I've always thought that a lot of people don't realize that having lives in harms way on -either- side of a is a deterrent in itself to using weapons that would be horribly beyond all conscience (that in itself, well, depends on who's pushing the buttons). India and Pakistan say, have nuclear weapons. If Pakistan had a few infantry and tank divisions, along with a couple border villages wiped out by robotic troops, I'd think that the bar would be lowered as to them responding with a tactical nuclear strike to eliminate the robot threat. Then things would snowball from there. The situation wouldn't go from escalating from conventional to chemical in between at all. War is about killing people. When one side has troops that are machines, the other side does not have to restrain themselves to the moral restraints that have kept whatever tenuous leash on us throughout our history. Just a thought.

"by putting speed limiters in cars, and banning what are effectivly 'race' cars/bikes from the road. there is no legitimate reason to have a vehical that will do 0-60 in under 12 seconds. you want to piss about in a one 1.5 death machine? take it to a track. over 2000 people a year die on the roads here in the uk." Absolute, utter nonsense. I drove a lot for a living, and I couldn't begin to count how many times that having decent acceleration has been able to keep me and my co-workers alive. What hurts and kills people on the road are simply bad, unskilled drivers. Period. If you've ever looked in your rear view mirror and seen a speeding fifth-wheel flying up your ass, you're going to wish that you had some power under the hood.

Heh, cool. Now if there was only something that would replace "cyber" with something more deserving... I propose "penis".

Beside this being a blatant ad, this whole "cloud" thing is really getting retarded. All "cloud" is really is getting applications and your data off your own computer and on to some company's systems where you have to pay to use "premium" services. WeVideo watermarks the output of the free version of their service? Other than them having some pre-made templates, I don't see anything that this can do than the dozen other free options I can think of: OpenShot, Cinelerra, even Windows Movie Maker, and you don't get watermark bullshit.

I know the gun thing is the big boogieman now in regards to 3-D printers, but I can't help but think there's more mundane things that a 3-D printer can do that the powers-that-be are afraid of. It sure would be nice to print out a new head light bezel for my truck for ten bucks instead of paying over $200 from the dealership.

If it were looked at as "how much would it cost to launch by rocket that amount of metals and raw materials where it could be utilized in orbit?", then that statement would be put into perspective. The asteroid is about half the size of a football field. On Earth, the amount of metal ore in that wouldn't be worth a fraction as much. But taking into consideration how much energy and resources would be required to put that much material into orbit if we had to take it off the planet, it would be that expensive. I suppose the article neglects to explain that clearly.

I think the 195 billion number is an estimate based on the value of a quantity of metal that has been launched into earth orbit. I'm not sure what the price per pound of iron is to launch it on a rocket to LEO, but up there it's worth a lot more than sitting down here.

These people are about as credible as a scientist trying to prove evolution by searching for the Sasquatch.

Hey fundies, in BC there's supposed to be a sea monster in Okanagan Lake called Ogopogo. Double your chances to prove yourself right, and spend some tourism dollars. The wineries are great.

As I generally understand, only large media distributors are able to distribute and generate revenue in a timeframe as short as that. Small independent artists and creative groups would probably be unable to generate any meaningful return in three months. Sure, they can get exposure in three months, but by the time that happens, they already lose copyright.

Add to that the fact the only way say, a band, could keep a copyright going is to come out with an album every three months. Impossible to make anything worthwhile, and the independent scene would drown in a glut of crap.

A copyright law like this would only be workable to big media groups that can do a broad release and generate revenue quickly, and if you are unable to release on that scale, you'd get slaughtered. I'd be fuming if some MP tried to introduce something like this in Canada. I might be missing some points in regards to this, but it seems that copyright like this would be a death sentence to small artists.

I have a friend who used to live in Cape Breton, Newfoundland, and he told me stories of how fishing boats would rather dump their whole catch in the harbour if they weren't offered the price they wanted for their fish. It was pretty sickening to listen to, and he really didn't want to be associated with that mindset. When it wasn't fishing season, many fisherman just sat on unemployment insurance for the rest of the year. When most of the cod stocks collapsed from overfishing*, they lobbied for government subsidies since their livelihood was dwindling.

Then there's the seal hunters that use the excuse that since seals eat lots of fish, they have to cull the seals to try and preserve the dwindling fish stocks. Another feedback loop of stupidity magnifying the other. Those guys work doing that since there's no work in the fisheries. Go figure.

* To be fair, the collapse of the fisheries on the Atlantic coast (Grand Banks Disaster) was a result of massive exploitation from foreign fishing ships, and not just Canadian. A real shame.

6. Become target of class action suit from Sparrow and Bluejay Association for unauthorised use of copyrighted birdsong.

7. Lose Profit

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to be snarky. Perhaps I should have worded it a little better though. All I meant was that a few pennies in the change box at the grocery line does contribute toward whatever charities that may be, and it does make a difference in the long run.

Couldn't you be bothered to throw that offensive penny into a jar for the sake of giving it to an animal shelter or something? A handful of pennies might be totally insignificant to you, but to others it would make a significant difference.

Since when does the SEC decide whether or not to relegate decisions regarding net neutrality to anyone? That should fall under the domain of the FCC, not a bunch of dipshit shareholders who's only interest is the next quarter return. Fuck them.

Nice response. Even though he hasn't read the new text of the bill, he sounds like he's going to vote for it passing regardless. Nice touch of including a veiled threat of prosecution and of sympathizing with cp dealers.