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The game is still available for sale on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B007VTVRFA

I'm not sure why people keep saying they took it down. Maybe they did, but it's there and available now and the ratings on it are still horrible.

They did? What's this? http://amzn.com/B007VTVRFA

Believe it or not, philosophically-minded roboticists and robotically-minded philosophers are on this.

May I suggest, for example, this book from MIT Press?

A great fiction book that is based in a world where this tech ran amok is Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl. Highly recommended to the SciFi fans out there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Predators'_Ball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarians_at_the_gate
2012 Election coverage of Bain â" Mitt Romneyâ(TM)s old stomping ground.

Also: Storming the Magic Kingdom. Wonderful book -- informative and engaging. The Walt Disney Company was very nearly destroyed by private equity/LBO vultures.

Lots of them?

Samsung 840 120 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 130 MB/s
$100
http://amzn.com/B009NHAF06

Samsung 840 250 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 250 MB/s
$180
http://amzn.com/B009NHAEXE

Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 390 MB/s
$137
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WR0

Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s
$250
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WRU

Lots of them?

Samsung 840 120 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 130 MB/s
$100
http://amzn.com/B009NHAF06

Samsung 840 250 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 250 MB/s
$180
http://amzn.com/B009NHAEXE

Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 390 MB/s
$137
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WR0

Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s
$250
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WRU

Lots of them?

Samsung 840 120 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 130 MB/s
$100
http://amzn.com/B009NHAF06

Samsung 840 250 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 250 MB/s
$180
http://amzn.com/B009NHAEXE

Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 390 MB/s
$137
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WR0

Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s
$250
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WRU

Lots of them?

Samsung 840 120 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 130 MB/s
$100
http://amzn.com/B009NHAF06

Samsung 840 250 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 250 MB/s
$180
http://amzn.com/B009NHAEXE

Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB
Sequential Read 530 MB/s
Sequential Write 390 MB/s
$137
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WR0

Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s
$250
http://amzn.com/B009NB8WRU

People always strip the hell out of them by using the wrong one and you end up with a box of five really marginal screwdrivers that are only good for damaging screw heads.

Instead, buy a couple of magnetic handles with interchangeable bits, and then a big box of #2 bits: http://amzn.com/B0000DD6LW . Keep some #1s around for working on laptops and some #3s if you have big rack screws, but in a server room most things are #2.

THEN THROW THEM AWAY when you round them off. They're cheap and you have a whole box.

Fine, but your best bet for Twinkies is still ebay.

16 pages worth of results on Amazon for Twinkies.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=twinkies

  http://amzn.com/B002Q46EH6

Amazon is where ebay sellers are getting thier supply. You can buy them in cases.

My favorite pen of all time is Pentel Energen 0.7mm pen. Smoothest pen I have ever used.
The dark black ink has a super-high-contrast and comes out in a perfectly uniform way.

I believe they make a 0.5mm version, but I have personally always returned to the 0.7mm.

This is the exact pen I use: http://amzn.com/B001P3Y72I

In "When the Bullet Hits Your Funny bone" http://amzn.com/1606190660 One of the "funny" stories talks about this device and a SEAL being whisked away from a card game. Unfortunately, something went wrong and he released just before reaching the plane. He flashed the bird to the plane as he fell to his death. That was the one tale from that book in which I didn't quite see the humor. Just goes to show how routine this stuff is for those who live it.

You need the RCA ANT751R Outdoor Antenna and perhaps a RCA TVPRAMP1R Outdoor Antenna Preamplifier.

You need the RCA ANT751R Outdoor Antenna and perhaps a RCA TVPRAMP1R Outdoor Antenna Preamplifier.

It's not that simple. I have an 11 year old, 3 year old and 18 month old. The 11 year old is obviously allowed to have such toys. She is required however to make sure they are picked up and stored in her bedroom and has been told that if I find parts laying around that the younger ones could get a hold of I will throw them out without warning or even telling her about it. I have followed through on that many many times.

However, a few months ago when changing my son's diaper, I found he had swallowed and subsequently passed, a silicon button that was part of my daughter's iPod cover. One of these: http://amzn.com/B0086YLNVW Apparently one he saw laying around before I did.

I'm not saying that a ban on this toy is appropriate. I'm certain the packaging is appropriately labeled with age restrictions and warnings. It's just not as simple as "parents who don't read warnings".

Perhaps a pound. It's a 1 square foot glass panel, not a roll-up. http://amzn.com/B0006JO0TC Not that heavy, but neither are batteries.

The MDHearingAid Acoustitone PRO Hearing Aid is $179.99 (at http://amzn.com/B00431MFHS). You can get a custom earpiece for another $75 from averysound.com.

Casio Waveceptor FTW!

http://amzn.com/B00134L9B6/

Ah, the electronic version of the infamous Mountain Three Wolf Moon t-shirt. Not the price, but the reviews.

It's nice to see people working together like that.

Is it really possible that in 80 posts, no one has suggested The Geek Atlas?

It's a book of 128 geeky sites to visit, with background stories and science discussions for each one, as well as the normal location and logistic information.

There's also a website with maps and other content, as well as an iOS app that will give you info on the places closest to you and other handy reference info.

Interesting active climate measures are explored in Containment .

I have a theory that predicts FTL: http://amzn.com/B005NLU7OU I try to tell everybody General Relativity is wrong since 2009. Finite Theory explains all phenomenons including the constitution of a black hole. -Phil

Actually, I did respond to that, but apparently not clearly enough, so I'll highlight it:

There's a number of different ways Jesus and the Bible could be extraordinary, but they fail to be. That's not a flaw in my argument, it's just the nature of the myth of the culture you grew up in. It is clear to everyone in every other culture that there's nothing special about the myths of yours.

Yes, I know of the excuses given for why things must be that way, but it is clear to 2/3 of the world that they are just that: excuses. If there was a way to know, the world would long ago have converged on the true religion.

I make the meta-argument that there is nothing to recommend the Bible as better than the Koran or the Vedas, or the hundreds of other earlier tales of demigods that die and come back to life. John Loftus calls the the "Outsider Test For Faith". I reject Christianity because it is not in fact remarkable enough to clearly show the world that it is in fact the one true way, and claims an eternal punishment for not believing that it is. The fact that I give multiple kinds of ways God could have communicated better and established clearly the truth of the Bible and hence of Jesus does not undermine that argument. There is no reason to choose one of the sub-arguments, as you claim.

Christianity is about a continuing relationship with God, and yes, the events within that relationship can possibly be explained by things like coincidence, selective memory and so forth. But there comes a point where that just does not make sense any more. Either I am incredibly "lucky", incredibly selective in my memory of experiences or I actually have a relationship with God. While I don't expect you to trust my judgment in this matter, I must trust my own because if I reject it, I how can I trust my judgment in say, accepting your judgment?

I recommend reading a book like "50 Reasons People Give For Believing In a God" or the anthropological chapters in The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails. Heck, read any modern anthropological textbook. Every major religion gives this kind of evidence for their God. If it was only Christianity that did, I admit it would be good evidence, and the world would have converged on that religion instead of 2/3s of the people rejecting it, and Christianity splintering into smaller and smaller sects. If the Holy Spirit enlightens us like the bible says, he does terrible job of it. Things like the 30 years war are god's fault if he does exist, because he clearly could have communicated the truth better, or even what parts were essential and what was debatable. He didn't.

I have given God many opportunities to show himself, but he only does so in a matter that is exactly the same as chance. In the OT, he is supposed to have sent fire from heaven, and a simple lack of the Baal to act was proof that he was not the true god, and in the tale his prophets were murdered. Elijah didn't say, "Oh, I understand, my god values divine hiddenness also." No, simple failure of a god to respond to a challenge was definitive proof of his non-existence in the test YHWH himself designed. Somehow, once modern science and good record-keeping came about, god no longer shows up in any measurable way, and the theological sausage grinder comes up with ideas like "divine hiddenness" and the soul making theodicy. Strange that. I have yet to meet a Christian who is willing to anticipate future consequences of God's existence. No,belief in belief is the belief of the day, and even Christians recognize it.

The reason I am an atheist is the Chrisitianity does not stand up to the "Outsider Test for Faith", which it must if god is good and universalism is not correct. Either Christianity is false, god is not good and not worthy

I call bull.

For Christianity specifically, Jesus references a literal Noah. This isn't "in the story of Noah", this is the supposed words of Jesus talking about a literal event.

Paul's theology depends on Adam. The story of the fall is referenced just as literally as Jesus's death.

Even if you had a good way of splitting the Bible up into story and fact(which no Bible scholar has ever put forth outside of archeology, which says it's almost all story or very over exagerated historical fiction), these passages say you can't discount a literal Noah and Adam without discounting Paul and the Gospels. Without Paul and the gospels, there's pretty much nothing left in Christianity.

In this case, the fundamentalists know what is at stake. They are right in trying to defend the indefensible, because without it Christianity loses all meaning.

For more reading, I recommend Spong's Why Christianity Must Change or Die for a Bishops point of view, or The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails for people who came out non-Christian at the end. They both say the same thing about the evidence.

I was a Christian for 25 years. I am no longer, largely because looking into this issue led me deep into biblical criticism, in which well supported scholarship and archeology say a VERY different thing about the Bible than what you've heard.

See also The Bible Unearthed, Who Wrote the Bible and Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity

Or just click around wikipedia for a while if you don't trust my choice of books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible

I call bull.

For Christianity specifically, Jesus references a literal Noah. This isn't "in the story of Noah", this is the supposed words of Jesus talking about a literal event.

Paul's theology depends on Adam. The story of the fall is referenced just as literally as Jesus's death.

Even if you had a good way of splitting the Bible up into story and fact(which no Bible scholar has ever put forth outside of archeology, which says it's almost all story or very over exagerated historical fiction), these passages say you can't discount a literal Noah and Adam without discounting Paul and the Gospels. Without Paul and the gospels, there's pretty much nothing left in Christianity.

In this case, the fundamentalists know what is at stake. They are right in trying to defend the indefensible, because without it Christianity loses all meaning.

For more reading, I recommend Spong's Why Christianity Must Change or Die for a Bishops point of view, or The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails for people who came out non-Christian at the end. They both say the same thing about the evidence.

I was a Christian for 25 years. I am no longer, largely because looking into this issue led me deep into biblical criticism, in which well supported scholarship and archeology say a VERY different thing about the Bible than what you've heard.

See also The Bible Unearthed, Who Wrote the Bible and Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity

Or just click around wikipedia for a while if you don't trust my choice of books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible

I call bull.

For Christianity specifically, Jesus references a literal Noah. This isn't "in the story of Noah", this is the supposed words of Jesus talking about a literal event.

Paul's theology depends on Adam. The story of the fall is referenced just as literally as Jesus's death.

Even if you had a good way of splitting the Bible up into story and fact(which no Bible scholar has ever put forth outside of archeology, which says it's almost all story or very over exagerated historical fiction), these passages say you can't discount a literal Noah and Adam without discounting Paul and the Gospels. Without Paul and the gospels, there's pretty much nothing left in Christianity.

In this case, the fundamentalists know what is at stake. They are right in trying to defend the indefensible, because without it Christianity loses all meaning.

For more reading, I recommend Spong's Why Christianity Must Change or Die for a Bishops point of view, or The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails for people who came out non-Christian at the end. They both say the same thing about the evidence.

I was a Christian for 25 years. I am no longer, largely because looking into this issue led me deep into biblical criticism, in which well supported scholarship and archeology say a VERY different thing about the Bible than what you've heard.

See also The Bible Unearthed, Who Wrote the Bible and Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity

Or just click around wikipedia for a while if you don't trust my choice of books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible

I call bull.

For Christianity specifically, Jesus references a literal Noah. This isn't "in the story of Noah", this is the supposed words of Jesus talking about a literal event.

Paul's theology depends on Adam. The story of the fall is referenced just as literally as Jesus's death.

Even if you had a good way of splitting the Bible up into story and fact(which no Bible scholar has ever put forth outside of archeology, which says it's almost all story or very over exagerated historical fiction), these passages say you can't discount a literal Noah and Adam without discounting Paul and the Gospels. Without Paul and the gospels, there's pretty much nothing left in Christianity.

In this case, the fundamentalists know what is at stake. They are right in trying to defend the indefensible, because without it Christianity loses all meaning.

For more reading, I recommend Spong's Why Christianity Must Change or Die for a Bishops point of view, or The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails for people who came out non-Christian at the end. They both say the same thing about the evidence.

I was a Christian for 25 years. I am no longer, largely because looking into this issue led me deep into biblical criticism, in which well supported scholarship and archeology say a VERY different thing about the Bible than what you've heard.

See also The Bible Unearthed, Who Wrote the Bible and Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity

Or just click around wikipedia for a while if you don't trust my choice of books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible

I call bull.

For Christianity specifically, Jesus references a literal Noah. This isn't "in the story of Noah", this is the supposed words of Jesus talking about a literal event.

Paul's theology depends on Adam. The story of the fall is referenced just as literally as Jesus's death.

Even if you had a good way of splitting the Bible up into story and fact(which no Bible scholar has ever put forth outside of archeology, which says it's almost all story or very over exagerated historical fiction), these passages say you can't discount a literal Noah and Adam without discounting Paul and the Gospels. Without Paul and the gospels, there's pretty much nothing left in Christianity.

In this case, the fundamentalists know what is at stake. They are right in trying to defend the indefensible, because without it Christianity loses all meaning.

For more reading, I recommend Spong's Why Christianity Must Change or Die for a Bishops point of view, or The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails for people who came out non-Christian at the end. They both say the same thing about the evidence.

I was a Christian for 25 years. I am no longer, largely because looking into this issue led me deep into biblical criticism, in which well supported scholarship and archeology say a VERY different thing about the Bible than what you've heard.

See also The Bible Unearthed, Who Wrote the Bible and Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity

Or just click around wikipedia for a while if you don't trust my choice of books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible

You're missing the best one by far

I have found these reviews to be accurate too. As well as these. And this.

I have found these reviews to be accurate too. As well as these. And this.

I have found these reviews to be accurate too. As well as these. And this.

Not Necessary.

A single 27" or larger, high resolution display would be fine too. ;-)

Of course, two 22" or 23" monitors would be cheaper.

Not Necessary.

A single 27" or larger, high resolution display would be fine too. ;-)

Of course, two 22" or 23" monitors would be cheaper.

The HP 35s sounds exactly like what you want.

I decided it was too rich for my blood, and bought a Casio FX-115ES for my bag carry calculator. Doesn't have RPN or equation storage, but what you do get for under $20 is quite impressive.

I too prefer HP calcs, and have HP 50G for home use, but it's too large and too expensive for me to keep in my bag.

The HP 35s sounds exactly like what you want.

I decided it was too rich for my blood, and bought a Casio FX-115ES for my bag carry calculator. Doesn't have RPN or equation storage, but what you do get for under $20 is quite impressive.

I too prefer HP calcs, and have HP 50G for home use, but it's too large and too expensive for me to keep in my bag.

It's called Piercing the Corporate Veil. If you've got some time, the Buffalo Creek Disaster is an excellent book that outlines most of the specific situations you talked about.

...any competently put together "net neutrality" policy will necessarily be very complex...

Civilizations collapse when they become too complex to sustain - http://amzn.com/052138673X

http://amzn.com/B000IZGIA8

There are several kiddie games that employ devices that you attach to your keyboard. I remember seeing a bob the builder one that had crane controls you clamped onto the keyboard. When the kid moves the crane controls, the device presses the proper keys on the keyboard underneath. I thought it was pretty ingenious. I know there are several games that use this system, but the only one I could find was Thomas & Friends.

My guess is you're thinking of "Influence" by Robert Cialdini. Great book. Lots of studies about marketing tricks and human nature in general. http://amzn.com/006124189X

What if the doctors decide to treat her by installing a switch to let her turn herself off? (and on?)

That's the plot of Click by Milo Manara

http://amzn.com/1561630845

He likes the iPad

Of course he likes the iPad. The iPad is actually a lot like the original Apple computers in terms of what it's trying to do. Steve Jobs is actually trying to push a whole new category. (Not wholly new, but one that's only been obscure so far.) He's pushed things so far, that there is no current killer app for this device. It's just like the advent of the original Apple, when everyone was saying that it was very cool, but what the heck is it good for? It wasn't until later that VisiCalc became the killer app.

Steve Jobs and company have gone out so far on a limb, we don't quite know what to do with this thing. I've coined a new unit: the milliTaco. It's 1000th of the innovation required to make a game changer and confuse a Slashdot editor. With the iPod, it wasn't the features and stats, the killer was the legal music download ecosystem they created. With the iPad, it's the ability to interact with a networked computer in ways and situations that we haven't before, without looking like a total dork:

http://amzn.com/B001G713NO

The killer apps are yet to come, for those of us who see the potential in this thing to implement.

Though, I can't imagine using it as my only computer as a student, blech

Well, duh! That's not what it's for!

A couple friends of mine have these. They don't look nearly as hip, but they also sound great. To my ears, about the same as the Grado. (An office mate had the SR60s) They're a bit more compact and also fold.

http://amzn.com/B00001P4ZH

I own a pair of these things. They also sound amazing and have 12-15db (18 claimed) passive noise reduction. They kick the ass of active noise reduction headphones.

http://amzn.com/B0016MNAAI

A couple friends of mine have these. They don't look nearly as hip, but they also sound great. To my ears, about the same as the Grado. (An office mate had the SR60s) They're a bit more compact and also fold.

http://amzn.com/B00001P4ZH

I own a pair of these things. They also sound amazing and have 12-15db (18 claimed) passive noise reduction. They kick the ass of active noise reduction headphones.

http://amzn.com/B0016MNAAI

I think Tolkein is a bit overrated as far as educational value goes. The books are too long and I don't see the themes being that interesting to discuss or write about. Sacrifice & temptation? There's just not much to debate about.

Ender's Game is a shorter read and much more interesting for it's political and moral commentary. A selection of some of the short stories form Asimov's "I Robot" and Bradburry's "Martian Chronicles" might be good.

I really enjoyed "Heart of the Comet" http://amzn.com/0553763415. It has some interesting topics. Possible essay questions:

• If human kind begins to genetically modify itself do you think the modified people will experience discrimination and resentment from the natural humans?
• Do you believe the earth government was justified in trying to destroy the comet? Why or why not?

I think the best Sci-Fi uses differences in alien values to examine our own values and to discuss morality.

Xenocide in the Ender's Game series is one of these. Did the aliens commit murder or was it something else? Does their intent and ignorance free them from guilt? When Ender killed the alien was it murder?

Also, "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell. http://amzn.com/0449912558 This one is pretty heavy. Read it if you haven't. It involves a Jesuit priest making first contact with aliens.

"Fleet of Worlds" by Larry Niven & Edward Lerner

• Themes on slavery, natural human rights, morality.

I think Tolkein is a bit overrated as far as educational value goes. The books are too long and I don't see the themes being that interesting to discuss or write about. Sacrifice & temptation? There's just not much to debate about.

Ender's Game is a shorter read and much more interesting for it's political and moral commentary. A selection of some of the short stories form Asimov's "I Robot" and Bradburry's "Martian Chronicles" might be good.

I really enjoyed "Heart of the Comet" http://amzn.com/0553763415. It has some interesting topics. Possible essay questions:

• If human kind begins to genetically modify itself do you think the modified people will experience discrimination and resentment from the natural humans?
• Do you believe the earth government was justified in trying to destroy the comet? Why or why not?

I think the best Sci-Fi uses differences in alien values to examine our own values and to discuss morality.

Xenocide in the Ender's Game series is one of these. Did the aliens commit murder or was it something else? Does their intent and ignorance free them from guilt? When Ender killed the alien was it murder?

Also, "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell. http://amzn.com/0449912558 This one is pretty heavy. Read it if you haven't. It involves a Jesuit priest making first contact with aliens.

"Fleet of Worlds" by Larry Niven & Edward Lerner

• Themes on slavery, natural human rights, morality.

Bought my girlfriend an IBM USB keyboard with Ultranav, which is just the silly marketdroid name for the pointer stick. This is about the most effective way to avoid moving your hands off the keyboard, short of a head-mouse. I bought one for my girlfriend with RSI. She also has a SmartNav head mouse, but she uses the *keyboard*!

http://amzn.com/B00009APTK

You'll probably reduce your movement of hands off the keyboard by a factor of 3, at least!