Between the now completely humourless polls and the numerous slashvertisements for Drupal and now Bitcoin, it's now clear that /. has become just another corporate shill machine. Even the Ask Slashdot crowds aren't even trying anymore ("How can I get rid of undesired email?"... no, REALLY? wtf...)

Sorry, I can't take it anymore.

I'll miss you.

eat my shorts!

I thought she was Polish, not Indian... *confused*

I want to see a module that would let us know how much money /. gets anytime it publishes one of these Drupal articles, can you do that?

I would think Antarctica is a better choice for this kind of experiments. Apart from the gravity difference, it's as hostile an environment as you can get on our own planet, plus it's way easier to get there if there's a problem.

I guess technically they're just half-dead, being radioactive and all... :p

it's okay, you can breathe now.

and we will thrive... and we will call it... "this land"

WE. FOUND. LIFE. OUT. THERE.

yeah, would certainly be an Earth-shatnering event...

yah after all maybe "2001" was simply a typo...

Q- "I'm not a letter, I'm a free, uh... alien of nearly infinite power!"

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Lost Episodes

Sweet I'll be able to buy these afterwards :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qMHNFOtjYk (not a rickroll)

The one good question posed by this article is about whether Marty and Jennifer would exist in 2015, after they have just gone off in the time machine w/ Doc Brown in 1985. At that point, we might think they should be removed from any future time line until they return safely to 1985. I can only surmise that when traveling to the future, the Delorean travels along the future time line it is leaving, without regard for any changes it may introduce by doing so.

The author fails to realize one key point, the fact that Marty and Jennifer returned afterwards. If Doc had wanted a more dramatic experiment, he would have sent Einstein back in time after the first time transition. It would have been the same as BTTF2, only with a dog and spanning a minute, instead of our heroes and 30 years.

It would also have been one hell of a shocker for Marty and Doc to see Einstein appear before it even leaves with the clocks marking two minutes more than it should.

I recall Doc explaining it in his letter as the lightning strike overloading the time circuits, activating them prematurely. We see them acting wonky several times before that happens too.