Incorrect.

The city is threatening landlords with fine for the activities of their renters. The landlords are evicting people, not the city.

You should also read this article analyzing the issue from an owner's perspective. You'll note that it doesn't suggest that the San Francisco has the ability to evict the tenant... merely to fine the landlord.

The landlords evict to avoid the fine, and also because the renter has clearly violated the rental agreement.

Irrelevant. You expect your landlord to uphold his end of the lease, why should he not expect you to uphold your end of lease.

It sounds to me like landlords enforcing the rental agreement. The agreement is between the renter and the landlord, not some unknown unvetted third party.

I'm not sure I want to live in a building where other renters are sub renting to random people on a daily basis. Seriously, these people need to get a hotel room, and if they can't afford a hotel room, well, what could go wrong?

And naturally the thing being created is currently very "sexy" in the tech world - a UAV! Why, the uses are unlimited! Amazon can deliver products to the products (you and I), and, and, and...

I think there are many great possibilities for 3D printing beyond the UAV / plastic gun craze, though.

I don't agree with your opinion, but really this has little to do with the issue at hand.

It's the DMCA takedown laws that allow this.

People like to trot this out, but it's complete bullshit. The law requires no such thing.

The shareholders, on the other hand, very well might.

That Japanese government may very well have the same issues with Bitcoin that the US government does. In fact, mast governments will, because they are looking for ways to control and tax it.

So, thanks for the "simile face", but just because Japan is not the US does not mean everything is hunky dory with Bitcoin in Japan.

Remember, though, the IRS considers Bitcoin "property" not "money".

guarantee. Statistically.

On the other hand, most users don't use random strings for passwords.

It's not about "fair wage" in most cases, it's about opportunity to work on projects these talented engineers want to work on.

In most cases, the money is something but not the big draw.

These folks bail from Google to Apple, Apple to Google, to work on stuff they want to work on.

Google and Apple (and Intel) are not in a wage fight, they all pay very well.

But it is related to the job: He is the public face of Mozilla. As the CEO, his behavior reflects on Mozilla.

Keep in mind that media such as movies and other entertainment are not the only use for DVDs, I'm thinking of enterprise software that while it can be downloaded (and often is these days), for practical purposes it's almost always burned to a DVD.

But also, not everyone even HAS an internet connection in rural areas, even when shity Hughes is an option.

Think in terms of a Secondlife-like Facebook "ecosystem".

Perhaps Facebook plans to use this thing and build a sort of "Secondlife" experience in the Facebook world?