My favorite has always been Puppy Linux. Great for the beginner. puppylinux.org.

If robots could run for office, one would never be president. Since everything seems to be manufactured in China now, they wouldn't be a natural born citizen, and therefore ineligible under the constitution to hold the office.

Airplane engines, and I presume flying cars, have a magento running the spark plugs, just like your lawn mower. As long as there is gas in the tank, you could lose all electrical power, radio, everything, and it will keep running. Add that to the fact that maintenance requirements are much more stringent than with automobiles, and you realize that having your engine die is probably not going to happen. Yes, you could have a problem and plummet to your death, but statistically you are still safer in a plane than in a car.

If they do hit the market, I hope the requirements to fly one are even more stringent than for flying a regular aircraft. I live in Las Vegas where nobody can stay in their lane. If large groups of people can't handle controlling their car going left and right, I can't imagine adding up and down to the mix. Even if there were production flying cars, the requirement of having a pilot's license as well as cost of acquisition and maintenance will assure that there are very few on the road, or in the sky. Besides, this is the wrong solution to the problem. We need better public mass tranist, not more single occupancy vehicles.

I was not confused, I said the summary could be misleading/confusing. Since you seemed to miss it, here goes - #sarcasm. +1 for pendants. I was in the 97th percentile on the verbal section of the GRE. Was that clear enough of a statement for you?

I admit that wanting to molest pre-pubescent boys is reprehensible, but how is it terrorism? The summary is misleading. That being said, even if they fix this problem, another will come up. Every time you think you have idiot-proofed a system, someone builds a better idiot.

Didn't you know that resistance if futile? Live long and prosper.

In Montana we tried getting rid of daytime speed limits. The law required drivers to drive in a manner that was "reasonable and prudent." It did not take long before thousands of people proved they couldn't be reasonable, let alone prudent. I agree that we should be able to handle not having speed limits, but having one reinstated in Big Sky country helped lower automobile fatalities to a more reasonable level.

I was going to suggest this. The example in wikipedia may be distracting, but then if you are printing your email in a 72pt font, you have issues anyways. I have used ecofont, and at the 12pt, you can not see the holes.

The worst pizza I ever had was in Paris. Thin, soggy, and nasty. I even tried eating at a Pizza Hut there. Apparently in French Pizza Huts, you can get little packets of oil just like you can of cheese or peppers. This is just in case you meat lovers pan pizza doesn't already have enough oil to choke an elephant to death with.

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If you are in Las Vegas, Metro Pizza has the best pizza in the area.

I love my titanium ring. In addition to being a geek, I am a motorhead with scars on every knuckle. Of all the rings I have owned over they years, this is the only one that is still round. If you are looking for a great meaning, titanium is flexible but maintains its integrity when repeatedly tested. It is also inexpensive, so you can afford to spend your money on her ring. Right now, Iridium is $450 an ounce. Then you have to find someone willing to work with it and pay them handsomely for it. This is no abstraction, since due to its extreme hardness and brittleness, iridium is difficult to machine, form, or work. Once you have it made, getting your hand slammed in a door might make it break rather than bend. This might be good for your finger, but makes your effort for naught. A good titanium ring will set you back less than $200, and still be in good enough shape for your grandkid to wear when he get married. If you have a little extra cash laying around, have a custom diamond made with some of your own carbon (your hair, please don't have yourself creamated) by a place like LifeGem, Phoenix Diamonds, or Algordanza. Prices start around $4,000. When I got engaged, I used a diamond I had inherited for her ring. I was surprised at how relatively inexpensive very nice settings were when you brought your own diamond to have set in it.