I like the use of "conspiracy" and "alleged" in the top-level story. It gives this a real air of critical reporting. You know! Like the conspiracy story about your parent's families, in which your father is alleged to have impregnated your mother.

There's real room to reserve some skepticism around the entire business of these "stories".

of Life...

Hold my hand, Yeah, Yeah,
And I'll see you home

They kill themselves so frequently. They cannot live with the knowledge that they burned infants to death and shot pregnant girls in the head for nothing at all.

If you want to support the troops? Help them AWOL.

Slashdot was a time. An Era.

There will never be a Pre-AOL Usenet. There will never be a "new Slashdot".

Your brainwashing is complete. You may now return to Central Planning for your re-adaptation to full conformity.

This story can not be true, because the police are our friends and protectors. Even CNN and Fox agree on this point.

Of course not. Boobs are superstructure...

Can someone invest as much into the quality of the content, as they are doing for the format?

By "content", I am not just concerning myself with the visual appeal or other superficial characteristic. :-)

Yes. I'm afraid a mile isn't what it used to be...

Nor are the back-seats of compact sedans, for that matter.

Well, I moved to SF 3 months later... With my whole band.

That was in a Ford pickup. In the back... Sitting on the case for my bass guitar.

In 1978, the American roads were filled with a little car, that did 50 EMPG. The Datsun B-210.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun_B210#B210_series

In 1984, I rode in the back of one with three other passengers, knees-under chin. We went 425 miles to San Francisco, well under a single-tank. Our actual MPG was better than 55, with all that load.

Because Google's business model is to create a panopticon, and monetise th einformation they collect about their subscribers.

In short, you are inventory, not a customer. This is the Google imperitive. If you wish to paly on their field, you must understand their motivation. It is not to advance humanity, or "be cool", or any other fantasy.