>But in China, the cost of sending people into space is going to be a lot cheaper because of all of their available resources and strong economy.

And because they wont give a shit whether they come back again.

>That American paranoia is the reason freedom exists on the planet,

Where exactly?

> The line between crap journalism and opinion blog is getting smaller and blurrier with each passing year.

There, fixed that for you

Or maybe they could talk to each other rather than sit in their rooms glued to a TV

>illegal to operate your vehicle in an unsafe manor)

I'd say it's bloody difficult to drive in any manor. Who's opening the doors for you?

I agree. After all, these guys will be setting the Evil Bit, so it will be easier to filter them out!

Good god, someone talking sense. You must be new around here...

>what kind of laser would I need to deal with this?

A 12bore shotgun type laser will work just fine

I'm getting the feeling that the reason you have a permit is that lots of people would like to shoot you.

I no longer wonder why.

>It doesn't threaten anyone

I must be soft then, cause it would frighten the fuck out of me.

But then, I don't live in such a brutish country like his.

I recon they just stuck a meteorite in it before launch, just in case.

Your inability to recognise sarcasm is very American, somewhat proving his point :o)

>*(Before you freak out, I have a concealed carry permit issued by the government.)

Wow, what country do you live in where you can get a permit to threaten shop staff with a firearm?

Given the short half life of most weddings, I wouldn't be concerned with the long term affects :o)

So you should have written

"many developers don't know about Oracle's acquisition of MySQL"

rather than

"most developers don't know about that/don't know the consequences/aren't familiar with other free databases"

Apologies that I cannot read your mind.