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If we must have a doofus for a president, he ought to be good for a few laughs.

Margeret Cho as the brilliant, neurotic Mission Specialist Jolene Blalock as the super-sexy Co-pilot/distraction Dave Chappell as the nice, funny black guy that gets killed in a loud, grotesque manner. Jerry O'connell as the young, heroic astronaut that gets killed in a loud, grotesque manner. Rockey Raccoon as Angry Raccoon- the psycotic raccoon that jumps on your head. In space, no one can hear you fart. Coming to a theatre this Christmas!

In the year 2012 an astronomer discovers that in six months an asteroid will collide with the earth destroying all life. NO problem! A highly trained international team of astronauts is ready to save the earth. They didn't count on a stow-away. Raccoon on a Space Shuttle Staring: Robert Hayes as Mission Commander Stryker Leslie Nielson as the President Billy Bob Thornton as the folksy Mission Control Guy Scott Bakula as the nice, sincere guy that gets killed in a loud grotesque manner

In the year 2012 an astronomer discovers that in six months an asteroid will collide with the earth destroying all life. NO problem! A highly trained international team of astronauts is ready to save the earth. They didn't count on a stow-away. Raccoon on a Space Shuttle Staring: Robert Hayes as Mission Commander Stryker Leslie Nielson as the President Billy Bob Thornton as the folksy Mission Control Guy Scott Bakula as the nice, sincere guy that gets killed in a loud grotesque manner Margeret Cho as the brilliant, neurotic Mission Specialist Jolene Blalock as the super-sexy Co-pilot/distraction Dave Chappell as the nice, funny black guy that gets killed in a loud, grotesque manner. Jerry O'connell as the young, heroic astronaut that gets killed in a loud, grotesque manner. Rockey Raccoon as Angry Raccoon- the psycotic raccoon that jumps on your head. In space, no one can hear you fart. Coming to a theatre this Christmas!

Way Cool! Mathematical Subversives! Flaunting their radical symbols and difficult ideas... I can see why the Asshat-in-Chief and his little dog Rummy might have a problem with it.

>Has anyone actually seen it, or are we just making fun of it? I

Here's a few more: Asshat-in-Cheif- staring Brent Mendenhall Sex-offender Beach-Blanket Bingo- with Pee-Wee Herman, George Michaels and Paula Poundstone The Mickey Ratt Show- hosted by Mel Gibson Krazy Kult Kapers- staring David Koresh, Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Isacc Hayes, special guests: the Phelps Klan the Jackass Club- Tom Green, Will Ferrell and most of Hollywood

How deep does the Hollywood BS machine go? Very. very deep apparently. How formulaic can you get? Take the fear of snakes and the fear of flying, throw in Samuel L Jackson and you get a action/adventure blockbuster. I think I'll submit a script: Spiders in a Shoe Scorpions in a Hat Crap in a Catbox Bullshit in a Hamper

See how tragic the consequences of a bad analogy can be?

I agree- it does seem a bit silly. As we have been able to get further out in the solar system with better telescopes and probes, it has opened a can of worms. IMHO, planets are like art. Don't ask me to define planet but I know one when I see one. The same holds true for a moon. It's not unreasonable to assume that many stars have extended belts composed of all sorts of stuff. When star systems gravitationally interact with each other in their long circles around the galaxy, its possible that they "swap" objects in their outer regions. Comets and asteroids, so perturbed out of their orbits may rain down towards the star (causing flares) and planets (causing devastation, maybe ice ages) below. It takes our solar system ~150 million years to make it all the way around the Milkey Way. This number corresponds rather nicely to a cycles of cataclysmic events in our geological past. It may be that our first interstellar visitors are comets and asteroids ejected from other star systems. Just speculation but I wouldn't be surprised. Testing the abundances of common isotopes would tell.

Welcome Eggman61! Good to see you pal! You rock!

Once you see how cute the guys in Thailand are, I think you'll get over your anxiety fairly quickly. I hope you like Thai food. Have fun- take me with you! JS

Nine Planets Become 12 with Controversial New Definition Robert Roy Britt, Senior Science Writer August 16, 2006 Source Link The 12 planets under the newly proposed IAU definition. Planet sizes are shown to scale but their orbital distances are not to scale. Credit: IAU/Martin Kornmesser In proposing a new planet definition, the International Astronomical Union put 12 objects on a watch list of candidates that need further study. They are shown here to scale with Earth. Credit: IAU/Martin Kornmesser _____________________________________________________________________ The tally of planets in our solar system would jump instantly to a dozen under a highly controversial new definition proposed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Eventually there would be hundreds as more round objects are found beyond Neptune. The proposal, which sources tell SPACE.com is gaining broad support, tries to plug a big gap in astronomy textbooks, which have never had a definition for the word "planet." It addresses discoveries of Pluto-sized worlds that have in recent years pitched astronomers into heated debates over terminology. The asteroid Ceres, which is round, would be recast as a dwarf planet in the new scheme. Pluto would remain a planet and its moon Charon would be reclassified as a planet. Both would be called "plutons," however, to distinguish them from the eight "classical" planets. A far-out Pluto-sized object known as 2003 UB313 would also be called a pluton. That would make Caltech researcher Mike Brown, who found 2003 UB313, formally the discoverer of the 12th planet. But he thinks it's a lousy idea. "It's flattering to be considered discoverer of the 12th planet," Brown said in a telephone interview. He applauded the committee's efforts but said the overall proposal is "a complete mess." By his count, the definition means there are already 53 known planets in our solar system with countless more to be discovered. Brown and other another expert said the proposal, to be put forth Wednesday at the IAU General Assembly meeting in Prague, is not logical. For example, Brown said, it does not make sense to consider Ceres and Charon planets and not call our Moon (which is bigger than both) a planet. IAU members will vote on the proposal Thursday, Aug. 24. Its fate is far from clear. The definition The definition, which basically says round objects orbiting stars will be called planets, is simple at first glance: "A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and ( is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet." "Our goal was to find a scientific basis for a new definition of planet and we chose gravity as the determining factor," said Richard Binzel, an MIT planetary scientist who was part of a seven-member IAU committee that hashed out the proposal. "Nature decides whether or not an object is a planet." "I think they did the right thing," said Alan Stern, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute and leader of NASA's New Horizons robotic mission to Pluto. Stern expects a consensus to form around the proposal. "They chose a nice economical definition that a lot of us wanted to see," Stern told SPACE.com. "A lot of the other definitions had big problems. This is the only one that doesn't have big problems."

Good for you Joe!

Dio- 20-75 dys? That's just not reasonable. I suggest that you find a battery seller and order yourself another battery. Duracell makes very good replacement batteries for most of the big PC makers like HP, Dell and IBM. There is a company in my town called Interstate Battery that I used to deal with all the time for replacemt batteries for laptops, UPSs and all sort of gadgets that I had to take care of. I could usually get one from 60-100 bucks. If you go that way, when the Dell battery finally arrives, you'll have a backup. JS

How about: Marooned in the Land of the Red-hott Redheads I like it already! If I should ever be in such a situation, don't even think of rescuing me.

No. One of the most effective forms of story telling is the short story. By it's very nature, it must be compact and deliver its punch without blundering around a point aimlessly. Many very good writing coaches advise you to take any manucsript and cut it by a third. The idea is that you get rid of the fluff, waste-words [adverbs] and so on, the result will be tighter and flow better. Someone once said that brevity is the soul of wit. Look at the haiku and tell me: constrained by its form and size, is this really limiting?

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Happy birthday Jules!

Cats are superior to kids in all respects. Forget to feed a cat and he will go out and kill something. Try that with kids and the welfare will come after you. Cats kill vermin. Kids attract vermin. Kids are messy. Cats, with the exception of litter-box and cat-fur, are exceptionally clean. Cats are independent. Kids are always whining "Mummy, Mummy!" Kids are noisy. Cats are usually quiet unless they are hungry. Petting a cat will lower your blood pressure. Dealing with kids will raise it. Kids bring home their friends to eat. Cats bring home their dinner and offer to share it. Cats sleep silently on your feet on cold winters nights. Kids get sick, come to your room and barf on your bed. Kids pick their nose and don't bath unless you make them. Cats keep themselves neat and clear with no urging at all. Cats are very agreeable when it comes to your choice in television or music. Kids insist on Purple Dinosaurs and hip-hop. Kid

Happy Birthday Ib- stay sweet!

If you ever had a bright idea, it would be beginner's luck! I hear you changed your mind! What did you do with the diaper? They just invented a new coffin just for you. It goes over the head. It's for people who are dead from the neck up. Your short-comings don't bother me nearly as much as your long-stayings.

Everybody- and I do mean everybody- has their own ideas on this subject. Macs are OK as long as you understand their limitations. The applications for the Mac environment are good in the areas of word processing, desktop publishing and design. Things go south fast when you go beyond the Macs strong points. Software isn't as plentiful and tends to be less choice and more expensive. Windows is a decent well rounded environment. Most software is designed to run on Windows PCs as upwards of 85% of the PCs in the world run Windows. RESIST THE URGE TO GET WINDOWS Vista. IT'S NOT READY AND WON't BE FOR 2 MORE YEARS. There are a number of open source programs available for the windows environment. It's worth having a look at sourceforge.net to see. Linux is the dark horse. Lots of software is being written for it. There are free open software versions of the applications that most people use. If you do scientific work like mathematics or modeling, Linux may well be the OS of choice as lots of big labs are going that way. As for hardware, there seems to be two tiers of systems on the market: consumer [which are usually crap] and business [better quality, more expensive]. All of the big companies seem to be doing this now. HP, IBM, Dell and Gateway: all have tiered product lines. If you can, go for the business class machine. My favorite hardware maker is HP. When you get past their crappy consumer POS's, their professional class machines are tight. Other people will have their favorite BIG companies. Others will tell you to buy from small, no-name companies. It's all a judgement call.