it skyrockets to 100%

Obviously you've never written a book.

I don't have 4 fingers you insensitive clod!

Sure, but even a fruitless quest delivers long-term benefits indirectly in the form of tools, techniques and experience which can be applied to more terrestrial use.

for its users, though.

I think I found an important rock! Oh wait, it just a regular rock. Nevermind.

Actually, dead bodies are not as unhygenic as you'd think.

Here's my explanation in graphic form: http://parseerror.com/images/explain/internet-vs-web.jpg

If only there was a way to find it....

I paid thousands for 127.0.0.1 years ago in anticipation of this. Cha-ching!

cremation is still a bargain at $525 plus $50 for the death certificate.

Cremation is so old-fashioned; I'm having my consciousness uploaded to the internet.

I thought making symmetrical holes in water is easy http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060515/full/news060515-17.html

It's all unethical. Until the other guys are robots too, then it's OK. Until scientists invent robot with souls; then it'll go back to being unethical.

Honest question: why suppress a video displaying proper conduct? Like most people who will watch the video, I have no experience in military conduct or law and it is difficult for me to evaluate its contents in a complete context. Although knowing that the video was suppressed and only available due to wikileaks makes me naively suspect that laws of conduct were broken.

I don't see an entry for itself