He'll complain "Nobody tosses a dwarf planet from the planet list!". Then he'll get drunk, angry, and book himself for numerous guest spots on Howard Stern.
"The baby grows up. What rights does this person have over the stem cell line? Can they demand (e.g.) that the cells be used only thereputically, not for research? Can they charge a licensing fee to use them?"
"now all those banks that have unused, stored embryos can keep them alive until they throw them in the garbage instead of killing them!"
You think the banks throw the embryo's AWAY? I bet you also think that those ATM machines are controlled by microprocessors and electronics. If it makes you feel better to believe these things, go right ahead.
"Lab Tech 2: "Would you like to adopt one? Right Wing Right-to-Life Zealot: "Absolutely not!!! I insist they not be murdered, but I'm no charity, go find someone else to raise it!"
Makes sense.... as much as the idea that anyone opposed to the death penalty being should be required to take death row inmates into their homes.
"The names for the boosters, "Aries I" and "Aries V", aren't that great either. There's already been an "Aries I" booster, used for a missile defense test in 1992."
The name's already been worn out, and does not represent anything flashy, visionary, or forward-looking at all.
"Didn't Apollo go from nothing to guy on the moon in about the same timeframe?"
Yeah, but the fact that it was even that long had to do with Sam Peckinpah and Stanley Kubrick fighting over script details and actors. It took them a while to secure Dykstra for the effects, too.
I pointed it out elsewhere that there is no good reason for Google to retain personal data. Several zealous Googlenauts came back and explained how this "enhances the user experience".
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From the "Please keep uranus covered for the duration of the flight" department: I'm so TIRED OF THESE.... oh, never mind.
He'll complain "Nobody tosses a dwarf planet from the planet list!". Then he'll get drunk, angry, and book himself for numerous guest spots on Howard Stern.
"We must immediately declare WAR on any objects in Plutos vicinity to...."
This must include the two nearby gas giants, right?
"Gorbachev's khaki underwear always tends to ride up at long lines exiting boring Kremlin meetings. "
You mean "In Soviet Russia, Gorbachev's khaki underwear always tends to ride up at long lines exiting boring Kremlin meetings."
"I know of a few NEAR lands that need colonizing- BLM lands in Nevada "
We could put a bunch of diverse people there. It's not like people have ever fought over desert land before.
I almost walked out of "Inconvenient Truth". The CGI master-of-ceremonies they created for the thing was just not realistic at all.
"The baby grows up. What rights does this person have over the stem cell line? Can they demand (e.g.) that the cells be used only thereputically, not for research? Can they charge a licensing fee to use them?"
Looks like Darl McBride's a daddy again!
"Uh, we're not killing death row inmates because they have nowhere else to go..."
Well, we are not colonizing distant lands with convicts any more, are we?
"now all those banks that have unused, stored embryos can keep them alive until they throw them in the garbage instead of killing them!"
You think the banks throw the embryo's AWAY? I bet you also think that those ATM machines are controlled by microprocessors and electronics. If it makes you feel better to believe these things, go right ahead.
"A playpen made out of a ring of hydrogen atoms and an amoeba for a pet."
You do have a "No Smoking" sign in the vicinity of that playpen, I hope?
"Lab Tech 2: "Would you like to adopt one? Right Wing Right-to-Life Zealot: "Absolutely not!!! I insist they not be murdered, but I'm no charity, go find someone else to raise it!"
Makes sense.... as much as the idea that anyone opposed to the death penalty being should be required to take death row inmates into their homes.
Come to think of it, Alan Colmes really DOES look like a giant bug.
Don't get in such a fuss. It just means that the election ended up being decided by the high scorer during a marathon multi-user "Halo 2" session.
That headline's too long. It should have been "Company to Pay for Election". Oh wait. That's not exactly newsworthy, is it?
"artificial intelligence so advanced that it could itself become a citizen of a country"
Not only can they become citizens, they can run for president and just about damn near win (2000).
"welcome our insectoid jaw-flapping overlords"
Don't tell me: Another Ann Coulter appearance on Hannity and Colmes last night?
At that picnic last weekend, I had no idea where it vanished to.
"The names for the boosters, "Aries I" and "Aries V", aren't that great either. There's already been an "Aries I" booster, used for a missile defense test in 1992."
The name's already been worn out, and does not represent anything flashy, visionary, or forward-looking at all.
"The Project Apollo mission patch..."
Where be the official mission pegleg, matey? Arrrrr!!!!!
"Didn't Apollo go from nothing to guy on the moon in about the same timeframe?"
Yeah, but the fact that it was even that long had to do with Sam Peckinpah and Stanley Kubrick fighting over script details and actors. It took them a while to secure Dykstra for the effects, too.
Not near as much use for them when you find out you can go between worlds by jumping through water-filled rusty hoops.
....all of them buxom green women in bikinis.
If it had an AM tuner, I might look into it.
It's not a straw man. It's a good comparison because both situations involve Gates/Microsoft committing a crime.
"Don't store the data in the first place"
I pointed it out elsewhere that there is no good reason for Google to retain personal data. Several zealous Googlenauts came back and explained how this "enhances the user experience".