>> Am I crazy, or does it seem like the automotive industry has lost sight of what will best serve the consumer?

The automotive industry has lost sight of what will best serve the consumer.
If you typed that in, and read it out loud, and kept a straight face..

They cannot lose something they never had.

I'm pretty sure some guy walking around with a cell phone did it. Aiden Pearce?

They lost me at the first line of the patent..

"An elongated member is provided with one or more imaging sensors, location sensors, and a switch in its bottom end."

> And no. Cross breeding is not the same as gene modification. There are very few herrings that mate with a tomato IRL.

Well, if the music is right, set the mood with dim lights and candles AND you get them drunk enough, of course their genes will splice.

Forests get more pissed off than Lakes when you anthropomorphise them. They reeeeealy hate it.
Not as much as Mountains, but still. I'd stay away and pay up if I were Amazon. Or ex-Amazon

Tell me about Loom
You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from LucasArts' Brian Moriarty? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic. Stunning, high resolution, 3D landscapes and sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom today!

A friend bought a set of brainwave sensing cat ears at Pax East two weeks ago.

They worked so-so with him, but during the weekend we saw a girl with a set on who was reading. The ears WERE moving left and right as she was concentrating on the text.

Tell me about Loom
You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from LucasArts' Brian Moriarty? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic. Stunning, high resolution, 3D landscapes and sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom today!

And I'm very happy with my Up! PP3DP printer!

The difference between consumer-class and enterprise-class 3D printers are minor. Controlled temperature environment is one of them.

As soon as one of the small fish is advertising features of the so called enterprise-class 3D printers, they are sued into oblivion by Stratasys and others using their patents.

The problem is not even the parents.
The problem is affixing the magnet in a piece that can break or be sucked by the toddler.
Just like there are regulations about using lead paint on glasswares and plates, there should have been rules about using strong earth magnets ON toys.
Banning the sale of magnets AS toys is stupid.

Squirtle - BubbleBeam!
Pikachu - Lightningrod!

There you go. Unbeatable bubbles!

You need to be at least slightly asperger to play Dwarf Fortress.