We are not paying all that money just for the textbook material, we are paying for the knowledge of the professors, and the shared experience with other people. Putting additional restrictions on the materials themselves for profit goes against the entire ethos of open information sharing, which is the cornerstone of university research.

Yes

In this particular sample set, the geometric and logarithmic sequences are the same. You multiply by a common ratio to get from one term to the next. (i.e. 2 in the case of your geometric poll, 10 in the case of your logarithmic poll.

If nothing else, the earth wobbles on it's axis every 14,000 years (I think that is the number). Polaris certainly won't be due north then.

Hitler had nothing to do with Dance Dance Revolution. That was Mao.

10/10/10? Isn't that the date of Jesus's barmitzvah?

The FCC is too intrusive as it is. They can stay the hell out of my code. They can pry my tab key from my cold, dead fingers.

Websites go down all the time. Amazon has been down from time to time. Why is this new at all, let alone front page news? I shouldn't just blame slashdot though, both yahoo and cnn mention this as well.

Five years behind what? The US? What have we produced that has been original lately? Another Madden NFL game? What American game has been as original as something like Katamari Damacy lately? (Granted that is 5 years old or more now). Seriously though, I would like to know, because video games are a bit boring lately. (I suppose Portal might count).

The Justice department would still have to get a court order, as they do now. The issue is that they could do so for a civil infraction, as opposed to a criminal infraction. Why the government is involved at all in civil justice is beyond me? Isn't that the job of the plaintiff?

Bill: "So-crates . . . the only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing."
Ted: "That's US, dude!"
Bill: "Oh, yeah!"

Movies haven't even been around 136 years. Being immortal wouldn't help. Being able to split yourself in two or three might. Or having more than one tv in the room.

Assuming we rate 50,000 movies at 2 hours a movie, this comes out to approximately 11.4 years of straight time. (i.e. no sleep). This does not include the amount of time to rate these items. I know tv shows are less than two hours, but if these ratings are for a series, as opposed to a simple episode, then even more time will be needed.

It would be good once and for all to find out whether or not EULAs (especially ones that do not appear until after the software is open) are enforceable. I would prefer all contracts require written signatures, as well as modifications of such, so that companies can not arbitrarily change clauses willy-nilly even if the contract has wording to allow such. (Think cell phone contracts, I never signed anything). First sale should be first sale, period. On the other hand, I am afraid as to what the Supreme Court would rule in such a decision.

all that it discovers is a booming voice shouting BURN WITH ME!