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Of those in the study. But I could get behind a national testing program. if there is an eventual vaccine, that should be for everyone; so should be testing. Be safe, be well, Tom Bitonti

Myself, for the last month I’ve been shuttling between homes (both empty except for myself), and made occasional excursions for groceries, cleaning supplies, or take out. Likely more of the same for the next month at least. But I can see some folks being unwilling to be tracked. There are...

Which is perplexing. I‘d want to select several populations of statistically significant sizes and give them all tests on a regular basis. That seems to be the only way to measure true Infection rates and true symptom distributions. I’d also want the entire population to wear location and...

These projections —IHME | COVID-19 Projections — seem dubious, with peaks being reached tomorrow. I don’t see how the projected curve matches other statistics that I’ve see. Are we anywhere close to an overall steady state (in the US), that is, where the number of new cases matches the number...

Nice article! A minor data presentation nit: The “doubling lines” are better viewed as being attached to the curve endpoints, instead of at the origin. What region one of curves is in is not indicative of the current rate of growth, which is indicated by the slope at the endpoint. One might...

What 60k number? Contradicting the steady state of deaths/day, the number of active cases is still increasing. Perhaps that can be explained by increases in the number of people that are tested. Tom Bitonti

The latest (10-Apr-20, 10 AM EDT) at United States Coronavirus: 469,464 Cases and 16,711 Deaths - Worldometer seems to be showing a steady state for new cases in the US over the last few days. My very speculative conclusion is that the current social distancing is enough to prevent exponential...

I considered that, but stopped at 1918, since that was how far back you went in your post. I was thinking more of civilian deaths from city bombings, e.g., when Tokyo was fire bombed. Also, factoring in the different total world population. Very roughly, WWII averages out to about 32,000...

That’s a somber statistic. Although, were there no events in WWII which match this statistic? Thanks, Tom Bitonti

Couldn't the persistent of ebony skinned drow be simply due to drow preferences? That is, assuming that the inheritability of characteristics works the same in a fantasy world as it does in reality. That beauty can overcome a fitness advantage is a talked about possibility. Thx! TomB

I’m almost through season two, and was wondering how well the story could be adapted as a D&D campaign. (Or, pick your favorite system.) I‘m still pinning down the details from the series, so still figuring how possible is the adaption. On first glance it seems very possible. Thoughts? TomB

It doesn't look like all of the faces on a d18 have the same chance of being rolled. The two distinct sets of faces, six of one and 12 of the other, each which will have different odds than each other. D3 isn't that common, and can be rolled as a D6 mod 2. Or, by rolling a D4 until a number...

What is the limit on either putting folks into stasis, or on building and moving enormous empty cylinders? Fabbing cubic miles of cargo space seems within easy reach, assuming minimal amenities and tech in the cylinder itself. I don’t know amount getting something that big into warp. But borg...

I'm thinking the sense of EGG's statement is a bit different than "what races are or should be available to play". Instead, what he seems to be saying is that the dominant political forces are humanocentric, with the consequence that other races are subject to flat out discrimination, and that...

I took that to mean that the process of creating their minds created two at a time. I presume that their physical structure / bodies are the same just for engineering simplicity. Whether android bodies can be changed, or changed easily, doesn't seem to be answered. Data could repair damage...

If the master went to a "parallel" (or some similar alternate universe), could it be that the other doctor is a parallel universe doctor? Or, is she a failed replica, with most of the doctor bits, but not the entire moral package? Thx! TomB

They were doing something with the damaged cube. I just read that the Romulan supernova referenced in the episode is the event that let to the branched timeline of the reboot movies. Does that put Picard in the original timeline? Does anyone know if the Vulcan still exists in the series?

Anyone notice the figure in the back on the last panel ... Dun dun dun!

Additional text omitted. I have a problem with the idea that "the mere expression of a game rule cannot be copyrighted". In the argument that is original presented, there is a justification presented, which is that an expression which is not sufficiently creative cannot be copyrighted, which...

Wait, two at once? What madness is this??? TomB