"We're not going to get more resources through magic!"

If all we're pursuing is optimization of current technologies, then no, we're not going to experience the "magic" of totally new concepts.

Divestiture is unsubtle. That contrast is good, since the harm done by supporting corrupt institutions is often quite subtle.

I avoid shows that I once loved just because they show up on FOX tv channel. I avoid movies at the theater if they come with the FOX studio logo. The misinformation deliberately promulgated by FOX news taints the whole institution. Doing the equivalent of "The More You Know" public service pieces does not erase the harm done by their other programming. You don't get to say harmful things and follow it immediately with "Oh, you know I'm just kidding, right?" You can't play both sides and maintain the high moral ground.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=lingering-lies

A science show does not counteract Fox News. It's really very important, so it deserves repeating.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=lingering-lies

Even if I am not personally polled by Nielsen, my participation in the culture that enhances/encourages viewing of FOX products still matters because it has a non-zero influence on the people around me. Eventually that influence does reach Nielsen as the herd slowly moves toward giving attention to any tv program. Higher Nielsen ratings translate to higher advertisement revenue for the institution. Divestiture is an effective political effort because it calls attention to this point of how seemingly unrelated things really do affect each other.

There's a reason that sports team loyalty is sometimes referred to as a religion. When anybody asks me if I like [team x], I just tell them that I'm an atheist.

Why not track the parents instead? Why not require that the adults check in 5 times a day, insisting that they know what their spawn are up to.

Yowza, that's worrying. You say there's been little to no Antarctic warming for a few years as if that's a good thing. Me, I see it as all that energy being dumped into a state change: ice into water. I look at the same information and see an ominous warning signal that global warming is about to take a sudden change for the worse as soon as the state change is complete. Maybe I'm just being pessimistic?

"Certain employees produce chunks of data - whether words or software code - that later pop up in other messages. The people copied most often, Cataphora concludes, are thought leaders."
- quote from the article

"Oh my god! Did you hear what Larry did? He told Mark that our blue-spotted widget is garbage and that hiding behind the good reviews that Mark paid for isn't going to keep our investors in the dark for long. Can you believe it? Do you know if Sarah or the q/a team has heard yet? Can you imagine what the boss is going to say when he gets word of this? Wow!
- email from A.N.Y. corporation

This concept has been a real-life concern for many years already. Some autistics fear the consequences of "curing" autism. They have a rather angry relationship with groups like Cure Autism Now. These activists feel that the only way to offer such a cure would be to erase the person that now exists in their body. This dilemma was well presented in 2001 in the book "The Speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon.

If chat logs were handed over to someone who is not SOE, then this transaction is a huge breach of privacy. Phone numbers, addresses, userids and passwords, admisison of illegal acts (smoking pot, drinking underage, sex underage, etc) all of these things are surely in the chat logs. I cancelled my EQ2 subscription about 3 weeks ago because of my own financial concerns. (The economy bites, if you hadn't noticed.) I told my guild about it and that I intended to return once it looks like I had some stability in my economic situation (no rent increases, no layoffs at work, etc). This announcement, though... it guarantees that I won't be returning to EQ2. I think I'm ready to swear off SOE offerings altogether. Is it time that we went back to pc gaming without network ties? That's what I've been doing with my playtime since cancelling my online subscription. I've rediscovered some old favorites. Maybe a smart game studio will see this change as a developing trend to take advantage of. I'm ready for more (good) pc games. When's the last time that you saw a dungeon delver where you got to fully customize your entire party for its adventure? The last I can remember is Wizardry 8 which released back in 2001. I guess it's time to pull it off my dusty shelf and install it for more fun game time without exposing my personal habits so somebody else can profit from selling my information.

True. I am 41 years old, and I still have a baby tooth in my mouth. I was born without the adult tooth in this one position that would have pushed the baby tooth out of place eventually. I had the baby tooth capped (to even it out its height with my other teeth) around age 15, and it's still doing fine.