For those interested.  Here's the resolution.  I know there was some discussion about what makes a moon, but, that wasn't part of resolution 5A. 

RESOLUTION 5A

The IAU therefore resolves that...

Actually... 12 I think it what was slated.  I think it was...

Mercury Venus Earth Mars (some jibberish) jupiter saturn uranus neptune pluto xena (some other jibberish)

of course, there wasn't as...

One of the stories I heard on NPR had some interesting notes on the whole Pluto thing that make it very much not science. 

1) The decision on planets is...

I've got 3 words.... "Galactic Civilizations two"

http://forums.galciv2.com/index.aspx?forumid=161&aid=106741&c=1

A couple companies are starting to think like this.  take the focus off preventing piracy, and put the focus on increasing sales.

How do...

I'd have to agree.  Even at 30, my priorities have changed considerably.  I've only had 3 serious career environments over the past 15 years, but, my focus has changed considerably. 

My...

"Over time people get more, sometimes up to 25 days, but I rarely see more."

I saw a list of countries, and average vacation time/holiday time/hours per day/etc a while back,...

I was dissapointed... none in my city to ship off a resume to <kof>.  Honestly though, a while back, I interviewed for a DBA position at a company that probably...

Jay has a good point, as much as I dislike companies digging around in what I do, or sharing my shopping or browsing habits, The I far prefer that to...

With the current SIG system of govt we've built, the corportations almost always win when it comes to legislature.  If we were to build a digital bill of rights, it...

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but, I've had a couple posts now that didn't go through.  It seems to happen when I start a longer post,...

7 months ago, as I was driving a large box truck half way across the country, I noticed something.  almost every gas station I stopped at for Diesel had atleast...

I'm thinking Steve stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest with the one

I've always tended towards what's the best bang for...

I'd have to agree.  But, it's a start.  probably too little too late though.  From what I understand China is busy building a Hydrogen infrastructure that should easily make the...

Dodge Ram HEV

only a 15% increase in fuel economy... but... it's american made (ok, so dodge isn't really american anymore... but...) and it's diesel..

Unluckily, us normal people can't buy...

When our current lease is up, we're looking at one of the diesel hybrid trucks they're starting to make.  We have a small farm, and need something that can haul...