And nothing of value was truly lost.

I'm an "on-shore" dev for my company which has hired contractors from India to work on our flagship internal product for literally years now. I can add nothing that hasn't already been sung from the chorus of outsourcing detractors, except the old saying, which I haven't seen posted yet: If you think it's expensive hiring professionals, wait until you hire amateurs.

Kim Jong Il took more with him when he croaked than we thought.

...clocked neutrinos traveling at the speed of light, and no faster, after monitoring a beam of neutrinos sent from CERN in late October and early November of last year

Sent last year? I would say that puts the speed of neutrinos at considerably slower than the speed of light..

I made a more or less faithful digital representation of a different comment and then changed the specific wording so as to make it not an exact duplicate of the original one in order to avoid any sort of copyright infringement lawsuit, and I feel as though it was time well spent.

I'm with you on the nomenclature issue buddy, but let's face it: we've lost. Best to drain it of its usual affect so you can get on with your life in peace.

Did you notice that quite a few of your sentences .

What Would Charlie Sheen Do?

Of course it was. The initial "shelving" of the bill was a last ditch attempt to stop January 18th, so it could continue to be passed quietly. When tech giants of the internet decided to run their message anyway... well, no point in keeping up illusions anymore, might as well actively pass it.

I am collecting screenshots of blacked-out sites today so we can have them all in one place. If you know of any other sites, please email them to me.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117902136861919925087/albums/5698963233208682849

How very....

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