They took it down for cleaning then?

Reminds me of Occupy protests...

With 3D printers being able to print gun magazines now as well as firearm components, I strongly suspect that the silly little law on high capacity magazines will be irrelevant within a year or so.

The first to blog about it, you mean. I strongly suspect completely plastic single-use firearms have been 3D printed for some time.

So, seeing as the human body needs to ingest roughly 35% of its essential substances because it can't make them, where do humans fit on your scale?

Reprap came first, mate. Makerbot is a spinoff from one of the core members which has now been taken over.

Good luck writing that software.

In NZ, where Kim Dotcom lives, you are allowed to circumvent digital locks on regional content if they prevent you viewing what you paid for,

OK, this one needs doing as a cautionary tail. Working at Amstrad in the 80's I had a nice battery-powered soldering iron with an effiung great NiCad in it. The wire broke off one end of the battery. I grab a soldering station and set to soldering the tag - but no solder. The boss has the big roll of solder so I haul off a metre of it and wander back. I then solder the battery teminal, and scream in pain.

For lo, the other end of the solder coil has flopped out of my palm and is leaning on the other end of the NiCad. NiCad then discharges through the solder coil, melting the whole thing instantly in my palm. I had a palm full of hot lead. Owser!

I'm a Youtube content creator. I want people to download and share my Youtube content. Does this mean my right to share stuff should be trumped by a vague notion of piracy?

Interesting fact: The micro that runs the blinkenlights on the CSIRAC panel these days has more grunt than the original computer. The things you learn at Linuxconf...

Vik :v)

They're sending drones?

Er, no. Why on Earth would they be?

FBI Agents in New Zealand are tourists subject to New Zealand law, not sworn officers of our law. They were told they couldn't have Dotcom's data until the judge had decided, so the difference here is that they are in contempt of court. The contents of that drive are Dotcoms personal data and while this may not mean much in the US it means a helluva lot more over here and foreigners aren't allowed to just run off with it.

But, uh, didn't the US invade their old buddy Iraq for 2 reasons: their oil, and they wanted better access to the Gulf? Count the military bases in the area, and follow the oil money. Oh, and remember the WMDs that weren't.

Give 'em a few years and they'll be out of China, looking for cheaper labour in Africa or somesuch.