This. 2012 is an election year, ya know.

It's an entirely different kind of flying. :D

As I recall, an orbital skydiving scene was cut out of Star Trek Generations, though it remained in the novelization. Too bad...it might have made it a better movie. :P

Cray seems to have addressed this problem, yes?

IANAJ, but Kroger stores (at least in my neck of the woods) stock Coke products made with real sugar around Passover. Apparently, HFCS is not kosher.

The major problem is quite simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you for instance how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it. ... Most readers get as far as the Future Semi-Conditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up: and in fact in later editions of the book all the pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.

+1 Rational

Dude, don't flame me for this, but the only people I ever hear say this are web developers. This is how this usually goes:

Me: So what are you working on?

Them: Doing a project for work. ASP is a PITA.

Me: Ah, cool. How long have you been doing web development?

Them: GAH! I AM A PROGRAMMER!!!

This has happened more than once. Look, I've worked with everything from assembly language to BASIC to C to C++. Lately I've been working in C#. They're all just tools, and what tool you're currently working with has no bearing on your worth or intelligence. Many C++ coders I've met can't code for shit, and many web developers I've met are freakin' geniuses.

The plankton thing is interesting. I wonder how the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affected the plankton population there. It would be ironic if a man-made environmental disaster actually reduced the possibility of a natural disaster.

This! Thank you for pointing this out. The White House had the opportunity to participate for the purpose of mitigating harm, and chose not to do so.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/nyregion/10attendant.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

I always thought "pled" was correct for American English, but recently I've noticed "pleaded" is used quite a bit on the local news. Finally looked it up, and apparently either is acceptable. Pled sounds better to my ear, though. (IANAL)

IANAEE, but isn't this already a potential problem with CPLDs? Or would you consider that a software/firmware hack?

Sometimes the jokes write themselves. :D

I feel your sarcasm, but I think the comparison is apt. As a publicly traded company, BP is responsible to the shareholders. This means there is the possibility that BP might, for instance, withhold information about the size and scope of the disaster in the Gulf in an effort to limit their liability. This is not a value judgment...it is only normal behavior for any public company. The President, however, is responsible to the American people, and nationalization of BP for the duration of the crisis (as recently advocated by Robert Reich) would ensure that the correct incentives are in place to stop the leak and clean up the spill, rather than limit liability. Viewed through this lens, I think nationalization of the telecoms in the event of a cyberattack may be the right step to take.