They explode into skinny jeans? ::confused::

It's more likely that they will institute a rule where "any act which appears to be an intentional attempt to disturb, creep out, and/or disgust a TSA employee shall result in immediate removal from the airport and the disallowance of travel."

Or something like that. My legalese is rusty.

Honestly I hope that happens. I really, truly hope that full cavity searches will be required to fly.

It's my last hope that the people in this country will have any sense and stand up to this kind of asinine "security."

If the American people accept cavity searches every time they fly, and they just shrug and say "Well, what are you going to do?" Well, then this country has lost everything that made it special.

This will happen as long as people let it happen. By shrugged their shoulders and going along with it, they're letting the government and the TSA know that we will give them absolute free reign in this. It doesn't matter how many angry articles there are decrying the new procedures -- if people continue to fly, then the procedures will stay. And eventually they'll get worse. Again.

I don't know the specifics of the law and I admit that. But if this kind of thing is illegal, why hasn't it been happening for years?

This isn't necessarily an internet-specific issue, either. If this is legal, then what's to stop them from printing a list of "PEOPLE WHO OWE MONEY" in a newspaper ad? True, that costs money. But is it just the cost of the ad that has kept them from it?

What if they were to put a website up with a list of everyone who is more than a couple months behind on their payment? And why simply contact my relatives on Facebook? Why not post on my Facebook wall about how I don't pay my debts and shouldn't be trusted, or something to that extent? Sure, I can delete it. But I probably won't notice immediately, and if they're going after shame . . . that's the ticket.

Regardless of legality, I hope we can agree that this is disgusting.

This is the best thing anyone's posted so far. The universe is a hard place, and sometimes we can't afford to wait on a method to reach 99% survivability. Of course, this is also the modern world. We do not want to go back to indentured servants and slaves. So don't. Don't send anyone who doesn't want to go. Make sure they know the risks. Make sure they're trained well. Make sure they understand what they're going to be expected to do, and make sure they understand the difficulty involved. Then send them up there with the best supplies we can, and hope they make it. Hell, maybe we'll get lucky on our first try. Regardless, keep trying until a colony survives. Everytime we fail, we increase our chances of success. Once we start doing it, we'll learn what works. We'll get better. After that, the risks start falling much more quickly. There's a reason we admire pioneers.

Obviously it's not clear what kind of aid it is, specifically, but it looks like an old ear trumpet.

Like this thing.

And of course I put a comma in an absolutely stupid place, there. My quote in the third paragraphy should have been, "Are we going to see, in Diablo 3, more of the wide-open spaces that were common?" I probably typoed like five things in this comment, too.

Hrm.

It really looks like the sentence is asking "will we see more wide-open spaces, such as the ones that were were common in Diablo 3?"

I will concede that technically, it doesn't have to be incorrect. It could be saying, "Are we going to see in, Diablo 3, more of the wide-open spaces that were common?"

It's at least a bit awkward. :p Obviously awkward enough so that it's difficult for me to read it in any way other than I originally did.

Slashdot: So far we’ve seen some very constrained dungeons – a tomb, a fiery dungeon – are we going to see more of the wide-open spaces that were common in Diablo 3?

Do I get a prize? :O

"I grow; I prosper! Now, gods, stand up for bastards!"

I hate it when people and companies pull stuff like this. But for once I'm glad it was just a stunt, because I'd hate them to disappear. Maybe if it was a good enough stunt, they'll even get increased traffic. More importantly, maybe it'll help remind people how sad it would be if the site WAS gone.

That's probably the most blatant example of overzealous PC CYA I've ever seen. Maybe it's a mistake? That's just bizarre.

I do admit that the books fell in quality for awhile. Book seven wasn't great, and book eight was almost just bad. Nine wasn't terrible, though, and I honestly thought books ten and eleven were very good. I was excited while reading Knife of Dreams, and that's the mark of a good book; one that excites you.

Of course people will have different opinions. If you think that every book after five was terrible, then you think that. If you hate the entire series, then fine. That's your opinion. But don't speak for everyone else, and remember that regardless of whether or not the books were good, a man died. He brought happiness to a great many people, even if it wasn't everyone.

I do hope his wife is ok.