Really I can't choose, they are all so compelling, at least in various incarnations.

Matt Groening has said that the Simpson's team uses the comic book guy specifically to spare with their hardcore fan base the inhabits the online forums. (Only he probably worded it much better than I just did.)

Is this the first time the EU has sued a member state for not passing a law? If so this will be an interesting case.

While there are many reason's why the US approach to ethanol as a fuel is misguided, I'm hesitant to jump on this bandwagon yet. I'd like to see some independent research on the issue. Ethanol collects water which can cause all kinds of problems in a vehicle where the fuels just sits (read isn't used often). But I wonder how Brazil has managed to use Ethanol for so long without all of the fuel pumps dieing if this problem hasn't been solved somewhere.

Epic is just assume I will have to read the rest of the interview. Just the first page brought back memories of things I had forgotten like "Epic Pinball."

The urinal cam? http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/22/1714245&art_pos=13

How do I get paid big money to state the obvious?

If a patch is important enough to be on Slashdot I apply it? (well not really) Keep up the work /. and remember the internet depends on you.

I don't think you should be able to patent discoveries, only inventions. Can a law scholar speak as to how we got to this point?

Where is Larry Lessig?
 

They are just ensuring there is no resale value for there products. Imagine if a car company refused to sell you repair parts if you buy the car second hand? Their products would have ZERO resale value, which means that no one would buy one in the first place, because they would know that when they wanted to trade up, there was no market for their old model.

Given the resale value of used Apple hardware, those prices don't seem so high now.

I'd like to know more about the project, I thought fusion designs start with hydrogen and produce something heavier. Hence the "fusing" part of fusion.

Sorry if this seems obvious.