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Economics over artistry is my guess. If the bean counters are in charge they're going to want the least risk for the greatest possible benefit, so...

We've been cutting back on the starches. I thought it would be more difficult than it is, but found that good veggies can be just as appetizing....

If I am not mistaken, a fish would not be stressed by higher gravity. It is large land animals that would have difficulty.

Is it too soon to respond to this with "a story or two"? :shifty:

I love all of them, but my favorite is pasta.

Heh, I think I'd actually watch that one, if only to see if Gillian tries to BAUT-disown me or something. :D

I did, or rather my bride and I did. We saw every one of them from that first Thursday night on. I watched none of the TNG until they went into...

Yes that is so strange, because what is meant a clock ticking at "a different rate"? Clocks tick at the rate that clocks tick, and any two clocks in...

TooMany has been suspended for his behavior in this thread. He has a long history of inappropriate behavior, including trying to post ATM positions...

And meanwhile over at the Fed, the printers keep turning: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/current/h41.htm RBC now stands at $3.3T,...

No you did not. But the Q&A forum is only for mainstream answers for science and astronomy questions, not for general discussion, and certainly not...

Haven't done one of these in a while, but it's now time for another debt train update: ...

That would be the second Batman movie that I deliberately skip seeing in the theatre.

Wow, I hope that gets resolved. That's awful.

I created a superhero in college whose power is to instantly prepare potatoes any way you want 'em. (You have to supply the potatoes.) Inevitably,...

Can you pass this on to the US Veterans' Administration? Well, and why should I care? If someone accidentally broke my leg, would it matter...

Thank you. :)

The reason the "scientists of the mainstream" (whatever that means) do not come out with an unqualified yes or no regarding life beyond Earth is for...

"Do you make commission? Yes? We are looking for a pair of double lattes with cinnamon sprinkles."

Is there something that transcends the material? Maybe. All I know is one of the things I value most about this forum is sharing the meaning that...

Yes, the curvature is the "invariant", whereas the "flow of time" is a kind of coordinate comparison that is more pictorial than physically real, but...

You're right about that Norton security mess. Norton oughta fire whoever was responsible for that. Must have worked for AOL.

The former, yes, certainly-- we have no choice, to defend physics is to defend incomplete theories. That's just obvious, I defend incomplete...

Rice. You have to have lived in the Orient and run out of money to develop a real appreciation of rice.

Well yeah, my non-serious question was intended to be just that, non-serious. Some real 'off topic babbling.' :whistle:

I can agree with that, but the same can be said about Newton's laws-- whatever dynamical principles came after were going to have to contain Newton's...

Food for Thought: College budget cuts put a philosophy professor out on the sidewalk.