This came across as a surprisingly weird thing for a scientist to say. It is generally understood that pre-agricultural societies had far more free time than we do. It is also generally accepted that "love" is a manifestation of our natural pair-bonding instinct (which is now filtered, admittedly, through the modern notion of "romantic love" which has been around since the late middle ages). The quote seems to imply that we're not sure if they had gotten around to having emotions yet, which is rather rediculous.

Thanks. As a GPL user, I also cringed at that comment. RMS's only real mistake is turning the GPL into an ideology. Ideologies only serve to polarize people. It's freaking SOFTWARE for crying out loud.

Having said that, I don't like when people rip me off, and I don't like it when people take credit for my work. The GPL prevents that, while the BSD license does not.

You know, i'd figure this to be true, but I am NOT one of those people... and I loved both GOW games (just finished 2 yesterday).

My other favorites are the Civilizations, Zeldas and Final Fantasies, although I am a fan of well-done games period. And Gears are very, very well done games. Yes, they're on-rails shooters, and yes the characters are super-macho. But damn do they get the heat of combat down straight, and the pacing and strategy (yes, there is strategy) are just perfectly tuned.

The thing is, reality often has a bias. Sometimes the media tries to create an artificial one, to great detriment (see: the "controversy" over global warming when in fact there really isn't one.)

Maybe there was just more bad stuff to say about McCain (and particularly his VP pick). Or maybe they were easy on Obama, this is also possible, granted.