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I'm also wondering why they didn't do a 3-D release. 3-D televisions are now available (albeit only one manufacturer). Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

If South Africans would only learn to speak English with a proper American accent, the owner wouldn't have confused "guide dog" with "gay dog" Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

So we know what is going to happen in 2012, of course! Doesn't look that good for us Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

If for nothing else than the "batsuit", yes. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Yes, she was, but only moderately so. Of course, being moderately bigoted is like being mildly pregnant. The issue is how Gordon reacts to the "little people". It's enough turn the campaign over. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

A disjointed, confusing but well-lighted film with one-dimensional, unapproachable and mildly psychotic characters. There are a few emotional moments, but the story basis had SO much potential, and I think they blew it. I am still waiting for closure on the taxi-driver - he drove past the soldiers, through the smoke, around the barricades and into the kill-zone - for what, exactly? Because he's a stupid cab-driver? Why portray all but one Iraqi in the movie as such a moron? Why is this one EOD unit casually firing off sniper rounds, chasing down the bad guys in an urban jungle, foraying into unsecure areas and doing undercover work in the city to investigate the death of a child? Isn't their job to disarm bombs? I think that's interesting enough to fill two hours, without trying to have them single-handedly fight the entire war. The main character reminded me of Bill Murray in Caddyshack - particularly in the swimming-pool scene. I actually felt that they should have had more explosions, just to make the movie interesting. My shame knows no bounds. At the very end, when the main character is talking to his toddler son, there is a chance for redemption as he says that he loves just one thing. You hope it's his son. The next scene proves that what he loves is being in war. Disappointing, to say the least. Overall, not a terrible movie, but not worthy of the six Oscars it got. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

It's even worse than that! There are 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. That's like one terrorist for every three of the rest of us peace-loving Zionists, Hindus, Agnostics, et al. Or maybe not every Muslim is a terrorist? Just sayin' ... Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Everyone knows that Obama was really born in Portugal, and is a Greek-Orthodox terrorist. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

The folks watching the DOW since February must be praising Obama for the 1,000-point increase Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

I hope not. Tripling our national debt would make it, what? Around 40 trillion dollars? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Having flushed toilets in both Europe and America, I believe your statement to be completely inverted. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazim Sadeghi, says women and girls who don't dress appropriately spread "promiscuity in society." "When promiscuity spreads, earthquakes increase," he said. In response, Perdue University student Jen McCreight has started a global "Boobquake" campaign to determine if that is true, by encouraging women everywhere to wear scanty clothing, and expose as much cleavage as possible. Will there be more earthquakes as a result of this reckless behavior? Personally, I feel that the only way to know for sure is to get as many women to expose their breasts publicly. The more input we have, the better the final data. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Haven't you been complaining about all the money America has been spending? I've heard it costs a lot of money to go to war. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

At least a third of that movie was painting the thing. Maybe if they didn't spend all that time painting them, they could trim the delivery time to two years Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

A good movie - worth watching. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

When working for corporations, my annual raises averaged 2-3% every year. When working for small businesses, I usually got no raise. Every time I left to go work for another company (every few years), I averaged a 25%-35% increase in pay. Working for myself, I've completely exceeded all of those numbers. Last year was the first time in nine years of self-employment that my salary went down, and considering the economy, it was not unexpected. I hope you find this information inspiring. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Here's a fun video, which shows exactly what the Tea Partiers stand for, which is apparently, nothing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyFeFhUTmI&feature=player_embedded#! If anyone's interested in the reference to Obama banning fishing, here's a great example of how certain parties have outright lied to promote their political agendas: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/11/11greenwire-obama-admin-jumps-to-squelch-rumors-of-us-fish-65275.html Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Maybe the reason for a civil prosecution, rather than a criminal one. Everyone knows someone's got to go down. But a little grease might ease the punishment. The CEO of GS did visit the White House four times while they were mulling the case over ... Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Ironically, milk and all other dairy products do contain an opiodal substance. Casomorphin. Why do you think babies have such a hard time weaning? The little addicts ... Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Far be it from me to defend the Tea Partiers. They would get further if they had a clear, common goal, other than just being angry at the government. But I don't see this argument about social security as a contradiction. Social Security happens to be the most financially efficient government program in existence, with less than 1% of it's total budget spent on administrative costs. That statistic is helped considerably by the size of the program, but still, name any other government program with a smaller percentage of administrative costs. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Expanding a bit on your post with my own statements - some of them are repetitive of your thoughts: By the time of Columbus, humans had thousands of years to advance the technology of water travel, compared to about 60 years that we've had to learn about space travel. The Europeans had some pretty good reasons to come to America. Many were persecuted and killed for religious or lifestyle choices; no one is being killed because we aren't going into space. There was also a lot of money to be made in the new world, generating crops, harvesting trees, etc; there's no financial reason to go into space (with the unique exception of award money, like the X-prize). The only comparable rationale was the space-race, which was a competition of political ideologies; there was equal economic and political competition in Europe between nations when the Queen of Spain commissioned Columbus. Even then, he was pretty lucky to find a fiancier, considering she had already rejected him three times, and finally had to threaten to pawn her jewels to get her husband to agree. The difficulties of going to space far outweight the difficulties of sailing to the new world, as hard as they were. We're talking about an environment that doesn't even have air to breathe, much less pressure to hold human bodies together, cosmic radiation, zero gravity, and the list could go on and on. Additionally, we have a much lower tolerance for people dying to achieve these objectives; far fewer people have died going to space than did coming to America. It wasn't easy for the American colonists by any stretch of the imagination. But I would argue going to space is harder by at least an order of magnitude. Even with that relative difference, it still took 128 years for even small colonies, like Plymouth Rock, to start after Columbus started the new world. The biggest difference is our attention span. We just can't stand that it takes so long to go into space. Give it time, we'll get there. We need better reasons to go, we need more money (and a much better economy), and we need to keep advancing the technology. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Plenty of folks would draw parallels to the point that they believed the two civilizations have the same god. They would have to be very generic (belief in an ether-spirit, for example), but if someone is grasping for straws, one or two can be enough. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Agree 100%. I love my jumpsuit, but I had so many problems going back and forth to Canada, and it didn't fit right the first time, etc, etc. Then it got returned by the post office, because they gave it to FedEx to take it across the border, and there was some form that FedEx needed, that the post office never required. What a pain! Next time I order a jumpsuit, I'm going to be camping next to where it's made, and go inside and bug them about it every day until it's done correctly. I've never had so many problems with skydiving gear as with jumpsuits. Granted, the human body is a variable metric, but everyone needs to expect problems with their suit, and account for that ahead of time. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Why should it? If people that believe that Obama is still not a US citizen, after he made public his birth certificate, then people that believe in something as important as God certainly won't change their minds in the event of an E.T. discovery. The various religious texts of the world don't account for any modern scientific findings (periodic table of elements, viruses, microwave ovens). There's nothing in any of them that precludes extra-terrestrial life. To me, a more interesting question is, how many people would adopt the alien's religious views? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

These days, there would be hundred of people marching on the capital with signs like "give back yur libary buk" and "Go back to England". Then, there would be congressional investigations, with politicians stumping for camera time in front of libraries they've never actually been inside. Finally, the media would brand it "late-gate", and the entire American Revolution story would get sidelined, as this latest scandal from the president competes with the "false-teeth" allegations for the public's attention. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD