the show in philly was amazing. i almost shed a tear during good morning, captain. one thing that really pissed me off was how much people were talking while they were playing. i thought it was really odd and i wanted to yell at everyone to shut up. I enjoyed it a lot as well. It was odd to hear th...

As far as the willingness of any "smaller nuclear powers" to destroy themselves, we'll have to continue to disagree. Personally, I think a little real diplomacy, and a little more effort to rein in the amount of nuclear material flowing through the world's black market, would do more to ensure our ...

As someone who is also wrapping up a PhD, I'll reiterate what the second poster said about not getting an academic job with that degree. Hell, I'm not even sure you could get a job at Wendy's with that degree. Are you kidding? If you're into that stuff, it would be amazing. The faculty list is utte...

Very far from crap, my friend. The Wipers are criminally underrecognized.

What do people think about this? Does anyone have any suggestions for improvements? Or any questions? If this seems reasonable, maybe I can get this started soon... I would suggest choosing a post limit instead of a time limit. I think that would help keep things a little tighter and clearer. Also,...

Missile defense MIGHT work if they told us they were launching it, where they were launching it from, and only launched one or two missiles, and didn't send up any dummy missiles or other flak to distract the intercepting missiles. Other than that, we've pissed away billions, and will continue to p...

European festivals regularly reward interesting visions. Maybe this is because there isn't the insularity and localisation of the film industry as there is in the US. There's more celebration of innovation and creativity because the focus isn't on $$$ as much (although I concede that it's still imp...

From my understanding of the technology, the tests have been overall successful in what they were designed to test. Of course, 9 out of 10 things means you miss. Still, it's not really the system itself that is the problem, it's the politics. I agree with the overall idea of a missile defense plan, ...