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Sometimes while surfing for asian pron, I will inexplicably visit "Scary Squirrel World", just to give fits to the DHS's ADVISE data-mining algorithms... JH http://www.scarysquirrel.org/page1.html

Call me a Bitch-Hermit, but I think it really depends on the nature and schedule of your work.

Since you're asking this on Slashdot, okay, maybe you've got some kind of vaguely traditional corporate concept, with business hours, a location, ongoing projects, and all that stuff. In which case, yeah, you probably do need to get together sometimes. And I don't think most products out there are going to scale well enough to do 10-way videoconferencing right now, so "face time" might be hard to get on-screen.

Of course, you could take turns hosting meetings at your houses... :)

That all said, there are organizations out there that are virtual by default, and only periodically lapse into meat-space on an ad hoc basis. I sporadically help with a team that has about 60 consultants in about 30 countries, with different skill sets and expertise. If something needs to be done somewhere specific, anywhere from 2 to 15 people will fly in from wherever they're based (literally around the world), bust their asses for anywhere from a few days to a couple weeks, and then fly out. In between, it's all e-mail, intranet, IMs and Skype.

This works (perhaps surprisingly) because, I think, when actual work is being done, the consultants are working around each other in person, for anywhere from 12 to 20 hours a day. In between "crunch times," all the newfangled communication tools are good for sharing knowledge and info and basically preparing everyone so they can hit the ground running.

So again, it really depends on what kind of work you're doing, how it's scheduled, and stuff like that.

Like this one

But if you don't have any spare bungee cord or a cooking pot, you can always make do with a Clay Pigeon launcher

Dr Fun squirrel page

You need a recoil-less space squirrel launcher. With a stronger spring, and some crosshairs you could practise space skeet shooting with all that space junk orbiting the earth.

Rather than ejecting space junk using a directional force, couldn't you use a couple of contra-rotating buckets (like a centrifuge). At the right angle, release the buckets and the junk would fly out and away.

Here are some pictures of the gopher, I mean Richardson's Ground Squirrel.

ps. I love Ray Bradbury, but he's old and wrong.

They're evil, and they're out to get us. Think of the children!

Care to back that up?

Last time I heard there was no consensus amongst investigators on how we ended up walking upright entirely.

Here's one theory.

Another I've heard is that since our ancestors spent a lot of time on the savanahs, standing upright was a great benefit, eg. priarie dogs lookouts. We went one better cause we could see predators for long distances without having to stop and stand, whilst making our way long distances. Definately a great benefit. Think about trying to make your way across a grassland with sparse trees, and large predators lurking for instance.

Truth is, there are many probable theories.

Also, that "less energy" argument sounds weak to me. Transportion is a very important function for all animals, and also energy efficiency right up there too. You mean to say that no other mammal as caught on to this bipedal thing as yet? From the fastest cheetahs to the slowest sloths?

Sigh. Sorry, was just reading web comics where they use [] instead. Let's try that again...

Well, you could go for a squirrel theme instead. (Warning: Explicit language.)

Well now Paco Rabanne's last chance to see his predictions come true have vanished in the Pacific. I want my money back for me lucky charms Paco!

Better with a link! :))