the Captain has to sign a fuel-consumption report every shift.

That doesn't matter. In fact, it's anti-matter.

Sew, knot to be weft out of the warped logic taken so lightly here, and to tie up loose ends, the ships often shuttle at sub-warp speed when they weave interstellar space and to weave through a solar system.

Good point though. :)

What makes the same people eat up LOTR or the Hobbit with total suspension of disbelief, but grouse incessantly about flowing hair?

• Gravity intends to be accurate about our world. LOTR is somewhere else.
• Gravity explores real-world possibilities. LOTR explores fantasy worlds.

"My pet peeve is inertia," says Trollope. "There are many good reasons for keeping your engines on in space, but 'maintaining speed' is not one of them. If you turn your engines off, you don't stop."

I have *years* of experience watching Star Trek to know that isn't true. Indeed, the only thing inertia can do for space travel is keeping horrid shows about it from being cancelled.

That is, of course, without sending them into space for the duration of the film.

That doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

'm pretty sure i posted a JE on that point, but i can't seem to find it just now.

I post just to get thoughts out. Comments are an added benefit.

If not for that, i'd never post. :)

I feel similarly.

I won't touch FB though.

Not a fan of Apple peripherals. I like their monitors, but not at that price.

Ditto.

Early testers have noted they "feel quite anonymous and undetectable" wearing the tinfoil hat, with no less than three extra layers of tinfoil to keep the NSA out.

For an extra $50, users can get a banner reading "Don't mind me, I'm anonymous." attached at no extra cost.

Heh. I'm using my mac mini (to type this comment) with a "Windows" keyboard and mouse. Which many people to find more functional than the apple thin, no spaces stuff. Then again, apple keyboard functional is quite lacking.

I'm tempted to get an ipad (after i get a job and have the money to purchase it), but every time i pick up one of these pad devices, i find myself at a loss for how to use it. It's like it's the exact opposite of a functional device, instead being flashy and smooth, and whatever.

So why do i want an ipad? Well, it's a nice computer to run those nifty apps, and is more convenient than a laptop.

Wait, wait, i'm rambling again.