The introduction of the gene requires mating in regards to Neanderthals, whereas it's a little difficult to mate with a virus.

I really, really, Really want to believe.

I'm gonna need you to be at the local tavern about 2AM on friday and saturday nights. Thanks!

You don't NEED money, you don't NEED your hands or feet. But people don't want to be without these things, and will generally take any steps required in order to acquire, protect, or retain them.

"Philosophically"? you mean.. not based on the natural order of things? Every single person/living being in your lineage back to the first single-celled reproduction has lived to have offspring. Not a single one of your ancestors had no children. You don't NEED to have children if your life revolves around things that aren't the true purpose of life, it just means you have failed life and your genetic code is deleted from the gene pool as inferior. It then makes room for people that did succeed at Life. Sure, philosophy is neat and all.. but sometimes an issue is just so simple that philosophy has a hard time grasping it.

... But I would bet that every bit of market reashearch they've done on it says it's a hands-down bad idea. If it will be somebody's primary computer, it needs to be more flexible than iOS. I could see it competing with chomebooks, though.

He makes a point though. People understand they need to lock their doors, they need to change their oil and wear heir seatbelts. Don't drive off cliffs, or over nails. Simple things like that. Car analogies are overused but that's because people understand cars even if they don't know how to fix them.

It's very sad that since the dawn of man we've been able to see the night sky in all it's glory on a clear and moonless night, but in the last 120 years or so it's been reduced to just a faint glimmer of what had been. Someday, I hope that we can have one night a year with no light pollution so that we could see the full glory of what's really all around us and can be seen with a naked eye.

The terms and conditions should look scary also. Like: all activity is monitored and logged along with unique identifying information about your computer, to be handed over to the authorities in the event of suspicion of illegal activity or legal inquiry. In big bold letters at the top.

It's probably been said many times, but the only way to do this is to have it locked down as much as a restrictive employer. You don't want somebody confiscating your entire network and personal data as evidence because some pedophile in your neighborhood took advantage of your open network. If you do this then be restrictive: use whitelists, block everything but web, and keep logs of all traffic and MAC addresses. When some law enforcement agency comes knocking you'll want proof it wasn't you, but it probably won't stop them from holding onto all your computers and hardware as evidence for months. Then, you'll probably want a second secure network for your own use. People can still sniff open wifi data, so you won't want to be doing your online shopping on it. You'll also be wanting to harden every networked device in your house, too.

All this said, it's really not worth all the effort, no matter your "sharing is caring" ideals. If you're that nice, you're going to get taken advantage of.

$30/month for a channel and they'd be happy to offer it to you.

To be fair, it's actually a direct quote from the article.

If only there was already a way to get cable channels onto my tv...

Is basic math really that hard? I mean seriously... even if you don't know the conversion tables by heart, they're not exactly difficult. Stop pouting about doing a little in-brain calculation. If you have any hint of natural geek in you, the standard of measurement used makes no difference to your understanding of the concepts.