Since that patent troll petition has so few signature, it's probably a good measure on how strong the slashdot population is when it comes to such things..

Commercials are just one of many areas where companies won't let "the market decide"

I saw a kid the other day wearing the *exact same* Members Only jacket that I wore in middle school in the 80's... I felt a mix of surprise and sadness... with just a touch of annoyance.

Which is why you get torrents... people are willing to pay, just not the value the studios set on it. I suppose the argument could be "tough it's their show, they can charge what they want" to which I suppose people's reactions would be, it's available to me online for free... why pay that much when the internet reveals it's true "value"

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Cost to build starship? I think that one should be right up there with the other two.

"And for the Most extreme example, see the ghost cities of China where the government is builiding cities to "stimulate" the economy and the cities are almot completely empty." So basically what you're saying is that you shouldn't create demand by filling the supply first?... or is it just when governments do it?

Except that the word "seems" was used, therefore the subject was about the *perception* of what would be more efficient. Obviously when you think about it, it becomes more clear, but at first glance it would *seem* counter-intuitive.

If I had to guess, I'd probably say with the recyclable nature of paper as opposed to the large amount of ewaste we create globally buying newer devices for the same purpose over and over, it would create the perception that creating a device to read the news off of would seem rather counter-intuitive than reading from a recyclable paper product.

Across the board spending cuts are supposed to take effect in January of 2013... You know who's crying about them already... The military. I can already hear the backtracking in congress about how dangerous it is to cut military spending, and I'm sure we'll have across the board cuts in 2013... for social programs.