You don't believe they could think that way? Why do you think they want to re-implement the Fairness Doctrine?

One of the interesting aspects of this movie is that it only took $30 million to make and made $37 million the first weekend. It doesn't look like a low budget film.

There are likely legal requirements for companies to retain records of their transactions for several years (Sarbanes-Oxley?). This would make it legally sticky to have your ssn removed from a business database even after you no longer do business with them. Likely your ssn is the only unique identifier in the system that verifies who you are.

As an interesting aside, my last company was bought by another company, but a shell company was formed from the original strictly for the purpose of maintaining the old company records. That shell had to exist for three years before they could close it down and destroy the records.

But we aren't talking about products here. We are talking about standards. Everyone should be able to implement a standard without having to pay someone.

Naw, Bruce Campbell has to be one of those annoying bubble-hearthing paladins. His big chin is perfect for the part.

In most games, what he was doing would be considered an exploit (an unintended use of a game mechanic to gain an advantage over other players) and usually not allowed by the game's terms of service. I'm surprised he was allow to get away with doing it.

And that's the classic excuse players use in a game to be complete jerks. "I'm roleplaying a complete jerk."

Just because you "can" do it doesn't mean you "should" do it.

Nope, the bulk of population will continue to be either human or nightelf.

The population balance on most servers swings for one faction or the other. It's seldom balanced. Being able to swap factions just means that those imbalances will get more severe, since those on the weaker side are tired of losing at world pvp. Nobody wants to be on the "losing" side.

I'm wondering which bright boy will get the idea to start a new religion based on "Orbo?" This free energy must be coming from the gods, right? ;)

You're kidding, right? I've lived a few years in Tampa now, but moved from Oklahoma and I actually know what a low cost of living is really like. Let's just say the cost of living in central Florida is not incredibly high but nowhere near the cheapest.

I spent a winter in Saratoga Springs and was constantly amazed that the roads were cleared of snow every morning by the time I left for work. The hard part was getting out of the driveway. ;)

Why do we need newspapers? It's just another idea whose time has come and gone. Do we still have town criers?

Every few months, the paper guy knocks on my door and asks if I want to subscribe. I always tell him I get my news from the web. It's not that I no longer read. I just don't read the paper.

"A lot of people" would be the Fox News viewership (the figures are easy enough to find on the web). You may not like it, but you can't say it isn't popular and doesn't have real numbers backing.

While driving in ice or snow, the bulk of cars I see in the ditch are SUVs. It seems like the drivers of those things think they don't have to drive more carefully in bad weather like the rest of us.