These are two the I use for things that I know will end badly:

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Roger, Go with throttle up.

We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well and live.

I used to have a sign in my cube that read "The floggings will continue until morale improves." That seems to be the Microsoft strategy.

Since we are talking about sharks, let's talk about how one reports shark and other sea creature related injuries. Here are the ICD10 codes for ocean related injuries, mostly related to being bitten by stuff that lives in the sea. The shark ones are pretty funny. The primary code for shark bite is: W56.41XA - Bitten by shark, initial encounter http://www.findacode.com/icd-1... Here are all the codes related to injuries from sea creatures: http://www.chirocode.com/medic...

The Blackhawks are named after the then owner's bar as a form of marketing. The bar was named the Black Hawk.

I think they should look at other offensive sports team names, as well. How about Sooners, Raiders, Vandals, Rebels, Browns, Reds, Beavers, Cougars and Game Cocks.

I don't know why they don't just dust off Jack Kevorkian's gizmo. If he could conduct assisted suicides in the back of a van, the state can surely make the device work in a prison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...

I've used this example as one of management overruling the techies. The engineers argued against launching in the cold, And management said, "My God. When do you want me to launch? Next April?"

They launched. The thing failed spectacularly, People died. And they did not launch again for over two years.

Unless the roof is covered with snow, like it is for several months of the year. Unless you live in the tropics.

I always wondered how they got the design of the Death Star through the review committee given its obvious flaws. If your expensive creation can be destroyed by a single shot, why build it?

One word: lawsuits. The first autonomous vehicle that runs down and kills little Sally will result in a legal settlement that is so large that even the mighty Google will not be able to stay in the business. After the lawsuits start flying, Google's insurance costs to stay in this business will go through the roof. With an autonomous vehicle, the manufacturer will be liable for everything that goes wrong. Whether it is their fault or not. Google has deep pockets, and juries will make them pay. That will inevitably lead to the end of Google's foray in to autonomous vehicles.

The demand for cars was reduced to a level that the sales no longer permitted the auto manufactures to cover their considerable fixed costs. The demand for cars does not need to be reduced to zero to effectively strangle the manufacturers. Back in the 30s, Ford stopped making cars for a year, because the losses from selling too few cars was greater than the losses from selling no cars. We did not get to that point the last time.

One of my favorite quotes is from her: "It is far easier to ask for forgiveness than permission."

It *was* cowardly in that they attacked before declaring war.

If you are going to start a fight with a sucker punch, you get no sympathy when the other guy kicks your ass.

Apparently, the entire country no longer has borders. We can't stop millions of illegal, er.... undocumented, immigrants from crossing the nation's borders each year, so what makes you think that we can stop weapons from crossing the border?

I would have liked to see the democrats propose this and then listen to the howls from their unions supporters who all have employer provided health insurance.

btw: In the US, the tie between employment and healthcare dates back to WWII. Wages and Prices were frozen, so if I wanted to convince workers to come work at my munitions factory, I couldn't offer them more money. I could offer them healthcare. Back then, the factory had doctors, and occasionally dentists, on site and employees and their families went to the company doctor for health care. After the war, companies opted to pay for insurance rather than on-site, and on-staff, physicians. So, the tie between employment and health coverage is Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fault.