http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2439&from=rss_home The number of 5+ mag earthquakes is well within the annual norm, as documented since 1900. In terms of the earth's history (I have a degree in Geology), the Iceland volcano is a flea fart. We're in status quo, trust me.

The only thing hitting the fan is the top of your tin foil hat.

If I had a Gold Star, I'd give it to you. A mod 5 just isn't cutting it.

If Microsoft had any hopes of retaining a shred of relevance in the next generation of browsers, they would be throwing their support behind HTML5 Canvas, not SVG.

Bing is hands-down the best porn search engine ever created. If you build it, they will come.

Are you kidding me? Here are a few "Video Players" and and "Webpages Menus"

http://www.fordvehicles.com/the2010mustang/
http://www.007thevideogame.com/
http://www.splashup.com/
http://kuler.adobe.com/

Cabs with friggin' laser beams, man.

Sadly, I have to agree. Furthermore, I think that it would be very difficult to concoct a mechanism that dictates which FOSS project receives more money than another. Would it be need-based, or dependent upon the amount of capital that a project could inject into the economy?

It would become to politically charged and too biased before it got off the ground.

This sounds awesome, but let's be realistic. How can we determine who gets funding? If the government treats the appropriation of funds for FOSS projects similarly to the bail-out of financial institutions, the only projects that would qualify are the ones that are ailing. At the risk of being a troll (albeit a realistic one), can you justify taxpayer dollars for projects like OpenOffice?

Clearly, the government cannot treat FOSS projects in the same as financial bailouts. Therefore, what system could be put in place that determines which projects receive stimulus funding?

Or, imagine, being able to be magically whisked away to... Lithuania!


...I can make this joke because I'm from Iowa.