I find it interesting that Slashdot's graph bars don't extend all the way across at 100%. Just a thought.

Plants never kill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant never!

I know I'm responding to AC but this one I can't let stand.

The Socialism ideal is that everyone doesn't have equal opportunity because the economy is a zero-sum game and some people have a head start by being born into a good family and that through government/societal intervention we can make outcomes for everyone equally good by lowering the amazing outcomes of some (The people with a leg up in life and a few outliers) through tax and using that money to pay for social programs that help the people in society with the lowest outcomes achieve better outcomes regardless of opportunity bias. In this idea you are saying that if you are born to a lower income family no matter how hard you try you will never do as well as that white kid born to a millionaire because he had such a head start and without societal intervention there can be no equal opportunity. And since the economy is a zero-sum game there always has to be winners and losers, so we have to balance out the equation for fairness.

By saying that everyone has an equal Opportunity to rise to the top we are not saying that they can achieve that goal, as socialism does, but that you can try. And if you try really hard you should be able to rise to the top, but some may have to try harder than others and those who don't try will never achieve good outcomes. It is the antithesis of Socialist thought. The difference is equality of outcomes vs equality of opportunity for upward mobility.

Ok Rant done.

I agree a pipeline would be more efficient in the long run if the supply keeps flowing. However, given how much the environmental moment hates, pipelines, fracking, and Oil in general they have created a dis-economy where Business people have to make the rational decision to use an inefficient solution because the red tape is less cumbersome. Now, if we had regulators that were not ideological against the industry they were trying to regulate or a product or regulatory capture by a few large players maybe we could get rid of the unnecessary red tape. Of course if pigs could fly I would probably have a flying car as well...

Right because a bunch of overweight middle aged office workers yelling, "OBamer is Ruining the country just like Rush Limbaugh told me he is!" are just as intimidating as a bunch of young guys with bats and clubs saying "Vote my way or else!"

WHERE ARE MY MOD POINTS!!!!!!

What!? Darth Helmet, change my luggage code immediately!

I'm assuming you are referring to the Underwear bomber above so ignore me if I'm wrong, but you do realize that Northwest Airlines Flight 253 originated from Amsterdam? The TSA had nothing to do with the failure to detect the bomb in our would be suicide bomber's panties. Besides, that was more the Terrorists, extremists or what ever we are calling them this week finding a weak point and exploiting it. The truth is that unless we all want to strip down naked, throw our cloths in an incinerator, walk through some observation room where we are scanned, then fully body cavity searched, and then put on the given approved TSA flight robe we will never stop all plots to blow up a plane. And even then whats to stop some really ambitious Terrorist from doing something crazy like releasing a ton of Geese around the run way was an airplane is landing, or drive a van full of explosives onto the loading gate and detonate it, or get an inside man into baggage handling and place a bomb in the cargo department of a plane, or even God forbid somehow get a shoulder launched rocket and pick the planes off on approach. You can never eliminate all risk if you really want to do that you have to stop living because risk of death is 100%. Now I do agree that the girl in question should have never been allowed to make contact with someone who has not completed the security screening after she has completed it.This is a failure of TSA's crowd control procedures and to cover their asses they went overboard and gave the girl a pat down. They should have put her back through the metal detector/scanner and been done with it, or even better yet not let the girl re-enter the screening area. I mean how hard is it to put up a plexi-glass wall with a one way metal gate like on a subway platform It's a hell of a lot cheaper than those stupid scanners they are installing.

The phone looks nice, but I have always felt that Microsoft has made a calculated mistake in trying to be "Me too" Apple. They will never have the blind, "This device is hot!" following that apple has. M$ should get back to there roots, business. WP is a good piece of software, and has the opportunity to make itself secure and business friendly, but by crippling the platform with single core processors and no removable memory it will never interest power users. But if they go business centric they may have a chance to catch Apple where they are weak, and with RIM imploding they actually have a chance.

VERY YES!!!! Mod points why have you failed me!

So, are we absolutely sure this guy isn't some good scientist gone mad? I mean the whole concept sounds like the start of a crazy bond movie plot, where the Mad Scientist gets fed up with the world's corruption and decides to make a genetically engineered army that will make the work a better place and distract the governments as he creates his G.E.N.E. Bomb that when detonated near space will forcibly convert all of the world to his ideal. "Do expect me to talk?" "No, I expect you to eat your salad Mr. Bond."

Solution: One Mouse for looking and clicking on stuff, one 12 button joy stick for controlling the legs/button mashing. There was that really that hard? The only thing that makes computer games better than consoles when it comes to input devices is choices. On a computer you can remap inputs to whatever you want on what ever device you want(Except on a few lazy console ports). This allows the user to use what they are most comfortable with. For example I wouldn't dream of using a game pad to play Civilization or Sim City. In BF3 I like to use a mouse and keyboard for everything but flying. (Flying has to be a game pad or joy stick the mouse is too finicky). And for games like Batman and Assassins Creed I use a game controller because the games just work better with one. So choices, its all about choices.

When I drive, or more correctly ride, I answer phone calls all the time with the hands free Bluetooth system built into my motorcycle helmet (Don't even take my hands off the handle bars, Phone tells me who's calling in a robotic voice and I just have to say answer or ignore) I don't find that the "Added distraction" of having to talk while on the bike is any worse than having a passenger in a car, and even less than having someone on the back of the bike. So, where are we going with this? Are we going to say that since passengers are distracting all drivers must be locked in the driving cone of silence with there eyes pried open so they can't blink. It's call acceptable risk, when you get behind the wheel of a car, in the passenger seat, or on a motorcycle you are choosing to gamble that you have higher odds you will arrive safely at your destination than not. But it's still a gamble. We will never make cars 100% safe and I still think the most dangerous thing on the road is some wanker who can't bother to check his mirrors before changing lanes.

Scientist prove power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely news at 11.

Ok, I understand the concerns about privacy and all but what can a drone do that a well placed spy satellite can't? If they want to have tabs on all citizens in the country the can do that already, from space. Or they can fly manned air craft. The US Federal Government does not need this bill to spy on you and though cost might be an issue does it really look like the Fed cares about how much it spends? What this is about is whither or not local/state governments, or private citizens can use drones. I for one would like to see drone based delivery services, who doesn't want pizza delivered by a small helicopter hovering out your apartment window.