I agree that this data should be shared with all. But keep in mind that not sharing the data does not in any way imply that the data supports the global warming deniers' stance.

They are not going to starve. If there's one thing to learn from poverty, it's that it makes people revolt and rebel. Welfare is a means with which to pacify the poor so you'll have at least some form of social order in a society where unemployment exists.

Such individuals cease to exist once money enters the picture

I have to agree. I installed Vista after purchasing a new rig with 6 GB of RAM, and installed 64-bit Vista to see it perform more than adequately. I am currently running Windows 7 RC1, and have not seen the performance increase compared to Vista that many people are proclaming; W7 is running just as smoothly as Vista was.

The difference is in choice. Nobody chooses to be gay. But you choose whether you follow a religion or not. That's why the law should disallow the bashing of gays but allow the bashing of religion.

Maybe. But then again, mutations happen in our body all the time. Sometimes they are detrimental to the cell's functioning, in which case the cell either repairs it or kills itself. Sometimes they are neoplastic, in which case the cell develops into a tumour cell and either thrives or is killed by the immune system. Sometimes the mutations don't matter much (i.e. the mutant protein functions like the original one), in which case we may see a situation where there exists different versions of genes within one individual.

Yeah, congratulations to Red Hat for replacing a bankrupt company!

But do you have a plan for those juvenile criminals and bullies? Or are you just going to let them grow into adult criminals and get stacked into the already-overpopulated prisons?

If money is an issue, why not buy the game new, play it through, then sell it for half the price? That way you won't pay too much, you'll give someone else the pleasure of playing the game (for fraction of the cost), and you won't have piles of games cases lying around.

Developing mutations that enable tumour cells to evade apoptosis is one of the crucial methods by which they achieve malignacy. If we introduce a drug that prevents a cell from committing suicide after irrevocable genetic damage, we significantly increase the odds of cancer. That drug is, effectively, a carcinogen. However, if the alternative is death from the stochastic effects of radiation exposure, maybe the drastic increasing in cancer probability is an acceptable downside.

I think they aim for this move to benefit the poor as well. When they have an ID number it's going to be easier for them to use their rights, such as voting or obtaining state handouts.

Very beautiful? You'd think a game powered by CryEngine would produce scenes far more beautiful than what the video shows. WoW doesn't even lose to those graphics, IMHO.

I actually agree that punishing people for insulting a religion is an archaic concept that should not be enforced. Criticising someone for a choice they've made (an ideology, a religion) should not be forbidden by any law. That having been said, I would like to point out that there is a difference between civil criticism and hate speech. If you say that religion is an irrational belief system based on superstition, that should not be construed as hate speech. But if you brand all Muslims as gun-toting terrorists, you've crossed the line from criticism to bigotry.

This is probably the most insightful post in the discussion, and it got modded Troll. As far as I'm concerned, you hit the nail on the head. As members of a society we necessarily waive certain freedoms so that others can have theirs. We can't kill, fuck or steal whomever/whatever we want. We should be free to do what we please, so long as we do not infringe on other people's rights to do the same. Hate speech isn't an irrevocable right, because it compromises the target's right to safety. Analogously, I can't punch a person in the face or take their wallet without expecting repercussions from the rest of the society. In real life, there is no such thing as absolute freedom, and it is infantile to suppose so.

Go ahead, burn your points and mod me down. I got karma to burn.

As a fellow Finn I must say that I have not heard of such dubious convictions, and would be interested in seeing some proof of such. I would also like to point out that those who insult "muslims and negroes" in this country are overwhelmingly white Christian males. If there were widespread racism on the part of the non-white non-Christian population toward the ethnic majority, I can assure you that the yellow press would be all over it. It would be too lucrative for them to downplay it. So far, there has been no word of such, so I have a hard time stomaching your allegation that "insulting christians and white males is ok."

Also worthy of note is that insulting Muslims, Christians, Blacks or Whites is perfectly allowed and legal in this country, as long as you don't insult them for being Muslims, Christians, Blacks or Whites.