well said ...Take me with you.

Then get busted for terrorism if caught? yeah, I'd rather do it 'legally'. err, I should say 'with permission'.

I really don't think it matters if it pops up somewhere else. At least it's not popping up on their site causing it to look like a bunch of dim bulbs and spam trash everywhere.

I also think you hold scientists up on a false pedestal. They don't think they are all that and what you may have thought of, they already thought of a decade ago. There is nothing the masses can offer that they haven't already thought of or tried because it 'might just work'. There are probably a few who can add to the table, but they are in school right now working on their PhD for their field of study ready to put their ideas to the test when they start their science career.

I think this comment can serve as an example of why they are halting comments.

Someone mod this UP! If I only had some points :/

I too was thinking that the nebulae and myself have something in common.

Imma have to agree with you on this too. I have never heard of anyone making that 'right out of college'. Maybe within a few years if you're good at that thing you do, hit a great idea or are one of the rare prodigies.
However, if this is true, I'd say, 'take the 70k job, work a few yrs to get some experience and then move on to follow your dreams.' That's what I did. Not with programming though.

I thought it was hilarious when he said he invented the internet.

adblock plus? done :/

Yes, I did RTFA. I've done things like this before when I was doing industrial hacking back in the late 90s. I understand the joy they were getting from doing this job and succeeding. What is creepy is how he worded it.

"Three guys sitting in a room, hacking away, watching porn, and getting paid to do it — life was good," Then he added "The only thing missing was the beer."

I just see it different. Could also be the fact that when I worked with a team in those days, it was always remote with the others scattered across the country and it wasn't hacking cable companies, but routers. So, there was no TV.

Bothered me when I read that too. One thing I never want to hear is, "You all got boners too?"
I've never watched porn with other guys, nor has any one of my male friends asked if I wanted to watch some porn with them.
I'm sorry, but watching porn is a private thing.

I have built 2 brand new systems in the last year. About to build a Haswell when Summer is over. I always add a video card because I can't stand on-board video. I even had to put a wireless card in one of my systems where an ethernet cable was not an option. I think it has slowed down, but there is still a large crowd out there. I even see it gathering people where it never has before. Console gamers are moving to build there own computers for expandability, options, and control over their own system. The n00b builders such as, my son, who wanted a computer. He asked me before 3rd grade and I told him to bring home good grades. He did and I bought parts and showed him how to put it together and he did it all by himself. So, I guess that brings the tally to 3 systems in the last year. :)

Yeah, Bread. You buy it at the store and 3 days later it turns all fuzzy and blue...

Nice Queen reference.

This is actually happening with phones now. just read some of the permissions of Facebook, Chrome, Firefox and a few others. They can take a photo or record audio without your permission.