I don't like the idea of bans like this in theory. In reality, because of things like mandated health care (and don't get me wrong, Romney was all for that in his home state too), *I* am paying for *your* poor choices.

(BTW, I eat a lot of junk food too.. You shouldn't be paying for me either.)

But if you "get continues for free", one will just keep hitting continue over and over, finish the game, and likely have less enjoyment than having to try over and over to eventually finish the game.. That less enjoyment would IMHO make them less likely in the long run to buy the company's other products.

Continues for free essentially means infinite lives.. Is a game fun with infinite lives? (Unless it was designed that way -- i.e. you don't die -- usually no..)

Did I ever say no regulation? No, I think things like pollution regulations are in general very good (I only say "in general" since there probably times when they've been taken too far -- using the Clean Air Act for CO2 is NOT one of them).

I think I'm generally far more for copyright than most of the (seemingly pro-piracy) posters on slashdot.

OK, I didn't know the term "deadweight loss" before, and I can see how that can cause problems.. I still don't think it should necessarily be regulated in "normal" market conditions. (I think de facto government sanctioned monopolies, e.g. cable companies or things that use limited spectrum, should be regulated MORE than they are now.)

The slave trade obviously violates the rights of the slaves. I think most people ignore the mortgage *recipients* who fraudulently signed mortgages they weren't qualified for (stated too high of an income, etc.) and were unable to pay, thus being unable to pay the mortgage. (I think the companies that made the fraudulent mortgages, and sold the derivatives while betting against them were wrong too.)

The other two examples, however.. even if I don't personally agree with them, why shouldn't they be allowed? I think those are perfect examples of good free market. Someone should be able to sell something they make for whatever they want.

Python can do everything Perl can do, but with a way cleaner syntax.

If only I could turn off indentation==scope. I would pay $20 for this ability (to work in every interpreter, not some special one off interpreter just for me).

Even *with* that limitation (and yes, I know a million people will respond saying it's oh so great and I just don't get it), I still think Python is pretty decent.. Though it seems to have (seemingly) superfluous colons in a few places, which reminds me of Pascal or BASIC.

Why is Tesla selling as many cars as it can make, and out-doing the existing big business carmakers at Tesla's type of car?

They by that "logic", since a dog excretes crap naturally, why shouldn't my dog be able to crap all over your yard? ...and rainwater can be a pollutant.. Haven't you ever heard of acid rain?

What "un-legislated law" are you referring to?

A.: complete this conversion at a less than or equal cost of energy generated by the oil. The shredder, crucible, and condenser arent powered by the mellow rock stylings of huey lewis and the news.

You're right.. It is powered by the Power Of Love.... of money and the environment.

You do realize Richard Nixon was the one who signed an executive order to create the EPA, right?

So, just from the summary, this doesn't sound very impressive.

Basically, he had several conditions that interfere with hair growth, but apparently he had fully working follicles and such.

When they grow a full head of hair on someone who went bald "normally", then that will be impressive.

(No, I am not one of the bald ones.)

Though as a reply to my own message, I saw someone say they did a long drive in a Tesla.. 11 hours driving plus 3 hours charging. I don't recall if they were using the highest speed chargers, but that's an awful long time of charging.

OK, the term I was trying to think of is "charter school". According to wikipedia, they are synonymous.

Oh, so "free schools" are essentially private schools?

265 miles isn't far enough for you? You also get *free* charging at their stations.