McCabe chooses to see the good in people.

It kind of fell apart when they tried to put in too many familiar characters. Like Q.

@catseye3 said in The question no one's been asking...: I am cancelling out Jolly's invitation to Aqua to leave. Aqua's posts are among the most substantive and interesting of all the messages posted here. Did you use Jolly's rank-ordering system to decide this?

@george-k said in RIP Railgun: @jolly said in RIP Railgun: I think space-based weapons fall into a couple of categories, at least past the killer satellite stage. Link to video Get out of my head.

@jon-nyc said in Chemtool plant explosion just south of us.: Just now seeing this. This is crazy. Glad you’re ok. Same. That's crazy, man! Everyone safe on your end? Have any pictures?

@klaus said in Is this English?: fashionable rap song by "Mega Thee Stallion". That is Joe Biden's favorite.

Maybe half of the vehicles on the road here are pickups, this is farm country. And most seem to cost almost as much as a house.

Shortages are a policy choice. Hopefully we won't choose that route but it seems to be the most popular one when supply or demand shocks occur.

Is this COVID affecting the brain and sensory perception of aromas and taste, or is it a direct impact on the taste buds and nasal sensors? It sounds like the former.

Encourage Filipinos and Indonesians to immigrate.

I don't think you do. You may not get 100% compliance, but I think by having some districts leading by example, coupled with some budgetary sugar plums, will produce the desired results.

@doctor-phibes said in If 'twere only real...: @mik said in If 'twere only real...: I don't know. The Creatures movies were pretty dull. No investment in the characters. Yes, you're right. I think what sucked me into the Harry Potter books was the fact that the first one reminded me so much of books I read as a kid - old fashioned children's fiction. The series changed from this as time went on, and became more "modern", but for me that was the hook. I think it lost a lot of its charm when it became a franchise. Well, even Rowling admitted she screwed up Deathly Hallows. Harry and Hermione should have been together, not Ron and Hermione. The greatest witch of her age belonged with the greatest warlock of his age.

With a small change in the task it should be possible to construct it in such a way that the average number of flips is infinite.

Is there no American volunteer? Isn’t there a NATO article they can invoke?