secretary of the Treasury doesn't know how to pay his taxes.