Comment Re:More than cash and cc (Score 1) 375
Let's see.. things that won't be digitized anytime soon: - gym card
Thumbprint, perhaps?
I've heard of this before... Ah ha! It was The Daily WTF
Comment Re:My guess? (Score 4, Funny) 106
Sorry, it's actually an elaborate plot by Lex Luthor to delay Superman with internet cat videos every time he goes to change.
Comment Re:Renewable energy doomed the mission (Score 1) 337
Looks like a SNAP-19 RTG would have provided plenty of power and added 1.4 kg to the mass (when swapped for the existing power system).
Comment Re:I'm surrounded by morons (Score 1) 613
but [his] condemnation of it is far more overboard than their silly request.
I'm not so sure. The "I don't like how my work hours line up with daylight, so everyone should change their clocks twice a year" crowd seems far more overboard to me.
Comment Re: That's not the reason you're being ignored. (Score 1) 406
Silly ideas like "the cushions are flotation devices" are the reason people need to listen to safety announcements rather than assuming that they know everything.
Oh, the irony. They do tell you about the floating, removable cushions in the safety announcements.
Comment Re:I have it on good authority (Score 1) 81
I happen to have it on good authority that it has (or had) an over-heating problem. Search this page for "space plane" or have a look at item number 5 on this page.
Comment Re:My shopping is becoming limited (Score 1) 101
You could try. But if the police see you with cash, they'll take it away.
Comment Re:Sagan at Cornell (Score 1) 263
Sagan lived to be 62. For what it's worth he died from pneumonia, although I'm sure some one will try to blame the drugs for that. Grinspoon is 86 and still alive as far as my 30 seconds of googleing can tell (He was defiantly still alive in 2011) which is higher than average in the US.
Comment Re:The film sucked; the miniseries before it was g (Score 4, Informative) 39
Each medium was made with the author
Except for the movie. They had to wait for Adams to die so he would no longer be able to stop them from mutilating it.
Some fun quotes from various points it the movie's development:
Reitman thinking that forty two is NOT a good answer, and that instead the movie needs a big finish, Douglas understands that he is trapped.
"It's the worst script I've ever read. Unfortunately, it has my name on it... whereas I did not contribute a single comma to it.... I'm appalled to think how much harm that script have done my reputation over the years."
And after Adams died:
Jay Roach has hired Karey Kirkpatrick, the guy who wrote or re-wrote the screenplays of "Chicken Run", "James and the Giant Peach" and "The Little Vampire" to rewrite douglas adams draft.
Comment Re:Score one for the other team (Score 1) 173
I was trying to explain why you see the moderation and lack of counterarguments you complained about. This is slashdot, not i-luv-the-bible.com. This whole thread is wildly off topic. If you want counterarguments then google is your friend. Perhaps you should try to find a web site dedicated to religious discussion.
Comment Re:Score one for the other team (Score 1, Insightful) 173
What would be the point of bringing out the counterarguments again? The religious use "faith" to construct their views. It leads them to the conclusion that if reality seems to conflict with what they believe, then reality is wrong. If using logic, reason and observation were effective ways to argue against religious views, there wouldn't be any theists left. All the mods can do is try to knock the nonsense down to -1 so we don't have to hear the nutters blather on about their invisible sky daddies.
Comment Re:What advice can I offer? (Score 1) 96
claim they lack the time to explore on their own, and lack the training to do much, or even feel confident doing anything for fear of "breaking" something
Those who can do. Those who can't teach.
Comment Re:Grim (Score 1) 221
Really? That's good to know.
Comment Re:illogical captain (Score 1) 937
Comment Re: illogical captain (Score 1) 937
Wow. Can I buy some LSD from you? You think that behaving as if god is real and having faith will cause it to be so? Things that are real don't require your belief or faith to exist. I don't have time to address your scatter shot analogies that seem designed to muddy the waters rather than make a valid point. Proof, then belief, then action. No need for faith.
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