So what does it do that we can't already do using 1: the web in general and 2: twitter in particular?

1: meh... It is the web... it's what people do on the web, make new things. 2: It's not twitter. There are a lot of people who would think that's a definite positive.

As long as it doesn't want access to all your personal information from any and all networks you might belong to, sure why not. But really, it's probably just a way for Mozilla and the others involved to cash in on data mining. It's interesting only in who is doing it.

Hire Johnny Mnemonic.

Gas taxes pay for roads and subsidize transit. As cars get more fuel efficient or become electric, they funds dry up. That's the reason for the increase. Your car is more efficient so you are paying less gas tax... this is just bringing it up to what people were paying before. Ultimately they may add more taxes but these will become moot when vehicles are all electric or hydrogen or whatever. Ultimately the taxes will shift to road pricing. Tolls for all roads based on GPS.

More dollars than cents? j/k

They are talking about the class of bacteria that can form the barrier they mention. That is, "Gram-negative bacteria" which includes "Escherichia coli (E. coli), Salmonella, Shigella, and other Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas, Moraxella, Helicobacter, Stenotrophomonas, Bdellovibrio, acetic acid bacteria, Legionella etc.". (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Meanwhile auto makers are getting ever better at making their cars sound proof, and promote that in advertising. Then top it off with ever better sound systems, and you wouldn't hear an F-18 if it buzzed the car with 10 metres to spare at Mach 1.

If it has a Harley logo, some idiot will buy it.

Go away. This is not a conversation for people who want to tell us what can't be done.

That's 'cause the desert is filling up with idiots building space ports. There's no room to dump bodies any more. When all ya got is lemons, make lemonade.

The north polar cap of Mars contains 1.6 million cubic kilometers of water ice. Same for the south polar cap. Or so says Wikipedia.

Japan is already protected by the US nuclear program

Yeah, US nuclear program... probably built with parts made in China. Nothing to worry about there.

I was going to move back to Ontario but not after the liberals got a majority government. Especially if you take into account this (here is a synopsis):

Per person, Ontarians currently owe $20,166 (Cdn) compared to $3,844 for Californiansâ"more than 5 times the per capita level of debt. Consequently, Ontarians shoulder much higher debt servicing costs: 9.2% of budget revenues in Ontario are devoted to interest payments compared to 2.8% in California.

People make fun of California and talk about them teetering on bankruptcy. But they look positively peachy compared to California. Granted this is from a right wing think tank, but the truth is the truth. And the new liberal government's budget proposals promise to run 10+ billion dollar deficits per year for the following several years. Ontario is doomed. It is the last place anyone would want to go now.

That was extreme sarcasm in case anyone missed it.

Everyone is responsible for what they eat. Stop fucking blaming everyone else if YOU decide to eat shit. Based on your logic, everyone would be hooked on heroin, but they aren't because people choose not to put shit in the blood stream. This should be no different for food.