Fact: Global warming exists. Fact: The ice sheet is melting due to an increase in geothermal heat in the surrounding area. Fact: The ice sheet is also being eroded by the ocean, probably from a rise in water levels. Half-Life 3 confirmed.

This is pretty much what will happen. The precedent was set with the banks and auto industry. I don't see why the NSA can't use the same argument.

I'll run a comparison with my current network (Verizon) and when Google Fiber finally drops in my area. I'm sure I'll find all the proof I need.

I don't know why you were down-voted, because this is pretty much 100% accurate.

First, I'm not a Republican. Second, if the city leaders that you vote into office are screwing you over, elect someone to do the job better. Petition the city council. Man up, and take matters into your own hands. You are in a much better position to control your rates.

Exactly. I live in Texas, and use a co-op for electricity. It's been much better than when I was in Nevada.

More cities need to treat internet access as a utility. It's the best way to break the current monopoly.

My God, it's already too late...

Whoa, whoa! Slow down, Ace. You don't just copy the Tesla overnight. You start small. China's already taken over World of Warcraft. Soon, they'll have League of Legends. Hell, it'll probably take them another year or two before you can score a Tesla knock-off.

My daughter is wrapping up second grade. A few months ago, my wife and I had a conference with my daughter's teacher. She was concerned because my daughter wasn't completing her timed tests, and it might impact her annual testing. However, the teacher then commented on how my daughter was the only one in her class to get each answer correct. It's a real shame that we continually place value on completion over accuracy. As an employer, I'd take the employee who took their time, but had accurate work.

Half-life 3 confirmed.

No, I fully understand. There needs to be a clear line between unacceptable objectifying of women, and legitimate sexual violence towards them, and how society deals with each of those. Using a blanket term like "rape culture" marginalizes women who have been sexually abused. A bunch of asshats on a forum that talk about raping their next opponent in Titanfall or how they'd "totally bang" the hot girl that sits next to them is inappropriate. However, it's different from someone who makes the conscious choice to inflict sexual violence on another person, be it male or female. Both actions are unacceptable, but need to be approached in separate ways.

The OP's statement of living in a rape culture is elitist and needs to be toned down. We don't have a rape culture in the US. Women aren't being systematically raped as a form of control, so please stop using that term. It's melodramatic, and pointless. What we have is a geek society that is attention-hungry and immature. More and more of us are growing up with the internet, and the sense of anonymity it provides. They haven't learned simple respect of others, and that you can have competition without belittling people, and trampling their self-esteem. Plus, you have a biased media that is more focused on ratings than actual journalistic integrity. It's a media that will spend weeks to months picking apart every detail of a tragedy, and inadvertently give a person a kind of morbid immortality. Now, all that said, I don't know what the answer is. I don't think it's a black or white issue with a simple fix.

Still better than Digg.

Pretty much. As long as their one or two ideological issues are addressed, or at least attempted to be addressed, people will gladly ignore everything else. However, he's far from the hero people claim. In fact, hearing nothing from him after Anna Chapman's marriage proposal has made me lost trust in him. How could an honest man say no to her?