I just content myself with baiting conservatives. They're so divorced from reality these days, even the mildest proclamation of their future gets them frothing at the mouth.

Yeah, no. Speaking as a white male, I wouldn't give that shit up for all the money in the world.

You go on believing that being a guy makes you a second-class citizen, see how for that gets you.

You're not lucky, you just have a broader range of human experience.

The sad truth is, all us humans are a little crazy (aka human). It's just only seen as a bad thing if you have a vagina.

Yup. Spend enough time here and you'd swear the tech industry orbits Slashdot, and not the other way around.

he two theories judged most likely centered around either gratuitously spending money to annoy the Slashdot hive mind

Yes, it's amazing what money tech companies will spend to piss off the average slashdotter. We truly are special.

You're more average than you thought you were.

And ain't nothing really wrong with that.

I'm expressing serious concern about d_r's stability here

What am I, twelve? Go peddle that horseshit somewhere else.

Are you melting down? I'm really not interested in seeing something horrific about you on the news.

The sad thing is, you used to be better than this. Mind you, if freaking Rush Limbaugh goes to shit thanks to Obama's election, what I should I expect from mere mortals?

is there really any reason to worry about this at all?

Less a worry and more a position on the risk/reward curve.

Hi. Organic farmer here.

The term organic is meaningless, and is as much a marketing tool as anything else. Buying organic food without checking out ingredients/growing methods is as stupid as not checking the provenance of anything else.

Having said that, there are many methods of protecting your crops that do not involve complex pesticides and other "highly unfriendly to certain types of living organisms" products. Really, it all boils down to whether you're lazy, or really want to produce and eat food that isn't going to do you or your environment any extra harm.

So do a little research before you buy. There's plenty of us growing this way and we're happy to detail exactly what we do and don't do to our food. Just ask.

actually fit in your pocket

If you're a munchkin, sure. My 3GS (no case) fits neatly into the fob pocket of my Levis.

Why would you say that? All they need to do is patent the technology then collect royalties and/or licensing agreements.

The joke is that every time Sony's tried that gambit in the past, they failed miserably. Betamax and Minidisc are two great examples of this.