Really - your eyeballs can get files off a device? So should I call you Jordi LaForge?

Not that I would use this service (I prefer having the physical media), but if I get to d/l it to my computer, and it resides there as long as I so choose to keep it then I own the right to view the movie as much as I want. I don't own the movie, that ownership resides with the company that released it...but I own the right to view it. Same thing if I buy a dvd from a store. It's about preference. My friend prefers to have his movies on hard drive, i prefer to keep it on disk.

It's a funny looking picture. How many famous scientists put out a picture like that? He is also one of the most recognizable faces in the science community. Yes there are more famous people - but do we know what they look like? How many of these scientists have multiple movies based on their lives? It's more then his political agenda.

Scientific studies performed without a reason have historically produced results that we can apply to practical applications. This doesnt' always happen and then someone comes around saying "but why are we wasting money on X worthless study"....but what if that study gave us some new piece of knowledge that helped us in some way? What if that study will help someone five, ten, fifteen, one-hundreed years from now?

So studies that seem worthless today may be great tomorrow. The studies may return immediate useful results. Then there is always - because we are curious and satisfying our curiousity and feeding our brains (we are explorers) is a good thing.

I did RTFA...and let me explain something to you....NONE OF THAT MATTERS. Nintendo is a huge company. Lawyer wants payday. Family is distraught and wants to blame somebody (except themselves). Lawyer capitalizes on this and goes to sue Nintendo, hoping that Nintendo will settle for a few million (which the layer gets 50% of).

You are so going to hell for that comment...And I hate you for making me laugh....now I'm going with you.

WRONG! It is clearly Nintendo's fault for making their contoller look "similar" to a gun and obviously the family should sue Nintendo for negligible homicide and reap millions.

What...you don't believe me? Just wait until the family gets a lawyer telling them practically the same thing and how the family was wronged by Nintendo.

How did the insurance company screw him out of his life insurance policy? He hasn't died yet.

Wait the French didn't surrender? Are you sure it was the French?

Me: "/globalwhisper Hey bill, long time no"
Global Whisper from Bill: "Hmm, where did your message go"
Me: "/re Sorry bout that, almost got backstabbed by that jackass kid dave. He's always trying to kill me when I'm barely paying attention...Too bad i beat his n00b ass"

It gets to the point "Your body contemplates to take a breath of air....you get kicked" ;) BTW, later in your post you said "screams out in pain"...how does one scream out in pain in a text based mmo?

Really? You are trying to compare muds of the early 90s (which I also played) to todays games? You are comparing "You are in a room, your exists are up, down, north, west". I played majormud, telearena, tradewars2002, and a bunch of others. They were great, but nothing compared to today. After playing Doom 1 I said "wow one day we will have a merger of this and muds" and we do.

I think your dislike of MMOS today (which is just a large graphical mud) is that you are comparing today to your youth...that's a mistake...about as much of a mistake when I rented the original transformers series, and battlestar galactica series...what a way to kill my childhood memories. Things seem better from when you were a kid because your brain fantasizes and makes it better then what it was...plus as a kid we have beeter imaginations and are more easily impressed then when we are adults.

BTW - it did cost money to play muds back in the day depending on where you played (just like today). I had to pay $20/month so I could have a monthly account with the local BBS. It did cost the guy time/money to keep the computers/phone lines up and running and he was limited to 15-25 people at a time. He paid $10/line so charging users $20/month was fair.

Really? Buying a car is that complex?

"How much is the car sales person? X you say? Ok I will give you Y. Great now that we agree on Z let's move on.
I would like to finance, what's your rates? Q you say? Well that's better then my bank, so great let's move on.
I want to sell you my car, how much are you offering? M you say? Well, M is a bit low, how about N? Great now that we agree on O let's move on.
"Finally, the warranty, how much? S you say? Ok I will give you T. Great we have a deal"


It's four fairly simple steps...if a person finds that difficult then I'd imagine Linux involves solving the mystery of the universe. At any point in the process if you are unhappy with one of the rates you can decline. If your car purchase is anymore complex then that (other then inspecting the car) then you are doing something entirely wrong.

Porsche 918 Spyder gets 58mpg and this is a freaken scream machine. Porsche

I mean, really, if they can get this kind of car (0-60mph in 3.2 seconds) then there is no excuse for ALL cards to get such great ratings. The whole "hybrids are slow" is ridiculous.

Too late...SS has already transformed (many many years ago) into a national ID. It's how you get a job (legally), get benefits (until they run out), pay your taxes, get loans, track your criminal record, track your passport, etc. It's a very good way of tracking people because it's a huge freakin number that is used on a 1:1 ratio.

However, social security has a major flaw...our cards have absolutely ZERO ways of gauranteeing the person holding the ID is actually the person using the ID (except age....i don't think I could pass for a 75 year old person...since I am 33).

Giving this card a method to be used as an ID will help.

BTW - jsut in thought. By law we are all required to have social security numbers from birth. We are not all required to have drivers license's, but many states require people have some kind of gov't id card by the age of 18. That means if you live in one of those states you have to get a drivers license, non-drivers license, passport, military id or welfare card by the age of 18...that is an extra ID (and some would say tracking) form. By putting a picture on your social card then people who would prefer not to be tracked can live their entire lives with only ONE form of ID (social)...anyhow I digress.

My point is this id will help prevent fraud, amongst other things. I am down for a bit less fraud

How the hell does my post get modded -1 troll? I mean really? Is anything I stated incorrect? Even if it may be incorrect how is it considered trollish?

Fucking stupid ass mods. Troll this!