I'm 100% sure that in another 10 years, when we still haven't seen anything of value come from the ISS, they'll say the same thing. It's a convincing argument, until someone realizes that it follows horrible logic. Basically they want us to fund them until they find something, then fund them some more. There's nothing that says anything interesting will ever come out of it. I'm not saying they shouldn't do research, I'm just saying I don't want that much money coming out of my (taxpayer) pocket.

Even if they did successfully sue and win because my data was sold, I will never see a cent of that money. I think that's even worse than selling the info in the first place. Both are horrible. What has this world come to?

Einstein: Why does does the speed of light not appear to be affected by motion? Let's assume it is never affected by motion. Let's go one step further and assume it is always constant no matter what.

Einsteinian method applied: Why is Malaria appearing to remain as a problem? Let's assume it is still a problem. Let's go one step further and assume it will always be a problem no matter what.

So I propose that Malaria is always constant. Quick, somebody derive some theory with a fancy name, so we can teach it no matter how wrong it gets proven to be! It'll always be right because I proposed that Malaria is always constant...
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So they're inferring based on the planets that they haven't detected...

http://xkcd.com/509/

I think that the general population is getting dumber, and games are just being made that cater to them. Dumber games for dumber people.

My personal preference are games that require both thinking and quick hands, and stick it on the highest difficulty. Then throw a small dose of "dumb game" in there every once in a while for when I just want to blow stuff up... and because I found it on clearance for $5.

News flash! Old stuff wears out and doesn't work as well!

Next up: A study on why my 20-year-old car isn't working like its brand new anymore.

They have NO right to use finances as an excuse.

The proper solution is a settlement such as this, but split to every student that was spied on, PLUS jail time for those who made the call to do it. Bring that wiretapping charge back!

From TFA:

So really this happens all the time.

AND nobody will notice if it does decide to visit our planet. Maybe it will even hit one of those "dead satellites" and do its bit to clean up the junk in geosync for us.

I suspect this article is nothing but NASA's way of saying "moar $$$ pl0x!!!!!1"

The controversy is the work-to-cost ratio. All games come with the firmware version they need already on the disc, and will update for you. I understand that you may need to update manually if you're using it as a blu-ray player only, but it's the work-to-cost ratio again. To bring the car analogy back in, sure some people need someone else to change their oil, but would you pay $30 in labor alone (not including the cost of new oil/filter)? I see advertised all the time for $30 or less oil changes (including cost of oil/filter) and anyone who knows how to do both should know that updating PS3 firmware is nowhere near as much work (nor requires as much specialization/training) than changing oil.

Therefore we can conclude that if Slashdot were to be a Facebook page, it would have very few friends.

Ah, yet another person who reads the one article and believes they know everything about it. As much as you will hate hearing it, you are absolutely wrong. This was a case of forgetfulness. He had paid the fee on-time for years and years past, and slipped his mind this time. And that's not my assuming, that's my reading articles, listening to news bits, and quotes directly from those who handle fees and from Mr. Cranick.

And it's EXTREMELY different than life insurance. Life insurance is paying fees for benefit. This case is paying fees so you don't lose everything you own. It is a case when no policy like this will ever be right. There are plenty of better ways to go about this situation... They chose about the dumbest one possible.

The two ways to avert disaster in general are Prevent and Detect. Since in this case the prevention algorithm should NOT be overzealous, they should be focused on the "detect" side of things. Prevent that which is known to be wrong in every case, and detect anything that MIGHT be wrong, and notify someone for a quick review of the situation so they can decide if immediate action is needed. Prevent & Detect is a very basic concept... you'd think they'd have some form of it in place at the stock exchange. Granted, it still won't be perfect, but it could get a lot closer to it than what they've been doing.