What is your problem with some people self censoring themselves? It's called self control, it's called being polite, it's called being considerate of others. You're still in that phase of life where you think of only yourself and care nothing for the concerns and cares of others. So your inability to understand why some folks can self censor themselves and still be mad is a congenital defect of yours. For instance, I can self censor myself and not use curse words when there are small children present or nuns or even with cashiers, salespeople and strangers. This is probably not the case with yourself, but then for you nobody else matters but you.

That sounds like an amoral way of looking at things. They didn't create a device for you to steal someone's bandwidth and yet you think that it's their fault for making something that someone can break into. That's illegal and these anarchists need to be put in jail and taught the meaning of being a responsible member of society.

The argument that you need a PH.D to understand the climate models you folks have created means you've simply created a magic language like the religions of past - Latin for example being the official language of the Church which conveniently was not understandable by the common man. By creating a complicated language and set of mysterious rituals (like the 'Trick' of the one guy everyone on the Sky is Falling Brigade uses to pump up their numbers) you don't manage to be convincing. People aren't at the point any more when some guy in a robe speaking in a indecipherable tongue is enough to be convincing. So pronouncing that you'll cease to answer critics if they don't rise to your level is counterproductive. But if you want to climb on your high horse, feel free. That's sure to convince reasonable people that you and your fellows aren't full of it.

This isn't a story, this is one cranky old guy being cranky because he 'did six hour shifts at Podunk in a small newspaper' and his opinion should count more than Joe SixPack with a Computer and a Modem (we've got cable and fiber these days dude!). Well, the point of the matter is that CNN and others who use the typed in opinions of others gets perhaps a chance to get a different perspective than that given by Cranky Chicago pundit who doesn't get to be the wise old pundit any longer. Shooting at Fort Hood? Indeed I think I would like to hear the insights of people who I don't know, - actually have been to Fort Hood or who are more familiar with the potential situation than the idiots/ex military pundits they normally bring to ponder and muse over 'how far the PX is from the baseball fields' as seen for the first time by them by looking at the Google Map. You know, especially on those breaking situations where Wolf Blitzer is trying to put the scariest and most ominous slant on every bit of information, a chance to hear the words of actual real people instead of just the usual crowd of Emotional Vampires we usually get is refreshing. And old dude who resents that the guy who is stationed at Fort Hood and who texts in an opinion, well get over yourself, it's a Brave New World after all where the old ways are being changed and remade.

I bought it pre order, the game has already had it's first Patch for the PC and it's still buggy. All that but the game itself is awesome, completely awesome. Now the DLC - Downloadable Content stuff is not making me happy. I've bought it all but apparently it's not actually mine if my internet connection goes down. WTF? That's not acceptable, I bought it, give it to me, don't make me a prisoner of my internet connection. That particular aspect of the game is a true 'bend over and prepare for your surprise' moment. I don't know why they felt it necessary to do this either. I'm reading also that you need your 360 connected to the internet to be able to play the downloadable content and not just to download it. Another slap in the face of the fans. So I'm torn, love the game, hate the crap surrounding it.

Yah well, that's you. I've read and reread that first book six or seven times as well as reading through the series over and over again and each time I marvel at the depth and richness of the world created by Robert Jordan. Probably the best writer in the genre, in my opinion he is the best. I've met and talked with the man and he was a well read, brilliant author whose vision was ultimately bigger than one lifetime worth of work. But of course, if it's a big non story for you then why bother even writing how much 'you' think it sucks? There are always Hannah Montana picture books for you.

He was just trying to not hurt your feelings by directly challenging your fantasy/invisible man in the sky beliefs. He was saying that 'adherence' to atheism as if it were a belief structure where unicorns, zeus, or jesus and belief in them is a tenet of said belief is nonsensical. You don't 'adhere' to atheism, you function in the real world and not the fantasy world. You don't rely on primitive belief structures handed down from primitive ancestors whose imagined explanations for the real world substituted for knowledge and understanding. In the past when knowledge was not discovered yet and the world was in darkness and fear it was understandable that the blind could lead (religion) but now there is knowledge and light so it makes no sense to let the blind lead any longer since the blind can only lead you further back into the darkness. Atheist means that you don't need or want to be led into the darkness by ignorant afraid people whose only answer is more fear and more ignorance.

Waste of resources to actually own a copy of the thing in question? Well ok if that's the way your mind works but I'm not drinking that Koolaid anytime soon. Personally I get actual, sit on the shelf copies of things. Computers come and go but if I've the actual copy of the game I can actually reload it and use it as I see fit.

Basically the advertisement and apology for DRM is that we will treat you like thieves since there are some thieves out there. Sorry - it's all your fault. Bull - I see those locked down games for XBox and such sitting there in their big piles of unsold games at the locked in prices of 69 bucks or 59 bucks - just sitting there, nobody is buying them at those prices. XBox games are nicely locked down aren't they? Where's the price savings? Nowhere cause when you bastards have the thing locked up there are no sales, there is no price deal and no sales. 70 bucks for an XBox or PS3 game that may or may not be good? NO thanks. 60 bucks for a PC game that probably won't work on my computer cause who knows why (Could it be the DRM?). Small game developers have been able to see distribution advantages because of sales through Impulse and Steam and other companies that are online as well as from the online communities from the non PC entities. It's not the DRM or lack thereof. Typical false logic.

Fox News is to News what Professional Wrestling is to Sports so good luck with that Rupert. Hopefully the next owner of foxnews will have a nice site dealing with news about Foxes.

The PC Brigade, the FAT/Transfat Police, the Smoking Police, the Drinking Police, they all need to go take flying leaps. It's bad enough in the fiction area most of the novels involve female hero types but whatever, someone must be buying them cause they're all over the place, I'm not buying them. If all the games have burly women with swords/maces/wands as the hero you can play well count me out. But it seems to me that most of the games I play have the choice of male or female characters to play so what's the big deal? I know, it's the PC Brigade trying to make all your choices for you.

Sarcasm, humor, hyperbole. Actually punching people is bad news - not like the movies. Saw one guy one time hit another guy on the chin and knocked him out with the one punch - saw same guy being arrested by the military police for his 'Hollywood punching.' I still don' t like the guy - he was very much the smirking face of the changing status of Pluto and a 'smirking scientist' who is trying to be a popular scientist is not one I spend any time watching. If I'm watching popular science on NOVA or on the rare occasions I can actually find Science related shows on some of the other 'Science and Nature' channels I don't want someone smirking at me. I like David Attenbourough because he loves what he's doing and his enthusiasm is engaging. The guy who did the show on Time the other day, a young physicist whose name escapes me, was enthusiastic and engaged and engaging. Neil smirking while telling everyone how stupid they are for objecting to a bunch of politically fighting scientists who have defined Pluto out of it's status and thereby making all our Solar System maps from the 1st grade on up obsolete is not a scientist I'm watching or supporting. Still got my Carl Sagan books, still have my David Attenbourgh books but I wouldn't take one from Neil if it was given to me. If that makes me a 'Troll' well go ahead and bite me.

I dislike that Neil deGrasse guy, he was quite the smirking "I'm smart and you're not" during that whole Pluto isn't a planet anymore crap. I'm with Michio Kaku as my favorite science enthusiast and speaker. He's smart, he's enthused and he didn't go around on the Tonight Show smirking about how Pluto isn't a planet. I'm also looking to punch whoever it was that decided Brontosaurus wasn't a proper name for the Brontosaurus too. (shakes fist in fury)

The Internet Meme of which you are referring is the meme of the wailing site member whining that this site or that site is going downhill - going to he'll in a handbasket or that the quality of submissions has fallen. - It's user submissions! Submit Brother!

Just don't click on something you don't want to see, don't click on it, don't respond to it, stick your fingers in your ears and go 'La La La' if it helps you. Geez