If there's a probe of extrasolar origin somewhere in our vicinity, and it's tens or hundreds of millions years old, it would probably not be limited to observing only one planet. So, it would most likely be on an eccentrical orbit, like on an asteroid with its aphelion out by mars and a perhelion by the orbit of venus. I believe there are a couple of those, like 3361 Orpheus.

IT evicted US.

"Clearly, anybody who can resolve these problems has a bright future in science but may also end up tearing modern cosmology apart."

But what? Real scientists love it when their models blow apart.

So the accelerated expansion of the universe is fueled by Lithium. Thant's what I always figured. Shrunken minds => expanded space.

I think you fail to understand what constitutes sacraments in a religion. The act of greeting someone is not a holy sacrament in kopimism, nor in any other religion that I'm aware of. Sacraments are well defined ritualistic acts that hold a significant meaning and are at the core of a religion. Like for example baptism, communion, confession and marriage in catholicism.

The holiest act of kopimism is the sacrament of copying and spreading information.
Then there is the kopimist sacrament of the confession, which entails, indeed obligates, the holy secrecy of the confession

How is this seemingly unreconcilable contradiction between two of the holiest of their sacraments explained by kopimists?

Just curious.

Sorry about the late reply - not used to getting any feedback or even mod points in here... :/
The band's name was Tumbleweed Trail and it existed during the latter part of the nineties. I put up a couple of our tunes for posterity in a playlist on Soundcloud, you're very welcome to have a listen!

http://soundcloud.com/strummindude/sets/tumbleweed-trails/

Aww - those were the days! Mp3.com actually PAID indie artists to have their stuff on the site. Sent me cheques all the way to Sweden. The fees for cashing them in were greater than their value though... But at least we were PAID. Mr Robertson is for real and I wish him good luck in his future endeavors.

(I eventually brought our expired cheques with me on a trip to California, and the staff at mp3.com HQ happily exchanged them for a fresh one that I was able to cash in.)

"nothing like it" as in "Android is nothing like Slackware"?

Not having the user be aware that filtering is taking place is not filtering in my world. That's information dichotomy and censorship. Preference filtering should be implemented by means of sorting algorithms and highlighting or the like. Secretly suppressing information "for your own best interest" is subversive and counteracts democracy.

"There is no two ways of looking at it...." :)

It's the sound of a machine in a Monty Python movie, I believe.

Mr Robinson - please define the term "value".