Computers - particularly how they affect society (i.e., SecondLife, MMORPG's and addiction, voting fraud...) Mechanical locking systems and picking them (fjardeson at LP101) Terrorism and anti-terrorism, civil rights, high-quality beers, RTKBA
Phil Collins
Linus Torvald
Michael Crichton
George W. Bush :)
Michael Stipe
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ABBA, Queen, Elton John, (yes I'm dating myself...:) R.E.M., W.A.S.P., Das Ich, Machine Supremacy, Asmodeus X
Omega Man, The Stand, Andromeda Strain, Warning Sign, 12 Monkeys, The Sum of All Fears, Event Horizon, Silent Running, Brazil, TLOTR, Anything involving Umbrella Corporation, various classic anime
CSI, Animal Cops, MythBusters, Extreme Engineering
(Authors) Heinlein, Asimov, McAffrey, Hebert, John Sandford, Michael Crichton
Alan Matheson Turing, Ariel Sharon, Tony Blair, Alfred Nobel...