> Then they went on and created websites that only work with Chrome

There's a big button on that page that says "try anyhow" (ie allowing you to view it with Firefox/Safari/Opera).

Look, I'm not saying there isn't friction.

> So, are you saying we should build a mega-wall separating Europe from the north of Africa? Or that we should organize militias to shoot down illegal imigrants that crosses the border?

This is quite an unfair characterization of the US. I suggest you read a bit more about the drug running problems on our southern border; border patrol is much less a xenophobic exercise and more of a security necessity. We could argue about the wisdom of US drug policy (and its effect on this situation) but then we'd be getting way off topic. I think its also worth noting that people interacting with the guys with guns on the border are (usually) breaking US law. We certainly treat criminals differently then law abiding citizens.

> Try wearing a turbant or traditional garments on a midsize american city.

I've lived in several US cities with fairly high Muslim populations. Hell, I've even seen women in the niqab on US streets. The vast majority of Americans don't give it a second thought.

> The cleaners and waiters are much more often black or hispanic than white, and quite frankly it is a bit disgusting to see.

My guess is this is pretty much the same in the Netherlands (and in Europe as a whole) but with Turks and Moroccans (or more broadly, Muslims). And maybe I'm just a dumb American, but I think we handle our (significantly greater) ethnic diversity better than Europe handles Muslims immigrants. The recent tragedy in Norway is evidence of this, and even beyond that you have mainstream politicians in Europe spouting off about the failure of multiculturalism. We seem to make it work.

I'm of the opinion that you can't "rip-off" an insanely obvious idea. Anybody with an IQ over 60 has wondered why they couldn't do this with their iDevice.

So, a stream cipher?

Certainly seems sufficient for probable cause (and thus an arrest). Chances are incredibly good that anyone purporting to sell a moon rock is committing wire fraud.

Whatever you say Mr. Shatner ...

I'm pretty sure he's talking about using flash to develop native iOS apps. (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/abansod_iphone.html).

BTW, I don't think I made it clear in my original post; the reason people think its a fake is because some stuff happens on the screen before he actually places the shape/figurine on it. He claims that his finger brushed the screen.

Here's the guy's response to a comment about this on his website:

Non tu ne rêves pas, mais j’ai juste appuyé avec mon doigt au moment de prendre le pion et cela à créé un contact. La démo est développée en Flash et marche vraiment très bien. Nous sommes en train de la redévelopper en Objective C (merci Steve;-).

It says: No, your not dreaming. I just pressed (brushed?) my finger at the moment when I picked up the piece and that created a contact. The demo is developed in Flash and works very well. We're in the process of porting it to objective-c.

I never really got how someone could hold view like this (that some abortions are ok). It seems to me like you can cut down the issue to one essential question: is the fetus a human life? If you think it is, then obviously no form of abortion is ok (its murder). If it's not, then abortion is no different then terminating a pregnancy by using contraception (or a woman's period, or male masturbation). All of these activities involve the potential to produce human life (steps in the process), but due to certain conditions the process is terminated. I don't see much of a middle ground here.

Lol, yep I really had to dig for the first result on google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=define%3Aatrocity). The first definition was from Princeton. Btw, the rest of the definitions are: An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice - Wikitionary atrocities - are acts that are shockingly cruel - McGraw-Hill I excluded unrelated entries (like band names and movies). As for this being the first time that someone's criticized your literary style; isn't this the same as Godwin's law? Basically people are apt to use hyperboles in an argument online? I mean, stuff like this literally happens all the time on Slashdot. And finally, way to be a prick. We can't have a nice discussion about word choice in arguments without me having to "get over myself?"

atrocity: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane an act of atrocious cruelty Look, I'm not arguing that businesses can't commit acts that could probably be called atrocities (see forced labor for the Nazi war machine) but until telecos start working Jews and Gypsies to death let's skip the colorful language.