Are you kidding? Organized war is what we did since ancient Sumer (blasted Mesopotamia, it was trouble then and it is trouble now) and I don't see a reason to stop now. A global war would be a bit tricky, or at least too short for anyone to really profit from it because of nuclear weapons, but I don't see a reason why this year's Ukrainian campaign couldn't turn into a real war. The Russians already have a lot of weapons and 'vacationers' in there, it just needs a couple thousands well-equipped NATO 'vacationers' and we're good to go. I'm sure the Baltic states plus Poland would be happy to provide those... Give "The Guns of August" a try - it's really good at explaining how easy it is to start a war, and how difficult it is to stop one, once the armies start moving. Also "Red Storm Rising" is quite interesting, if you prefer fiction.

Google search will achieve effectively the same results and will be much faster.

They are actually welding the structure one drop of molten metal at a time. The energy expended must be staggering compared to classical construction technologies, and I'm pretty sure the resulting metal is seriously inferior to standard steel...

Well, I don't expect that the G7 will put the agreement into their respective constitutions. I don't even expect them to put it into writing, show it to their respective parliaments for ratification and then sign it. That would make this business too difficult to weasel out of later...

I don't think so - I can't even see how that would work, AFAIK solid fats don't go into ice cream at all. But I have no idea really, all I know is that the ice cream you get here tastes the same as everywhere else in Europe I've had the chance to try it.

A bunch of politicians who won't be around in 10 years agree to do something in 85 years? Wow, that's a real commitment to our future :) Especially since there won't be anything left to burn by then, and nobody to burn it (unless the cockroaches get on top of things really fast)...

Anybody who stands to lose more by having their (illegal) activities uncovered compared to being penalized for using (banned) encryption will still use it, so only the good guys, who don't use it to cover up their criminal activity will stop using encryption. At the same time they will be more exposed to data and identity theft, blackmail and illegal snooping. This just shows how little actually the FBI cares about the safety of common, law-abiding citizens. They don't see their mission as protecting people from becoming victims in the first place, but rather as catching criminals after the fact. It's logical if pretty evil - the more crime there is in USA, the more money and power the FBI gets. But folks - which one of those is better for us? Prevention or prosecution?

This is beyond futile, but at least it will greatly advance image recognition. Maybe they could also differentiate the ban by actual scene properties and try to vary them every week (like having a BBC week, ATM week, etc.) - that would be really useful.

Aaaah, slide rules... sooo beautiful... :)

The whole C language is one beautiful hack, scary at first but once you get to know it in some really messed up sw project you can't help but love it. The balance between freedom and structure is excellent.

You're right - killing people is a simple solution to all the problems you've mentioned. Dead people are surprisingly quiet, undemanding and cheap for the state. Your cops already know it and implement this solution like there's no tomorrow (especially for people of color)...

...and make it do 180 degree turn - that'd be fun :)