Those who can, do. It has always been true with technology. As we get older and see more of the effects, we are more aware, more affected. Privacy has been shrinking along with the open terrain since the Garden of Eden (metaphorically speaking). In 100 years, the privacy issues will extend into our subconscious minds. This seems inevitable as much as it seems disturbing. I guess that is why we grow old and die.

Spent? Certainly! But used? Never!

. . . it will be sold. There is no morality on the bottom line.

. . . it is the execution. If I had a nickel for every idea ever conceived, I could pay off the federal debt, buy China, and still have enough money left to bail out Europe. The problem is implementing the idea. It has always been hard, but the government (a.k.a. we the people) has created an environment where productivity is taxed to a point, then unregulated. For example, if you are smarter and work harder than me, and then you make twice as much money as me, you will pay OVER twice as much tax as me. If you manage to make enough money, you may become wealthy enough not to need to work at all. Then you can hire a tax attorney and a financial analyst to move your money to a place where you pay LESS tax than I pay, maybe no tax. Of course, most hard working, smart, and honest people never reach this level of wealth. The point -- the barriers to implementing good ideas are not just talent and effort. The country has become more of a hindrance. If we just taxed passive income (and not active income), then more ideas would be realized. There would be fewer billionaires, too

This is one from the Osama bin Laden book of terrorism -- make every kill a spectacle. They probably know that people will find anonymous ways to replace Rascatripas. You can kill a person, but not an alias. In the mean time, they will try to scare everyone, a tactic of desperation.

They're cutting the deadwood. It will get ugly, but that's where the execs earn their lavish compensation. Anyone worth their stock will not be touched. This is the most depressed economy since the 1920s. I expect tactics like this to be the norm for at least a decade. What are 25 million unemployed going to do, strike?

. . . to buy RIM this quarter.

Combined with Adobe dropping Flash for mobile and TV devices, we have the beginning of the end. Proprietary (and expensive) web media creation tools are giving way to standards-based, open source (and expensive) web media creation tools.

It has provisions for a firewall around the country (http://slashdot.org/submission/1830830/the-end-of-the-internet-as-congress-knows-it), huge fines, and bigger loopholes. See the bill here -- http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/112%20HR%203261.pdf.

The best things in life are free, and that is why people don't buy the best. It is better to live on the edge of life and run Windows. Those who cannot bear such excitement use MacOS, which has its roots in BSD. I, on the other hand, run OS/VS2 and submitted this comment using JES job. Browsing the web is so much more exciting using a deck of Hollerith cards and a TTY terminal.

Taxes are doomed. The Internet has given the rich and powerful a way to work in unison to stay ahead of any government regulations. The loose affiliations are becoming more sophisticated and will soon act as a union of common interests to evade any nation's taxes. The only way to overcome this would be for governments to unite in their revenue generation and think strategically. Ha ha!

On the other hand, poverty is increasing, and the poor never had the organizational abilities. Expect to see a revival of criminal debt and debtors' prisons, a.k.a. criminal indenture. Once the poor are disenfranchised, they no longer have representation. That will lead to career criminals who are, in effect, slaves. Of course, everyone believes this will never happen, and that denial is essential to its genesis.

If the earth starts to warm, for any reason, to the point that it threatens the civilized world, countries will rise up and nuke each other out of frustration, which will cause a nuclear winter. Did I mention that billions will die, too? Problem solved. I'm not kidding.

. . . with a way to organize 'fans'. This will probably tie into Google Analytics.