Timeline.com is just making chronological lists of historical events, which anyone can do with a piece of paper and pen. That idea is probably older than Jesus. How is this a trade-mark infringement? It's like trying to sue someone for making a Venn diagram.

You can explain how worlds are created in Minecraft, or if that turns out to be too complex to simplify, show that software like Minecraft is capable of creating fun and interesting things, and that it's much more than a black box that pumps out endorphins.

It's probably starting to be a bit repetitive, but I thought I'd leave some comment history here, long after this story dies down a bit, for the sole purpose of reminding other users years from now, just how much you meant to this site. I'm fairly new here, but this website has a way of probing and bringing the most insightful information from people that I have never really seen replicated anywhere else. And I humbly thank you for that.

With much regard,

Andrew

Is there a way you can save and bookmark comments on Slashdot? Because this truly gets into the heart of open source and their lack of appeal for the masses.

...I'd *hate* to see it go under just because people can't get along.

There's no other place like Wikipedia. I've never had any big problems when editing, but then again, I don't edit much. Still, if the common sentiment is that the Wikipedia editors are dicks, that won't bode well for new contributors. If it fails, hooray, woo, sparkles. But it's a useful place, and I'd to see it go under just because people can't get along.

I'm thinking they're referring to the whole Holocaust thing, the SS rounding up Jews, etc. There's always a fear that it might occur again, and the last thing Germany wants is probably a database of people and easy identification along with it.

I'm not really familiar with the term, heh, but if MUA is what Wikipedia says it is, then I use one all the time. I'm sure you've heard of it--it's called Sparrow and it's pretty much an integral part of my workflow nowadays. The problem I was talking about though, was that Google has the ability to completely turn off your Gmail account so that you can't access it. I agree with you over the interface, however. It looks better now; it's more minimalist, but I still prefer Sparrow.

You know for all of Facebook's privacy infringement, there is one ace in the sleeve Google+ has over their users that Facebook does not: Gmail.

I go to college and I don't have kids...I think...But it sounds like I could've made some friends there.

Scanning people's eyeballs is all fine and whatnot, but what about the back of their heads? Can we get a back-to-face app here?

Really? I didn't realize English was a necessary secondary language for most other countries. I was thinking the language with the most users would also be the most common one.

Well, if you wanted to learn a language with the largest number of speakers, Mandarin Chinese would be your best bet.

...That's all fine and dandy, but I'm pretty sure open distributed projects won't help America's poor education system. It's a start, and it might give way to some progress, but collaborative researching doesn't help Billy Bob Joel learn how to advance technology if they don't know shit about it.

If the kid was already stealing at a young age, he's probably not under the best supervision of sorts. Taking an Xbox is all fine and dandy on paper, and in rhetorical circles of justice, but I'm not sure if it'll be effective. Maybe it'll just motivate the kid to continue stealing. Or it might stop him. Who knows? But I wouldn't like to leave it too much to chance. Why not put him in a program of sorts? Clockwork Orange his ass...or at least do more than eye for an eye.