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Nothing. That's the beauty of it. ”Darwin Awards” for dummies. But then there's a whole lot of kids at risk, so I don't really know if something can be done.

I wouldn't mind a medical bot that is better than any human medic can ever hope to be (bias, hubris, stature, grafts, grants etc. included - or rather excluded), nor an auto that drives a hypothetical inebriated whore-mongering me, accident-free. Yes, such a world can create a truly labor-free...

Yes, skep, you are right, indeed it seems misplaced. That particular article doesn't explicitly state that, but it was Pharma's lobby that put those guidelines in place. As is with the widespread use of those awful drugs called statins.

Dear Steve, if I offended you in any way I apologize hereby publicly. It was nothing more than a joke.

Oh, you need evidence. As if you don't really know anything.

I think this shouldn't be a newsworthy information, as the gist of it is pretty much the same for several decades now. Only the main character changes - and this time it's Ebola. We all know how Big Pharma operates and that it's both passively (no money in that pursuit, so fuck you) and...

Oh, I wasn't aware that he had a physics lass. Is she pretty? :) Other than that, there might be close to a dozen (new) TFt members who do not know of MIT's video lectures.

I think ”they” are bringing Ebola to the US simply because it's tasty. Either that, or for food processing purposes (good bye messy slaughterhouses; meat that minces itself etc.). The future looks bright.

I can relate to that. :D

Man, protection on all surfaces is needed for the imaginary FTL. And it's needed for non-FTL, also. Turn it OFF and you die, no matter why. From a micrometeorite, if not the klingons...

Yep, you'd think. But think again. While travelling at FTL speeds, even one single unaware dust particle can trash your ship. Try to imagine the energy of the impact (in the sci-fi zone, of course). An energy shield capable of deflecting that, and more, would more than withstand pretty much...

Tell that to captain Picard, please. Who, by the way, unavoidably cracked me up each and every time he was using ”Number One”. :D Oh, and as a supplement to the initial idea: once „out there”, shields are even more important than weapons and propulsion. I'll expand if necessary.

You can disagree all you want, but shields are a necessity for protecting the crew from virtually everything - be it radiation, micrometeorites and many other natural threats. If one ain't properly shielded (or otherwise protected/resistant against the harsh environment), one has no business...

Droplets in a planetary ocean. :) My contention still stands, won't you agree?

Your vet seems to be rather ignorant if she mentioned „more jumpy genes” in cats. Cat breeds can be created, maintained and perpetuated almost like in any other species. The apparent ”maintenance difficulty” with any breed comes from several important factors such as breed interest, breed...

What angers me more than it should is what I consider to be - by far - the dumbest line in all history of sci-fi: Shields up! Star Trek (all iterations) has it, Stargate (all three series) has it, obviously Star Wars has it - and virtually all movies or series or novels that involve FTL...

Duck hunt. Joke aside, it most certainly is drilling/fracking.

What Hulk Hogan, my man? Idiocracy is by Mike Judge. Unless you were ironic in a sense that eludes me... :) The opening sequence of the movie is epic, illustrating perfectly why stupid will rule the Earth (what's left of it anyway - but it will have electrolytes).

Dear Jarhyn, there is ambiguity involved when you're talking about ”A Boy Named Sue”, or stating that ”Catherine, he's hillarious”.

That's a future in which it seems you have no interest in reproduction, which is fine. To each, his own. Or ”one's”, if you prefer. In my culture, the very name is unambiguous. I know of no ”gender-neutral names”. Now, if it's a male who prefers males or a female who's into females, it really...