Who cares? As long as it's written in coffeescript I'm in.

"...get a constitutional convention by having non-corrupt state-level politicians pass an amendment."

Clearly you haven't been paying attention. State level races are as bad as national level when it comes to money as influence.

"So we're going to elect some politicians that promise to do something different? Where have I heard that before? (Every 2-6 years)"

Your gutless resignation isn't doing any good. Lessig has a great idea and he understands just how fundamentally broken the system is. He is fighting the system from within the system, something I didn't think was possible, but it's a really worthy goal. Be part of an attempted solution. Go donate. (And yes, I have. Twice.)

This is something called a low-density supersonic decelerator. It's probably a bit different from anything else that has been happening "for the last 50 years." It's meant to allow a parachute to work effectively in the low-density atmosphere of Mars for spacecraft that are too heavy for conventional parachutes or the bouncing type of landing that was used for the Mars Exploration Rovers.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/n...

"I'm not sure that the FAA has the authority to regulate the quadcopter in the first place..."

Maybe not quadracopters, but they definitely have the authority to regulate airspace. And regulation of quadracopters is probably coming, in much the same way as every little device that transmits radio waves is regulated now.

It was a joke. Read carefully.

"I'm waiting for the obligatory nutcase to drop an insane "human eye can't see more than 30fps" comment."

Actually, I just checked the frame rate and reality only runs at 48 fps, tops. Anything higher is just theoretical.

"Flowers are for women and fags."

And the food web. Don't forget that.

Maybe someday we'll be able to say One Click in the right direction.

It's time to throw your support behind Lessig's movement!

https://mayday.us/v8/

I don't know if you're joking or not, but don't expect too much of people. If you want people to socialize with you, you have to socialize with them. And it takes time to build little relationships. Especially with engineers.

I was thinking black and white. Black and white processes are very archival if proper washing is done. Negs and prints will last much longer than a century.

My previous career was in the commercial photography business. I was the one that pushed the studio into getting a digital scanning back for our 4x5. I'm in agreement about digital. Mostly.

I recently acquired an old film Leica for two reasons. One, I just always wanted an M4-P. It's a really great feeling piece of equipment that makes you think very deliberately about how you're shooting and it's fun to use. Two, I know that I can record some images that will be impervious to bit rot.

It had better be kopi luwak for that price.

Yep. That's what I meant by "Even though Lessig is right--by the time the candidate is on the ballot the candidate is already corrupted..."

You should look up Lessig's project. Or just continue doing nothing while complaining that people are doing nothing.

Yes, but if you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up daisies.