Not even alcohol can fix it. Not even alcohol.

Thanksgiving: It's like the /. comments, but with turkey.

The financial press is probably a lot less concerned about a few fires, and a lot more concerned about funky accounting.

He did face charges, but they were surprisingly light in retrospect.

I believe Millikan was found guilty of manipulating oil.

The spacecraft is "up there". "They" are actually down here, well within the reach of Buzz Aldrin's fists.

"Attempting to interview a riot" sounds like a it should have been a Python skit. I'm picturing Cleese for the job.

moderation undone.

How far back do you want to go? Before we gave a crap about the disabled we would lock 'em in a sanitarium - but they got that lucky if their family could afford it.

Cute. No, actually, it's not a good starting point at all, regardless of whether the Earth goes boom. This idea is crap. It's a needlessly brittle way of providing first responders with important medical information. Simpler, more reliable ways of doing that already exist, including the whole database aspect of it. The new ideas here are using a QR code and a smartphone with proprietary software to access the database. Reliable operation depends heavily on uninterested third parties.

It's almost like a bunch of people that enjoy making money off of smartphone and social networking technology decided to shoehorn that same thinking into emergency services. [sarcasm]How could you lose when you combine two hot, growing markets like smartphones and healthcare? It's a definite win-win.[/sarcasm]

Even if you don't need to connect, the equipment and software can still crap out. Such a bad idea.

Everybody is busy. It's a question of priorities. For you, exercise ranks below all of the things you mention there. For me, it ranks above TV, and it counts as a hobby. I have enough fat relatives to have a good idea of what will happen if I don't stay active, and it isn't pretty.

Comparing your post to the GP's is quite a compelling argument for the practical benefits of recreational reading. Learn to write by reading, kids.

GP could have least done the source blog the courtesy of a link (maybe NSFW). The point being made there is a rebuttal to the claim that 3D "makes the characters and environments more believable".

Interesting. Perhaps part of the reason you've watched Empire Strikes Back so many times is that you enjoyed the story? I mean, I don't think we're breaking new ground here if we say that special effects (e.g. explosions, 3D, explosions in 3D) don't make up for flat characters or a weak story.

Bad and Wrong. Your wife and kids don't need your resentment. You do no one any favors by framing your working habits as a trade-off between your self-respect and their well-being.