That, and the fact that a lot of popular music already sounds the same. Even the famous composers would borrow themes and techniques from earlier composers, from popular folk music around them, from liturgical pieces, etc., etc.

Music is not created in a vacuum. It is impossible for a modern musician not to be influenced by other music.

Now waiting for those "River Sounds With Birds Singing" CDs to be sued by some animal rights organization on behalf of the wildlife...

Switzerland exported 28.6 million watches in 2014, none of them with smart capabilities.

Of those 28.6 million watches without "smart" capabilities, exactly zero of them had a battery life of 18 hours or less.

The same applies with Perl. And PHP. And Java. And Go. And Ruby. And Python. And Javascript.

I've also seen good C/C++, PHP, Java, Python, etc.

You can write crappy convoluted code that uses odd, unusual frameworks and features in every language. It isn't the fault of the language - it is the fault of the people (ab)using it.

Not only that, but think of the people on board a plane. Most flight attendants will go their entire career with nothing more dangerous than some turbulence. Sure, they're trained for emergencies in theory, but when something really bad happens in the middle of the ocean at 30,000+ feet, especially for the first time, even trained people will freak the fuck out.

And that's the trained people. Imagine the general public realizing something is wrong. They're not all going to sit there quietly with smiles on their faces.

I don't know what an "appropriate" punishment is for illegally downloading or distributing someone's content, but ten years sounds incredibly excessive unless you're running a vast, far-reaching network, distributing content to a million people and charging them for the convenience or something like that.

Some Average Joe sitting at home, downloading a bootlegged copy of the latest Hollywood movie... I don't know, a $50 fine maybe?

The thing is, the Internet has, and will continue to change, how media can be distributed and consumed. The old model of ticket and physical media sales just doesn't seem viable anymore. I think the media companies are going to need to find other ways to pick up revenue. Advertising in the movie itself, of course, is an option, but I think we're missing part of a bigger picture somewhere.

Someone, someday, is going to figure it out and make a bazillion dollars.

Well, hell, why not? Just remember that it's Climate Change now though, not Global Warming. Among other amazing things, Climate Change is responsible for:

ISIS: Yup, somehow, Climate Change was one of the reasons we have ISIS.
Crime. Climate change is also responsible for more rape.
Prostitution. Yeah, see, climate change may increase prostitution too.

I know, I know, this comment is a little snarky, but even the people here on Slashdot that are hardcore global warming types can see that there's a whacko fringe in their camp that is beyond ridiculous.

What things do you need to do that you can't do with, for example, Chrome?

Why should only the EPA have to base policy only on publicly available, reproducible studies?

Any government agency that is making science-based, public policy decisions should only be using data that I am also allowed to access. I am sick of the government doing so much in secret, behind closed doors, where I am not allowed to see what is happening.

There have been some concerns raised elsewhere in the comments, and I don't think any of them cannot be addressed by some changes to the legislation. This could end up being a very good piece of legislation from the standpoint of government transparency and accountability.

automatic categorization processes that originate from unwanted, unconscious social and cultural biases

Are we so sure that racism stems only from social and cultural biases? Could there not be a biological component to this as well? How does one affect the other? Can we ever know?

I'm just sayin' - people lay all the blame on society but I wonder how much stems from base instinct.

Any information on if this project is subsidized or not? I checked the articles briefly but I didn't see anything either way. If this project is being built without subsidies, that's great, it means that technology is catching up and this kind of energy is finally becoming economically viable on a large scale.

You may want to look into the Sykes-Picot agreement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

But don't take my word for it; you can listen to them talk about it themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The "Troll" moderation is for people who are genuinely trolling - not for people you happen to disagree with, especially in the face of overwhelming evidence.

he never striked me as a partisan President.

Are you kidding me? The guy who, at best, is completely dismissive of anyone who disagrees with him? The one who likes to rub his victories into the faces of his opponents with snide, cheap remarks? The guy who isn't getting what he wants out of congress, so is trying to use executive orders to achieve his goals instead?

You have to be trolling.

It is an attack they use all the time. Someone will say, "The government is too big, it is too invasive," and the immediate response is, "You are stupid, you don't want government, you're an anarchist!"

Is that what the first person said? No, it isn't.

These attacks are infantile and they speak volumes about the person making them.

I know that Microsoft products aren't hipster and all, but the OP mentioned Word and Excel documents. SharePoint supports version control. I don't know how well it works for scanned images, but for documents and spreadsheets it works just fine.