I don't want to sit through 68 attoseconds of video - is there a tl;dr version?

Well, if someone on slashdot says it can't be done, then that's enough for me...

Call it off, boys!

I recommend not going to /. for advice when it comes to Macs and anti-virus software :)

Spoiler alert: he doesn't actually create the AI. He creates self-replicating machines, which quickly evolve into a collective intelligence. Slightly different.

You and I clearly have differing opinions on what constitutes "great acting" if you think there was any of it in Babylon 5.

Voyager was, by far, the worst. I can go back and watch Enterprise again. Even enjoy a good many of them. But Voyager is just...just awful.

Maybe the point of the ISS is in gaining the experience necessary to eventually build reliable, human-habitable space stations further away than low orbit? Baby steps, people. Baby steps.

If there were a Japanese Institute of Science and Technology, would their logo be in English?

I agree with your criticisms of most of the PT duels - I thought the Obiwan/Anakin fight was a big disappointment - but I actually enjoyed the Maul duel. It was more fast-paced than the OT duels, yes, but the scenes seemed to me to be much better directed and choreographed. Very fast, but without all the unnecessary lightsaber-swinging and twirling.

1) and 2) are related - describing how MAYBE he wants a Pepsi and maybe not, but only if he's sleepy, and following with comments on his sugar intake are unnecessary. Just say "have regular Pepsi available in case I would like some" and be done with it. Makes it much easier for those arranging the event to accommodate his requests.

As for 3), well that's the crux of the issue isn't it? It's clear RMS doesn't get how the rest of the world works.

He also refuses to have a cell phone because "they are tracking and surveillance devices" and "most of them are computers with nonfree software installed". Except if he needs to make a call, he has no problem borrowing someone else's.

how much due diligence should be expected?

How about "some", for starters. If I drop my wallet with only my dry cleaning receipt, but you know who I am and you know it's my wallet, you have an obligation to do more than just call the cleaners and ask whoever answers the phone there. Like, say, turning it into the police.

It's very much clean cut - it's the difference between you or the bartender who pocketed the money having committed a crime under California law. The "but Your Honor, someone else would've taken it, so therefore I'm not guilty" defense isn't going to get you very far.

Since the German court has ruled twice on the side of the argument that I agree with, I really don't think I have to. But please, feel free to explain the myriad differences between them and clear up your position.

So you're argument is that as long as the box is labelled somewhere with the manufacturer's name, it shouldn't matter how closely alike the products look?