A nasty lawsuit saying what? "waaaaah! I was caught using stolen goods wearing nothing but my princess leia costume?"

Its not that Congress is truly outraged about Amazon invading privacy. They're outraged they have competition in privacy invasion.

The fact this law is named after someone tell me it is knee jerk reaction pushed through by a state legislator looking for votes in their district, there is no chance of it being repealed legislatively, and it addresses a negligible risk to kids without understanding the problem. It's like killing off all of the Grizzlies because one ate some tasty humans.

Robotics? Who needs robotics...

Actually, the first thing I thought of was the ability to locate every firefighter on a fire scene; their location in three dimensions would allow for downed firefighters to be found much quicker.

If Smith & Wesson put forth a policy stating gun users may not use guns to kill people, that would eliminate all firearm homicides, right?

Well, according to The Steve's legal eagles anyway...

If it only costs four cents to manufacture, your doctor's office will bill $42.65 for it.

Almost every CAD system utilizes the Internet for connectivity to mobile clients, messaging, mapping, data transfer, and other interconnections. Not every connection can be placed in a VPN. It's not that someone has failed by connection a critical system to the intertubes, its their failure to secure the systems connected to the intertubes.

Skynet needed 25 days to become self-aware. Should we expect Slashdot entries on Christmas or shortly thereafter telling us that someone or something was born?

Actually if Kristanna Loken comes looking for me, I'm ok with it...

Unless the registrant paid cash, which is almost impossible online, they likely paid with a credit card. Check with your local prosecuting attorney about filing a fraud case against John Doe and see if they'll file subpoenas to the registrar and credit issuer for identification purposes.

This whole thing reminds me of a poem...

Sick

'I cannot go to school today, '
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
'I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more-that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut-my eyes are blue-
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke-
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is-what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is...Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play! '

Shel Silverstein

Before it was a call in service, it ran in my head....

But the storage device was buggy and lost information on a regular basis, had considerable system down time of 6-9 hours daily, was poor at multitasking, had considerable power demands, and was very poor at recognizing crap like rap, hip-hop, and techno. I'd post more about my brain, but some lawyers have already told me it's not really mine anymore since I'm married.

The letters X and Y were just dancing together with Elmo on TV. Nice to see you patched things up.

Facebook made it possible for non-geeks to be @ssholes on teh intarwebs...prior to that, they were contained in AOL's forums.