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Cool. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

Dead people from The Andromeda Strain, which is right up there in my top three favourite films of all time. - Mark H from Bookmarklet

It wasn't the quality, sorry poor choice of words, apparently they edited the film, including deleting the the ticker intro on the DVD reproduction. - Halil

I like Glympse. I use it to keep my wife updated of traffic conditions during my evening commute so she can figure out whether I'll make it home in time for dinner and/or Violet's bedtime. (My commute takes about 30 minutes with no traffic and 90 minutes at the worst of times) - Tudor Bosman

I like Glympse for meeting people; I use Latitude for my wife to check on my commute. - Amit Patel

"We can all hope for fast propulsion, but suppose the engineering is intractable. Would we still go to the stars if limited to speeds much less than ten percent of c? One-tenth of one percent of lightspeed gets you to Alpha Centauri in about 4300 years, which is also (very roughly) the extent of human history in terms of recoverable documents and written language. A worldship moving at this speed, in other words, recapitulates the human historical experience aboard a craft that would have to be engineered to be a living world, a vast O’Neill cylinder with propulsion." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"Putting the speed issue in perspective, one tenth of one percent of the speed of light is 300 kilometers per second, compared to the 17 kilometers per second that our fastest deep space probe, Voyager 1, has attained. There are ways of moving that fast that we can calculate today, but the engineering needed to produce a worldship — and the vast issues raised by creating a closed-loop... more... - Mark H

"1. Ignorance: This simple reason remains remarkably pervasive. I am not trying to sound preachy or elitist here but reading two or three books would greatly benefit people who have a gut reaction against nuclear energy. The whole set of beliefs about any kind of radiation in any proportion being harmful, about nuclear plants releasing large amounts of radiation (when in reality they release fractions of what everyone naturally gets from the environment), about nuclear waste being a hideously convoluted and insoluble problem (the problem is largely political, not technical) can be dispelled by reading some basic books on radiation and nuclear energy. The most important revelation in this context is how, in our daily lives, we face risks that are hundreds of times greater than those from nuclear energy (transportation, air pollution etc.) without being nonplussed. Chernobyl and Fukushima notwithstanding, the fact remains that nuclear power has killed far fewer people in history compared to almost every other energy source." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

Think of the nuclei! - Eivind

That's the European model. Don't leave a tip there. They find it rude. - Eric - seven eleven

(bussers. hosts, bar staff, "front house," already get a slice of the tip-pie (in Va, Ga, Fl, & VT at least)); and where i worked in VT, we had a tip jar that we split; and i thought that the best practice (and everyone was paid a decent hourrly wage, not just 1/2 for the wait-staff). and i didnt mean to offend or misunderstand you ms spidra; imma just very passionate about tips for the back-house too, :( - chaz2b

Follow the money. - Brian Johns

And by that I mean, the shoe-bombing lobby has got nothing to match the shooting-people lobby. - Brian Johns

"Unfortunately, X-Plane is not capable of simulating the hellish environment near the surface of Venus. But physics calculations give us an idea of what flight there would be like. The upshot is: Your plane would fly pretty well, except it would be on fire the whole time, and then it would stop flying, and then stop being a plane." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"1. Maximum aperture The 70-200mm f/2.8 has a one-stop advantage, but that doesn’t just let you shoot at faster shutter speeds. At maximum aperture, this lens produces strongly de-focused backgrounds, which pros love because of the way it makes the subject stand out. The f/2.8 lens is also optimised for wide apertures, so the quality is terrific, even wide open. Round 1 to the f/2.8, then. 2. Weight But don’t underestimate the importance of weight. The 70-200mm f/2.8 weighs a massive 1,540g, while the 70-200m f/4 weighs just 850g. That’s a huge difference. We’re not talking fractions and percentage points here – the f/4 lens is half the weight of the f/2.8. This will make a very big difference for anyone hand-holding their shots and carrying their kit over any kind of distance. 3. Dimensions And it’s not just the weight. Will the 70-200mm f/2.8 fit your bag? At 209mm in length, it’s 30.5mm longer than the f/4, and with a width of 87mm, it’s 9mm wider. It doesn’t sound a lot, maybe,... more... - Son of Groucho from Bookmarklet

Go w/the 2.8 until you get too old/weak to cart it around all day. :) - ronin