Support the Copenhagen Suborbitals. I'm sure there are other groups somewhere trying the same type of thing, but they're the only ones about which I know.

Turns out that several tons of cocaine is worth quite a bit more than several tons of plain old pot. :)

"The Dungeon Master is tasked with giving directions to other players, which Muraski testified mimics the organization of a gang."

Or a corporation.

The ridiculous amount of tax dollars has already been spent. We've already paid for fiber to the door, we just haven't gotten it. Those that have gotten it are paying more and getting less than the telcos promised we'd get.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060131/2021240_F.shtml

No. It's an Apple iPhone, I knew this when I bought it. I no further expect to see Android apps in the App Store than I expect to see ones for Nokia phones.

Get this, I also don't care if they're not selling Dodges at the Ford Dealership.

Well, they brand a pretty good mouse. They also brand the best ergonomic keyboard I've used. Maybe they should brand an OS, and a phone, and a browser? :)

Aww fuck, and here I am with 0 mod points. +1 funny (close enough?)

If I go for an hour's walk into the forest, lose my footing and sprain my ancle I'm not going anywhere. Oh I might crawl to civilization if no help was coming, but normally I'd call in a rescue.

I believe that the above thinking is what leads to this problem, with the tech only making it easier to accomplish. Rescues are for emergencies and spraining your ankle is not an emergency (nor is your water supply tasting salty). If you sprain your ankle, you grab a stick, make it a crutch and hop/limp/hobble your pansy ass out of the forest.

Please look into Dumble Amplification and tell me if you think (some) guitar players might be running a close second.

Taste is subjective. Period. This means there are no "experts", only people known for their opinions.

http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/11/the_subjectivity_of_wine.php

You're not even willing to admit that it's plausible? My ID has a magnetic stripe on the back that doesn't need an android to read it. I hardly think that it's a crazy assumption or assertion that the possibility exists that your ID data is being read/stored. Even if it wasn't done automatically, surely there's enough surveillance in the airport to go connect your scan to the ID you presented at the ticket counter.

NSA is siphoning off, and storing, every bit of communication that travels over the internet through the US. We are in a surveillance state right now and should be trying to bring attention to every bit of it to all of the sheeple who can stand to receive it.

Up until, well, still right now, they've denied storing the images which has proven to be false. You think that maybe they're storing the information off of your ID card as well? Seems at least plausible, right?

SWAG - Stuff We All Get, the (generally free) crap handed out at conferences, trade shows, etc. At least that's been my understanding of the term for the last 15 years. Uh, pirates? Hic Sunt Dracones then... ;)

LOL, I meant it seems like trickle-down economics in concept. Actual trickle-down economics, or course, doesn't have a damn thing to do with the discussion.

Counting on football bringing in rich students, allowing you to charge higher tuition rates, is dependent on that actually happening. A large number of athletic programs still operate at a loss, so some of that extra tuition would actually be going to help the program operate that is supposed to be responsible for bringing in these higher tuition rates. I'm just not sold on the idea.

Meh, chicken and egg. Without the University there handing out degrees, there would be no place for that football team to draw a crowd to make money. So if the University goes away, the football team goes away. However, if the football team goes away, the University will still continue to exist. It may shrink, but isn't likely to disappear all together.