If Mr. Snowden is a traitor, we need to fix the laws until he ISN'T a traitor. He performed a valuable service to the citizens of this republic, and to the citizens of many other nations around the world.

(Muses to self...) "Gee, I hope I don't have to eject..." "YEEEEEE!!!"

There almost has to be more to this story than we're hearing, and I'd be interested in the details. Why dopes one have to "reconfigure" a server to disconnect a single, personally owned computer from a network? The doctors I know would pull the ethernet cable, pick up the computer and go home, without even thinking about the sever.

I've been driving for 40+ years. Dozens of cars; cheap cars, expensive cars, foreign and domestic. Never one problem with an ignition key or switch. I've driven two keyless cars; 50% of them are unreliable. You don't mandate abandonment of a simple, effective, inexpensive part - you mandate that the manufacturer not cut corners until failures begin.

Of course, this is all academic - the REAL reason is a step towards a mandated remote shutdown system.

Now that we know what the decor of the interior will be like, the remainder of actually designing a working spacecraft with a useful mission is trivial. We're almost to Mars! Did anyone note that, in the linked article, they talk about providing passengers with a "large digital display"? You get a video feed, not a window. Is it just me, but does that take away most of the impact of the experience?

Heh. I went to an all-boys Catholic high school in the early 70's. Response to a fight between two students (which included bullying, whether the victim defended himself or not) was essentially for the school disciplinarian to punch both kids in the face. Don't like it? Hire a lawyer, like my family had to.

It's almost inevetable that we MUST engineer the children of the future. Modern society has eliminated natural selection; the unfit no longer die off, they breed. If we don't start either selective breeding or genetic engineering, the average human will be a mess in a few centuries.

This rocket scientist has had his career, he's put in his 30. If he wants to devote his retirement to helping make sure people don't forget what we were once capable of, more power to him.

I'm actually surprised they're trying this; I wouldn't want to be the first one to take it up. Two things that are almost guaranteed trouble in aircraft are counter-rotating propellers and especially shaft-driven propellers. I see insufficient rear control surfaces (what are they going to do when they start to hit compressibility?), poor-to-no stability, and almost impossible emergency exit. The concept of an aircraft with poor visibility and no room for fuel or weapons as a fighter is laughable. They're not testing Bugatti's concept, because they're not powering it sufficiently to test the one thing it might have been good at - speed.

That IS a stupid... No, actually, it's not. I'm going to assume, however, that drinking a fluid that's probably floating around as globules inside your helmet, without choking on it, would be tricky. Also, "Ewww, helmet water!"

I disagree with your disagreement. Casinos were banning cameras for their own reasons, not due to the preferences of their patrons. Due to concern about cheating, etc. They caved to the number of customers who had cameras in their cell phones, which they would not leave behind. To compensate, they stepped up their own surveillance and security. I actually have experience trying to surreptitiously take pictures in bars for professional reasons (insurance) and people DO NOT LIKE IT, if they become aware of it - and not just the person I'm there to document!

Because they can't, or don't want to. I have some applications I've used for many years, that don't run without Rosetta. Since versions of the OS later than Snow Leopard have no compelling features I want, and some UI changes I actively dislike (open folder in new window, anyone?) there's no reason to update. plus, of course, the fringe machines that CAN'T be updated, but are still completely usable.

I have lots of Macs, and some are on the current OS - but I prefer to use the ones that aren't. For me, 10.6.8 is the Gold Standard.

If you read the original article, a couple of women nearby rolled their eyes and covered their faces, clearly not wanting to be recorded. She said she felt "threatened" by this, and specifically TOLD them she would now be recording them. Sounds pretty antagonistic to me.

"...what will it take for general acceptance to finally take hold?"

Major changes in society, that won't be happening anytime soon. Look, we're already monitored basically 24/7. We don't like it, but if we squint our eyes and look the other way, we can pretend we aren't. The Google Glass thing is just shoving it in our faces and not allowing us to ignore it. (The reasonably common perception of Glass wearers as pretentious hipsters doesn't help).

I think it's far more likely that places like bars (where we want to relax and do foolish things) will ADVERTISE that they don't allow these devices, and don't record internally. Glass may be the straw that triggers the backlash.

Another no. At least, not until most of your neighbors are cyborgs.