It is easy answer to your confusion - at the begining, all religions are full of hope and looking for spiritual answers. However, when time comes and goes and religion starts to give power to those who lead people in this religion, thus problem with questioning authority rised.

Reminder - power is security, and security means survival. As people are all about survival, it is understandable, that they don't give up power so easily. Especially those uneducated.

It was easy answered with (for Christianity, for example) - God is never wrong, God never fails, Church is never wrong and never fails.

Because if you question authority you get "sects", people, who can remove you from power.

At the moment belief and religion gave power, it was downhill. Therefore I believe in Christ, but I hardly take organized religion seriously (altough I don't question other people's faith - it's their own private world, as my beliefs are mine).

Who cares?

Main idea was to give conservatives and corporations their voice heard despite their decreasing popularity.

If you elect SCOTUS judges by their political leaning, this is what you get - not really a fair judgement.

I'm tired of another one trying to prove that 3D is money grab scheme, or just pompous extra to pay more for ticket. Essentially, *any* technical improvement ends in that bin, so please stop speculate. It all depends how it's used.

I have seen quite a number of 3D movies for these last years and as usual, it all depends on talent. "Prometheus" was just so well done in 3D - you can discuss about acting, script, but 3D was awesomely done here. Thing there and there, not overdone, but done at right time and place it made wonders.

"Hobit" 3D with all 48 FPS was also beautiful. It took time to adapt, but when I "forgot" that it moves too fast, it was amazing.

"Transfomers 3" in same time was kinda shitty, only few scenes like done specially for 3D looked good, but also not immersion, but "ohh nice 3D demo" wise (not that I'm against nice 3D demos, but that's not worth the ticket).

What about 3D scientific movies (nature movies, ocean movies)? What about Cirque du Soleil new 3D movie, which looks so artistic that I can't hardly see money maker there? What about Life of Pi?

Look, 3D is technology, essentially it's a tool - as 48 FPS, or Doubly Surround. It all matters how it's used. 3D won't make shallow movie enjoyable to me. But it sure can make movie I like more spectacular.

I'm more interested (and what seems also much closer target, some research promise it in next 5 years) that you can clone tissue, kidney, etc. in laboratory. That would make much bigger impact on society.

For creating an offspring better try sex. Much funier expierence.

No. In most Western civilized countries, shop is still private estabilishment, and while traders are very keen in trading with you, they are not obliged if you are not welcome there because of your past behaviour.

Also, you as customer are not obliged to trade with this estabilishment too.

Essentially, goal must be a Communism/Socialism.

Ups, it came out loud.

Yes, that's goal of our civilisation. Not Communism of Russian kind though.

Ok, I'm seriously missing something. Is that my paranoid gene? So all tech now will be bad, because all tech can be used to kill people? Seriously?

Come on, idea of Internet was conceptually concieved by military for communication infrastructure to survive localized nuclear attack! So it must be bad too!

I'm the only one who sees beneficts of this, or drones... Or Slashdot has long time ago lost it's common, humor and cool head senses and I'm preaching to wall here?

Disclaimer: I'm a author of summary.

Well, Kickstarter *looks* like it's risk free from finansial point of view. However, if you completely fail to deliver or walk away with money your reputation is tarnished at best. With choosing Kickstarter it's like burning bridges with publishers - while they do like money, they don't like to be talked about like they're ignorant about good bets - and if you went KS, they will put a stigma on you (I know mentality of these guys). And if you collect your money and don't deliver a inch you never ever will get donation money either.

So it's actually "make it or brake it", and definitely there are long term risks involved for any serious game developer who seeks finansing this way. Because I really doubt is there way back.

...is not leaded by logic, but by "evil you know" decision chain. Therefore no matter how many homeworks Windows will eat, it will stay.