Eric P

"With regards to the Pet Peeves area SPOILERS AHOY: It's not a yo-yo where they came to Earth then left then came back again. The Earth of their myths and the one that they came from was the battered, post nuclear world they landed on at the end of season 3. The one they ended up on at the end (our Earth) was not the same planet, they just called it that because it's a nice place and why not? The implication is that humans must evolve again and again throughout the galaxy (since there were humans on our Earth already when they landed) and the same shit always happens. But it ends on a hopeful note that maybe this time it'll all turn out different because we have cylons baked into our DNA, so maybe we won't treat them like shit when we create them and cause them to rebel and genocide ensues. It's still a tough pill to swallow and there's still a lot of other huge problems with the finale, but it's not quite as bad as what you imply here." - Eric P

"Other than the occasional HR document which requires a signature for some reason, I haven't touched a piece of paper for my job pretty much ever." - Eric P

"It was always pretty obvious that this was the case when you look at how the overwhelming majority in the pro-life camp are okay with an exception for cases of rape and incest. It doesn't make a lot of sense to think that murder is okay if the victim's dad is a rapist. Their real problem is with women having consequence-free sex for pleasure, whether they admit it (or are even consciously aware of it) or not. That's why they give rape victims a pass." - Eric P

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho. We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho." - Eric P

"It'd be impossible to do much of anything to alter the structure or power of the Senate without constitutional amendment. And it's hard to imagine how such an amendment would pass, since it would require a significant minority of states and politicians to vote to limit their own power and influence in order to pass." - Eric P

"I've taken to wearing a fitbit more or less 24/7. I think data collection and health monitoring is a strong use case. I'm less enamored by the idea of getting notifications on my wrist (ugh) or using voice commands, but a more refined version of Google Now could be compelling (but it really needs to be able to figure out when I'd prefer to walk vs take the train vs drive). And there's a good security use case where a wearable can act as a second form of authentication for your smartphone. Notifications on the other hand get a big ugh from me. Passive is the key I think. The more things it can do without me having to think about it, the more compelling it becomes." - Eric P