Sooong actually created three of them- Data, Lore, and B4 (their older brother).

There was also an entire episode dedicated to Data's attempt to reproduce himself; he created a child-like android based on himself, but he wasn't able to get it quite right and it died. He never tried again. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Lal

Additionally, there were several attempts by the Federation to study Data in depth in order to create more Soong-type androids. Data refused, in part because he would no longer be unique: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Measure_Of_A_Man_(episode)

Wrong Troi; Lwaxana is her flirty mother...

You: Where is the nearest pizza place?
Lwaxana Troi phone: Pizza? Dreadful! I know a lovely little bistro just ahead- the cook has the most FILTHY thoughts about me but he makes the most delicious chocolate cake. Chocolate is an aphrodisiac, you know...

Not trying to troll, I'm legitimately unfamiliar. Doesn't organic waste biodegrade in a landfill anyway? The article mentions reducing the carbon released by landfills- aren't we just shifting that carbon to a different facility?

The high-quality soil produced does seem like a sweet plus, but the "jobs created" claim seems silly (wouldn't it destroy an equal number of landfill jobs?)

The 7th looks the most promising

I'm disappointed that seemingly most Slashdotters couldn't even be bothered to read the article HEADLINE, let alone the summary or, god forbid, the article itself.

Let's not overhype what's occurring here. FTA: "You now have two ways you can sign in and stay with us and keep your contributions and earned badges." They're only dropping support for other single sign on type logins, probably all of which had been provided by a 3rd party like Gigya. Standard old-fashioned site registration/login is still supported. I work for a major TV network website; we have single sign on via Facebook and also offer signup via the rogue's gallery of Twitter, LinkedIn, mySpace, etc in addition to a standard old-fashioned signup. Literally 99% of our signups come from either Facebook or standard registration. We'll probably drop support for the others as well, as they're not worth the dev resources or the fee we pay to Gigya.

Do-Not-Track opts you out of receiving targeting advertising. That's completely separate from something like, Google Analytics, which tells businesses how their sites are being used and measure traffic. Asking businesses not to collect analytics data is like asking a shop owner to wear a blindfold and earmuffs when you come through the door.

The warheads we have now are not the same kind of warheads we dropped on Japan. Back in the day, the strategy was to fly one large bomb over a city and drop it. The idea behind this was that since you don't have pinpoint precision when dropping a huge bomb from a plane, you make the explosion huge so that aiming is irrelevant. These days, we'd launch a laser-guided ICBM loaded with a dozen smaller warheads, which can each be targeted to where they'd do maximum damage (but without the impressive, city-leveling power of something like Fat Man). You're probably still correct that we have significantly more than we need, but it's not a totally apples to apples comparison.

Intrinsic value- I do not think it means what you think it means. If no one will pay me money (jewels, food, ammunition) for gold, it is still useful to me. I can make conductive wiring, heat sinks, and pretty decorations out of it. I can use it to treat some forms of cancer. This is in contrast to something like a dollar bill or a Euro note- if no one will pay me for it, I can use it for... toilet paper? Bedding? I do remember hearing stories about people burning Marks for fuel in the Weimar Republic days.