Stop generalizing. As a long-time "PC" gamer (I own a Mac), I've played a ton of FPS games dating all the way back to Wolfenstein 3D & Marathon. I loved the original DX, and enjoyed DX: HR quite a bit, though parts of it were disappointing. DX had a lot of replay value that HR didn't, and I hated the fact that you needed to use energy to use your melee attacks.

I never played System Shock, so I can't say if BioShock series was a worthy sequel, but I thought those were great too. They offered a lot of RPG elements both with the crafting system and the plasmid/vigor upgrades. I BS & DX:HR on the PS3 because they weren't available at launch on the Mac, though I really prefer to play FPS's with keyboard & mouse on the computer.

Yeah, I had to give up WoW as well. I drew too much wife aggro. I still play games sometimes during my lunch break, but mostly things like Civ IV, where you don't have to invest a whole lot of time and can pick up pretty easily where you left off a few days later.

Actually, there are quite a few prominant libertarians who have argued against it...

Yeah, but then how would they be able to justify forcing people to throw away their bottles of water, shampoo, etc.? "That might be a bomb, throw it in that trash can over there!"

I went to SF for a conference, and bought a snow globe for my in-laws, as is my habit when I travel. They wouldn't let me take it because it could contain "bomb making materials", which is ludicrous. They told me I could either surrender the package, or go to the post office to mail it. If I went to the post office, I'd miss my flight and it was a $4 snow globe, so I told them I'd surrender it. I was highly frustrated and busy putting my stuff together that they had pulled apart, so I was too distracted to notice that they kept not just the snow globe, but the bag that had all of the other souvenirs I had bought, including t-shirts and Ghirardelli chocolates I got for the rest of my family. The TSA is a pack of thieving, security-theater perverts.

"The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy!" - Oscar Wilde

The cause of death has been revealed. Schneier died from a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Investigators have ruled his death a suicide.

Tu quoque!

Many people have disdain for the certain amendments. So what? Did you like the the 18th amendment? A lot of people didn't, which is why they repealed it. But they followed the Constitutional process for implementing it AND repealing it, which is exactly the way it's supposed to happen. It's sad that some people are more concerned with party affiliation and resort to ad hominem tu quoque than focus on the fact that somebody is trying to stand up for what's right.

I give it a solid 8 out of 10, based on the following:

• On the internet, nobody know's your a dog.
• Charlie the Unicorn
• xkcd
• Amazon Prime

Deductions given for trolls and things like this.

It probably has a lot less to do with cell phones being valuable and more with not wanting to get caught. If I were a mugger, I'd take my victim's cell phone regardless of whether it was a smart phone or $10 Tracfone. You don't want your victims calling the cops right after you flee.