It wouldn't surprise me, grant money could dry up if everything was as expected. It's strange, at least in the US we just had an extremely cold winter, ironically the data is from the NOAA - http://www.weather.com/news/wi.... This is all very confusing ...?!

This seems highly technical which is great. I would say at best these issues are 5 years out. Plus, stacking processors + making them larger is always an option. The margins on processors can be slim at the low end, to many fold at the top. The manufacturers will have to learn to live on leaner margins all round.

They should make these people millionaires (in U.S. currency). Ultimately there is no compensation to the victims families for this.

Human beings need to understand themselves better; the machines will only be as good as their creators. We have no right and absolutely no need to build killer robots at this time. This further disconnects people from the reality of life and death.

I have AT&T gigabit in my area and I'm waiting for google based on principle. AT&T has a track record I don't agree with.

You should move to a town in a fracking zone and check the water for yourself.

Perhaps it was the intention of the Universe itself that brought the first cells into being...

Nice, I've often thought about a standing desk. Have you noticed any positive effects? More energy, muscle tone?

Such a small prize for a million dollar flaw. Basic QA should've caught this.

Nicely said, and thanks for the link.

Well, at least we can agree that's it's "public school textbook".

I see it as a dumbing down of society, I'm not looking for it to be a forum or debate or it would end up like slashdot! Put it this way; you can go to -most- public schools, get a public education, and fight for a normal job. Or if your family is better off, go to a private school and get a top notch education. These people start at the top of their fields immediately. There's a difference in knowledge transfer, teaching styles, ect.

With wikipedia, everything is decided for you and only certain things are allowed. It could almost be said that wikipedia keeps the transfer of knowledge from moving forward, for the reasons I said in my original post.

Wikipedia places itself in a position in the minds of people reading it; the perception that it is the authority, the repository of all human knowledge. It clearly is not and Jimmy Whales is thankfully being forward about this.

General information is often correct, someone mentioned release dates, ect. There's an obvious agenda on Wikipedia and there's not very much useful, specialized information. Everything on it is mainstream, that is to say it's akin to a public school text book. You could for example set up a Wikipedia about alternative theory's on the Universe, complete with references to notable scientific experts. The page would quickly be edited and references called into question. The page may be refiled under a misleading location. It could even be outright deleted. You have to ask yourself, should I place trust in a site that files all religions under "Myth"? Or, should I place trust in a site that does not allow any discourse between other points of view? Mainstream science is continually churning, continually being re-written, re-theorized, dis-proven and re-proven again. Wikipedia places complete trust in this one flawed position. Therefore I find myself using Wikipedia less and less.

Thanks for this.

It's to get a good little worker bee. The companies now write the tests for us, ie. they own your children.

This is common sense, it has nothing to do with being safe for children. If parents want to distract their kids with these expensive toys then they should aware of the consequences and not try and ruin the designers original intent. Lawsuits destroy the experience for other users.