Could you use the upward lift to generate power for the city?

...in the long run to get candy at the store while picking up condoms.

Nice, thanks. Now we just something for Canada, I guess.

What we need is sellers like Steam, Gamers-Gate, and Good Old Games for the ebook market. Give me weekend deals, give me surprise specials on publishers, give me a discount if I buy an author's entire catalog. From what I've seen, there's little incentive to go ebook over dead-tree. They should be taking advantage of the low cost of distribution and selling as much as they can. If I can't get it for cheap online then I'm either going to pick it up used or from a library, I'm guessing neither of which profits them as much as if I get it directly.

I don't mind Steam-like DRM. Make it easy to use and make sure it WORKS and people will love it. There are customers now who try to buy on Steam whenever possible, sometimes even when the same product available elsewhere with no DRM and at a lower price.

That's not to say I wouldn't prefer something like RTF. Good Old Games is selling tonnes (how many bits are there in a gram?) of games DRM-free and are constantly adding to their catalog. There was nothing stopping me from pirating Fallout 2, but I bought it from GOG anyway because it was cheap enough to be a no-brainer. Older books, discounted, and DRM-free in a GOG-type store would be great and would make a lot of money.

Unfortunately, ebooks are more likely to go towards the Microsoft XBOX Live store model. Sales are rare and often lame. Microsoft just added the ability to buy XBOX 360 games online. The main problem is, it's twice or three times as expensive as picking up a physical copy.

Seriously. The obvious mod whoring is blinding.

If it's just sitting there, why use a more expensive 2.5" drive?

The iPhone resolution is half that, and it's doing fairly well, last time I checked.

I think you need to redefine what you think of when you see the word "computer".

Apparently him sensing it causes "dizziness, confusion and nausea". Maybe his sensor has a longer range than his "allergy"?

There's a lot of things in this article and this condition to be skeptical of, but I don't think this is one of them.

Yeah, that's a really good point.

Look at the whole WMD in Iraq debacle.

Maybe someone with a little more clout than The Daily Show needs to be confronting these guys. Someone who can bring about actual consequences would be a start.

If the Whitehouse is putting more down in writing, on the Internet where it can easily be archived and searched through, will this lead to greater scrutiny from the public? Will they be more likely to be called on their backtracking?

Or, more likely, will they just make sure to never say anything of substance?

honestly it was full of cliche's(sic)

Yeah, so is Citizen Kane.

"The guy" also wants nothing to do with the film versions of anything he writes.

It could very well be that the finished film is closer to his original intentions, but 1) he will in all likelihood never find out and 2) I'm under the impression he would argue vehemently against that statement.

I just found your comment hilarious because he's been portrayed as very critical of film adaptations.

...the movie is probably closer to what the author originally wanted.

Okay, I need to see that again to be sure.
 
...the movie is probably closer to what the author originally wanted.

Yep. Still hilarious.

I'm annoyed because people are continually replying to one of the first >0 rated posts so that their comment is at the top.

Realistically, I'm not sure Slashdot can really do anything (Allow mods to move the comment so it's not a reply? That sounds like it could be trouble). The only reason I suggested it is because asking people to exercise self restraint is even more foolish. Just look at those guys who use the code tag over all their comments.

What the hell does your post have to do with the parent post?

I'm getting really tired of this type of thing. Slashdot should really fix their commenting system.