I found an easier way. I provoked him into taking human form and trying to beat the shit out of me, whereupon I busted a cap in his ass and said, "This is how we do things in New York, motherfucker."

And it looks like AT&T hasn't learned their lesson. Break 'em up again. Do the same to Comcast and Verizon. Hell, break up Microsoft and Google as well, just for shits and giggles. America is long overdue for some trust-busting.

What the hell is this crap about scanning QR codes? I've had a smartphone for 3 years, and I've never scanned a QR code. I've never had a good reason to do so, and CurrentC isn't going to change that.

Then it's a good thing I'm not driving in the Netherlands -- assuming I'd even need a car of my own there. Isn't the Netherlands one of those civilized countries with decent public transit?

Have you considered treating us like human beings instead of passing laws and threatening to blow us up?

Yes, but I don't run things. I suggest you thank the deity of your choice that this is the case, because I'm not qualified to run anything but Jack and shit -- and Jack just buggered off to the pub.

Creationists and Intelligent Design advocates assume God exists, that the Bible is God's literal word handed down through a succession of prophets, and that everybody who wrote, compiled, and translated the texts contained in the Bible was endowed with divine guidance that precludes any human error that may distort God's word. They then search for evidence to support their assumptions.

They do not use the scientific method, which is sufficient reason to mock their claims concerning the physical world as arrant bullshit.

I'm really not intending to argue either evolution or religion, I just think that it's wrong to shun religion outright.

Wait a minute. You want to lend religion credence because existing evolutionary theory can't lead you step by step from an amoeba to a human being? That's almost as ridiculous as the notion that God exists and gives a shit about how I screw my wife and whether I'm trying to knock her up or just want to get my rocks off.

Michigan State University is a public institution. Refusing this conference sounds like a great way to invite a First Amendment challenge.

That needs a legislative fix, not a technological one.

In the age of DWB, asset forfeiture, checkpoints, revenue generation, and cops being free to murder innocent people with impunity [cnn.com], that's obnoxiously naive.

If you want to talk about obnoxious naivete, start with yourself if you think this device is going to fix any of the issues you mention.

Fair point. It's just that in my experience, the emergency vehicles are usually behind me.

Stink different.

Eat the fucking rich.

I'd rather eat their trophy wives.

So we'll create intelligence, and then enslave it? Awesome. We can build artificially intelligent sex droids and distribute them to assholes who might otherwise inflict themselves on other people. I can just imagine a gynoid using Siri's voice saying, "Thank you, sir. May I have another?"