Speaking as a racial minority, I also don't believe that people should be given advantages, such as Affirmative Action, because of the color of their skin. This also means that I don't believe that people should be disadvantaged for the same reason. Tolerating a social dominance hierarchy based on aesthetics only necessitates the existence of equally asinine countermeasures to ensure the former doesn't spin out of control. Likewise, a society that tolerates racism signals that it's a society that needs a babysitter to ensure its citizens don't go all Darwin on each other.

I think that's the only place where you would typically see this. This concept reminds me of the cymeks in the Dune prequel series. I do see your point though. Who among us wouldn't want to trade our bodies in for a huge hexapodal machine capable of space flight?

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I had meant to say 32 to 212 actually

I don't think you really explained why Fahrenheit is more practical than Celsius at all, it's more like you're just saying you prefer Fahrenheit. It seems to me that Celsius is the more logical choice in day to day life since you have a scale from 0 to 100 that takes you through the three states of water, solid, liquid and gas. Since we are made of mostly water, this gives us a clear indicator as to what would happen to our bodies when exposed to certain temperatures at any given time without thinking about it too much or memorizing random numbers. Most scales or graphs you see anywhere will start at 0 and end at some easy to remember number like 100. If 32 to 98.6 makes more sense to you than 0 to 100 then let me know what you're smoking because I want some. :)

That's why in the most recent /. poll, I voted to invest most research into the human mind. Too often the understanding of ourselves is sidelined for more selfish pursuits. A society that thinks isn't a society that can be controlled. A society that fears however...

There is no answer to that. The lesser of two evils is less people with guns and I'm fine with that since there will never be a better option.

This is about the worst thing anyone can do, I mean, these are fucking children for fuck's sake! :(

The Simpsons came up with a great phrase for people who visit my city: "We were born here, what's your excuse?". -7 right now though and pretty "warm" for this time of year :P

Yes, definitely. At around -50, the batteries in your discman stop delivering a charge and your headphone cables get really stiff. Happened to me walking to work some years ago, it was worth a few laughs with the coworkers, since the cold weather is an inside joke where I'm from.

It's Friday, my day, my way or the highway,
Can't wait to get off work so I'm letting my mind spray.
Stuck here in my chair on some last minute shit,
Debuggin' the fuckin' program till those breakpoints get hit.
Go home, pop the beer, spark the la like rastafari,
Relaxin' on the couch and watch the time just fly by.
Get a call from work, they say the shit done turn real,
Log into my machine, oh how shitty this must feel.

Maybe Nate Silver is really a Tleilaxu face dancer?