I enjoyed the last Star Trek movie. I just had a few questions I was wondering if anyone was able to answer (better late than never):

* How are they able to go through a black hole?

* If one drop of red matter can make a black hole, why did the logical Vulcans make enough to take a bath in and put it all on Spock's ship?

* Why was it necessary to use a drill to deliver the red matter? Would the black hole have bounced off of the planet if they didn't drill first?

* If the Romulan had the red matter and was thrown back in time with the foreknowledge of his planet's destruction, why didn't he use the red matter to save his planet? Did he not care about his planet?

* If warp speed is faster than light, why wasn't the Enterprise able to fly away from the black hole?

* How is a slower than light explosion able to push them away from the black hole?

* If the Enterprise ejected their core, wouldn't they just lose warp power and fall into the black hole? Or do they not need their core to maintain full power? If so why do they have a core?

My web calendar should be working again. I stopped using it because it broke, but I just updated to v1.2.5 and it's letting me add events again. It's mainly for family/friends - contact me if you need the login.

I'm sure most of you have heard the news by now about Wikipedia blacking out their homepage in opposition to SOPA, or have at least noticed Google's blacked out logo.

If you really want to understand why this matters to you personally, there's a very well articulated lecture by lawyer Lawrence Leesig in an easily watched video. That man is a genius. This is from 2002, but you'll understand SOPA and the Protect IP Act better than most of the news reporters who are currently talking about Wikipedia if you watch it:

--> http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html <--

By the way, chief sponsors Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) both have TV/Movies/Music as top supporters. The TV/Movies/Music industry is Lamar's top supporter, and Disney is mentioned by name as one of Patrick's top supporters:
ref: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00009918&cycle=2012
ref: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001811&cycle=2012

The money trail's not surprising considering that SOPA/Protect-IP suddenly have bipartisan support with 27 Republicans sponsors. This immediately follows virtually unanimous Republicans opposition to Net Neutrality because (the punchline): they don't want to regulate the Net. Do the math.
ref: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/244538/net_neutrality_is_t...