Politicians Don't Like To Face Unpleasant Realities.

Most Estimates Of The Mortality Risk Posed By Asteroid Impacts Put It At About The Same Risk As Flying In A Commercial Airliner. However, You Have To Remember That This Is Like The Entire Human Race Riding The Plane - It Is One Of The Few Risks That Really Could Wipe Us All Out.

Software Is A Gas ! It Expands To Fit The Container It Is In !

It's Impossible That We're Alone In The Universe. Every Time We Think We're More Special Than Others, We're Proven Wrong.

Most Visions Of Extraterrestrial Life Are Actually Steeped In Human Hubris. The Fictional Extraterrestrials Of 'star Trek' Or A Hundred Other Space Operas Are Less Alien Than Many Of My Neighbors. And Funny, The Ones Running The Place Are Mostly Waspish Men.

My Company Invents All Kinds Of New Technology In Lots Of Different Areas. And We Do That For A Couple Of Reasons. We Invent For Fun - Invention Is A Lot Of Fun To Do - And We Also Invent For Profit. The Two Are Related Because The Profit Actually Takes Long Enough That If It Isn't Fun, You Wouldn't Have The Time To Do It.