The first couple of years after my wife of 10 years died (nearly 20 years ago) I didn't see anyone. Then people started saying I should go out and enjoy myself. So I went out and, through the crazy w… (View Post)

Well, that was a fascinating read, both the thread header and the ARSTechnica article. The early 80s was a great time to be a computer nerd, and I too was having fun playing with machine code as a yo… (View Post)

That's exactly how it works in Germany, or at least the bit of Germany that I'm familiar with. Every now and then, the town will assign some patch of land for development, divide it into plots, set u… (View Post)

They voted him into office. (View Post)

I'm just glad they've amended the article to include the distance in light-years (124), which is actually a lot more meaningful in this context than the distance in miles (700 trillion). Now I know i… (View Post)