Geothermal energy can increase seismic activity. Using it to power an entire country in one of the most earthquake-prone areas of the world may not be the best idea.

Nice try, hairyfeet.

Indeed. I know someone who owns a Tesla, and he likes it so much he bought two of them. He regularly uses it to make 100 mile business trips to Seattle, so range and performance are obviously not issues. Now, most of us are not wealthy enough to buy $120k sports cars, but most of us also don't need high-performance Tesla Roadsters. A more low-end car will get you around town nicely as long as you remember to plug it in at night; Tesla is actually developing a consumer-level car using the Roadster's battery technology that will start at ~$50k. And if you do need to make a long-range trip for some reason, you can rent a gasoline car; obviously if you need to make a 300 mile trip on a regular basis, this advice doesn't apply to you, but that would put you in the minority.

Price could still be an issue; there's more up-front cost, and the need to replace the batteries every 10-15 years, but in the long run you're saving over reduced fuel and maintenance costs (far fewer moving parts means far fewer things that can go wrong). I couldn't say how much you would save, or even whether it's actually cheaper than gas in the long run right now, but it's clear electric is the future.

Same here, not buying any more Ubisoft games with over-the-top DRM. The good news is, the retail version of Rayman is supposed to be DRM-free when it's released (though online purchases still have a one-time activation for some reason), so it's possible Ubisoft is (slowly) learning their lesson.

I already do that. Am I an astronaut?

See also this video

I hope for your sake you're using a projector as a display.

Came here to say this. More information here: http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/miscon/elect.html

Anyone have a link to a torrent of the original 2GB .mov file from Vimeo? I keep trying to download it, but every time I try it says it can't be downloaded anymore today.

You are aware JavaScript started out as a proprietary extension to Netscape, right?

You guys all laugh, but go try to fill out a job application at Subway's web site. You'll be taken to a web site built entirely in Silverlight. Yes, it takes over the entire client area of the browser and even supplies its own scroll bar. I don't normally like to throw around terms like "epic fail", but I'm finding it difficult to come up with another way of describing my feelings when I saw it.

How many Libraries of Congress is that?

Whoever said God was the only one capable of controlling evolution? Humans have been doing it for thousands of years, ever since we started breeding animals and plants. All you've proven is that evolution can be guided, especially if you control the starting conditions.

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY