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I agree that Gandhi didn't mean that it as proof, but many, many people on the internet use it to mean precisely that.

>It was a man who thought big, who had "one overriding idea": Tesla. >It's not about "one overriding idea", Make up your mind.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/phonefraud/report.shtm...

You're right, the author isn't a "reverse" or "backwards" racist. He is just racist, period.

The time dilation effects don't become large enough to have significant affects on aging until speeds significantly higher than .1C. For example, to age at 1/2 normal rate, you wou…

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of Americans on reddit were already going to vote for him, and that it will have virtually no impact on anyone who doesn't use reddit.

The publishers answer to the threat of Amazon.com was (allegedly) illegal price fixing. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/business/media/penguin-and...

He did said he would take them to court if they didn't pay the invoice. It was clearly an idle threat, though.

"The Picture Show" is not a news program either.

It is similar, at least. Here is another one showing South Korea that is taken using a regular camera from the ISS that shows similar light patterns ( https://plus.google.com/11778…

I think that this image ( http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/12/19/northkoreamap_62... ) of Korea is the most striking representation of image equality. It is visible from space…

If he sent that email, he would be admitting to firing someone for reporting labor law violations, which is illegal.

>Not counting their initial failures, SpaceX has had a 100% success rate. And other than the ones that exploded, NASA never lost a shuttle.

There can still be issues even with that. I watched an international youth tournament (CONCACAF u20 championships, I think) where the US and Canada? could each guarantee advancemen…

We just need to get the NRO to let us borrow one of their satellites :)

Before reading the postscript I thought it was an interesting, if not revolutionary, critique of ad services. Then I read the last line and realized the whole "article" was yet ano…

There is also the question of whether the statements from Skype about patents are still true given their purchase by Microsoft.

No one actually pays use taxes.

>The high rates that top lawyers get paid are simply market rates Market rates propped up by having the ability to restrict entry into the market controlled by other lawyers.

The court oversight of Microsoft stemming from the antitrust lawsuit ended in May 2011. I don't think it is a coincidence that Microsoft's initial publicity about the new Metro stu…

The US has a large problem with people entering on limited term visitor or student visas and then never leaving. While most of those people are harmless, others aren't (including a…

"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low." -Sayre