I predict that this will be as successful as Microsoft's "ipod killer". What was that thing called again?

This looks like a solution in search of a problem. How often must someone go low-level with an arduino? It's the community, not the hardware that have made that platform successful. And if I need to do something, chances are someone has already written code to do just that, and made it available to the community. I don't have to code much of anything, only tweak what I find.

Reality is not racist; it simply is.

"Why go through the mess of transplantation of that magnitude?"

Do it for science.

If this is a world-first, regardless of the outcome, these doctors will learn from this experiment, and the body of human knowledge will grow. I think it's entirely worth it to do crazy medical stuff like this when people volunteer.

If we don't try, we won't ever know what' possible to achieve.

They didn't test BASIC? Lame...

That's funny.

I'm a content creator, and Google and YouTube have done wonderful things for me. I've gotten a few shows and jobs from YouTube videos that have gone semi-viral.

For the independent artist, the potential these services unlock is simply too important to lose.

Well, if the DHS Chief wants better algorithms for analyzing intelligence data, maybe he can have the department's funding cut, so more money can be put to use educating a generation of better students.

Open Office.org now belongs to Oracle. That should settle it for many FOSS fans.

I've played around with a makerbot. It might seem like the plastic would jiggle on the moving base, but it really isn't a problem at all.

The biggest problem I've seen with the makerbot is the z-axis, the standard bars are too flexible, causing alignment problems on taller objects.

My verdict on the makerbot: toy, not tool.

I would advise against having hardware and software sharing the same space.

do people really want to code between a bandsaw and stick welder?

what kind of work are you thinking about doing in this hackerspace? its hard to say what you will need when we don't know what you will build.

this is what i find helpful for my purposes:

numerous soldering stations
those grippy tables with 2 arms and a magnifying glass.
lots of reverse tweezers. (most useful tool ever.)
proper wire cutters. the huge ones that hammer down and pull apart. save tons of time.
fish tank for holding etching acid
heat press for iron on transfers
rotary tools
small metal lathe
hand drill
drill press
band saw
a good vice
various clamps

optional: safety goggles

oh, and try to get a plasma cutter! I've never actually used one for anything useful, but it's fun as hell to play with.

North Korea has a lot of very cheap units, while the South has a lot of very powerful, but expensive units.
It's pretty much a Zerg vs Protoss battle.
All the South has to do is survive the initial rush. After that, their eventual victory is pretty much assured.

Legit copies crapping out? that is really lame; luckily I've never had that problem.

"If you pirate Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, brace yourself for an explosion, as your entire base will detonate within 30 seconds of loading the game"
I know for a fact that this statement is false.
I have this friend who had a pirated copy. I....oops, I mean "he"....played it all the time back in the day, and never once had his base explode on him.
It worked fine, other than the music and videos were all missing.

I believe it's now life +70 years in Britain and America.

life of the artist should have nothing to do with it. it should be 'x years from date of first publication'

For artists, taking a vacation can be more stressful than working.
The whole time I'm "relaxing", I'm stressing over all the ideas I'm having and are unable to accomplish

eg. The only time I am able to enjoy a concert is when the band has hired me to be their photographer, because then I am working on composing cool shots, and creating something. Otherwise, when I'm just at a concert for 'fun', I spend the whole time thinking, "damn, that would have made a great shot...I wish I had my [camera gear] with me"
(and it's not about the money, its about the hassle security gives people with SLRs (and standing front row/backstage))

working to use the non-dominant hand might not achieve anything artistically, but the feeling of working hard to achieve something might be good for boosting his morale and distracting him during the slow healing process. Probably better for his spirits than a vacation would be.

I lived/worked in Korea for a year.
One of the first things they told us about the Korean language/culture is that sarcasm does not exist.
That's not exactly the same thing as satire, but most of the comedy shows were things like "how many lemons can you squash with your face in 30 seconds" or "how close will you get to a cobra while pouring milk on it's head".
Obviously, as a non-native Korean speaker, I wouldn't get any of the spoken humour if I came across it, but I would be able to tell something was going on if a character spoke and the audience started laughing. I never had that experience. From what I saw, satire and sarcasm weren't the comedic norm. slapstick was.

South Korea? 3rd world?

I was watching TV on my cellphone while riding the subway. I could hit record, change channels, go back, rewind, hit play. And this was back in 2007. And it cost me less than $30/month.
My classroom had 2 giant interactive touch screen displays.
This was a public school in a small village in the middle of nowhere, not some rich urban private school.

The minimum wage might be low, and the work hours long, but from what I saw, the standard of living for a middle-class Korean family is on about the same as any middle-class North American family. (although the lower-class Koreans do seem to have it worse than North Americans do.)

To me, calling a nation full of people with PVRs in their pockets "3rd world" is ridiculous.