All systemd logging can be forwarded to syslog for plain text format if you'd rather not learn about the new ways to read/parse/search the binary log files.

They were only talking about servers as far as I can tell. The desktop is a completely different story.

The treaty doesn't say anything about aiding or protecting Ukraine. It basically says "we all agree that Ukraine is sovereign, no one (especially you Russian) are to interfere or threaten Ukraine, if if you do threaten or attack, we are going to confer with the UN security council".

So the US did confer with the security council. And they are taking actions, like sanctions and travel bans.

So in summary, you could say that the last time the US behaved the way Russia is behaving, was around 120 years ago?

The vast majority of China/Thailand, etc.. eats mainly rice. So I don't know if this 'carbs are bad' new fad is correct either. That, or rice isn't just carbs. It could be carbs+something else that makes those particular carbs less fattening?

So I suppose you would also want people out on bail, awaiting sentencing, to also have their 'out and free bail time' added to their sentence term if they are found guilty at some future point?

People are guilty and to be punished once a court makes a decision. Nadal Hasan was guilty when the court said he was, not at the time of the shooting. Retroactively applying punishment back to the time a crime was committed is not only a slippery slope, it is also just really messy. For instance, what if a crime happened years ago, and the laws have changed since then. Is the judge to apply the law from 3 years ago to the case, or the current law?

Murder, for instance, has no statute of limitations. Many states are moving away from capital punishment. If you get convicted of a murder from 20 years ago, in a state that recently banned executions, the judge can't say "well, you committed the crime when executions were the norm, so I sentence you to death". I mean, even just from a practical matter, that would make no sense. The state would have no execution infrastructure in place anymore.

Don't forget Descent 1/2

Google isn't attempting to serve every home. The stated goal is to make sure that the majority of people have fast (1GB+) connections at reasonable rates (currently ~70 dollars a month) as well as free basic connections for everyone.

They call this 'changing the access cost'. Much the say same that hard drive capacity, cpu speed, etc.. has increased exponentially over time, Google wants to see that happen in the broadband world. Google will continue expanding until ISP's either have no choice but to match them, or are driven out of the market. Google is making money on it, so why would they stop?

see - http://gigaom.com/2012/07/26/the-economics-of-google-fiber-and-what-it-means-for-u-s-broadband/

Also, 34 more cities are in planning stages right now.

https://fiber.google.com/newcities/ - 34 cities in planning phases.

I don't think it is "just a little experiment". What I see Google doing is continuing to expand until the pressure is great enough that other ISP's are forced to offer better solutions. Google will just keep on marching along until Comcast/Verizon etc.., have no choice but to start offering GB connections at sane prices. But even then, why would Google stop the expansion?

Here, see what Google has to say about their goals:
http://gigaom.com/2012/07/26/the-economics-of-google-fiber-and-what-it-means-for-u-s-broadband/

Print your post out and stick it on a wall. Wait 20 years and read it again.

It has camera's and lasers that actually build an accurate image of the road and surroundings, and then image recognition type software determines what everything is, and it makes choices. A big tree limb in the road will be easily seen. The car will find another route based on map data. Ditto with washed out/blocked roads.

I haven't seen any demonstrations of google's car self-parking, but Audi has one already: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEE76Eudz_M

Your last sentence seems to be the easiest problem to solve out of all of them. Camera on car views intersections, if no lights (no red, no green, no yellow) detected, car assumes the road has become a 4 way stop. Or if it is a more complicated 4 way by 4 way stop with turn lanes, I'm sure they can program a 'take turns' style algorithm that mimics whatever humans actually do in that situation.

Good video that shows the inputs that the car receives and can make decisions about: http://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/new-footage-shows-how-googles-self-driving-cars-handle-real#4byba7s

I see no ability to reach the opposite conclusion either: that date rape drugs are used enough for anyone to fear them. We just don't have any data either way.

I'd rather start an education campaign centered around telling people to watch out for their friends, rather than 'watch your drink!'. I guess both are valuable, but since most rapes seem to happen with just alcohol alone involved, a more effective message to party goers would be 'watch out for each other!', 'don't let drunk friends wander off with strangers!'.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068925/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processual_archaeology

Jail time has always served multiple purposes.

1. Justice - for the victim(s)
2. Deterrent - for possible future criminals
3. Punishment - for the criminal
4. Prevention - protection from repeat crimes.
5. Rehabilitation - for the criminal

The extent to which each of those 5 are accomplished by jail time, and the extent to which each of those is valuable to the public, the victim, and the criminal, are often debated.

The sentence "with no trial, they beheaded a reporter with a knife" should make it crystal clear what type of people we are dealing with. Watching someone die won't add anything to that understanding.