"If somebody brought a model of that to school in the 50's as a lunar lander project, it would be laughed at, smashed, and given an "F", not necessarily in that order."

Yeah, pretty much. I guess it was in the 60's when people in general started realizing that "no air in space" means "no aerodynamics needed".

Of course if SpaceX et. al. have their way, perhaps we'll dust off ol' Bonestells blueprints in the future.

Ok, thanks. I can think I can see the benefits regarding grayscale.

Then two weeks later they return it to you bricked due to the same mysterious malfunction that caused the cop-cam to have no video.

Wow. He drops everything. He starts to turn away. They pepper him with half a dozen shots. Then yell "Get your hands up!".

"When dealing with the police, avoid being black"

Words to the wise, yet people still consistently break that rule. It's their own fault.

So, basically everyone is non-law-abiding at some point. What follows from that?

"The American Public has rights, an individual citizen has no rights. Welcome to America, sucker."

The scary thing to me is that I think the AC is a cop. And the way he lays his argument out tells me that he was trained that way. It's a gut feeling, though: I hope I'm wrong.

Think of the kittens!

Hear, Hear!

The coda: "I really now believe that in some parts of the United States people have started to mate with vegetables."

Good catch.

I think he was saying "it would be more fortunate if they had picked a less violent form of protest".

Great Onion article. I remember when it came out. Pretty much sums it up right there.

This shouldn't be modded flamebait. It is her considered opinion, delivered reasonably well, with no ad-hominems, etc. She states what she would do, and doesn't tell you what you have to do.

Let's try to hold /. to a higher ideal--at least for the commenters and modders (the editors are beyond our control or hope).

Plenty funny. Plenty true, though. My first thought was "what a terrible test image". First the washed out colors, then I zeroed on the skin tone--too red. As a test point for how a scanner/whatever can handle a poor image, I might see some value.