Human culture existed for thousands of years before copyright, and during that long expanse there has been no lack of music, drama, prose, poetry, painting and sculpture. Strangely enough "content creators" did make a living.

They seem pretty certain now that plane flew for five to seven hours and they seem to have a very general idea of possible flight paths. The question of immediate concern was this a theft for the purposes of a mass murder of 230+ people, or to gain a large jet for some other purpose.

Because nature has shit loads of fusion reactors all over the planet that go critical all the time.

So you don't think using resources at sustainable levels has merit, or not doing so will eventually lead to depletion and potential collapse?

Survival of H. sapiens != survival of civilization

Because of course we can just keep doing what we're doing forever...

I don't know what's more pathetic; your belief that the universe can be forestalled by your ideology, or your tacit belief that our civilization is protected from the consequences of its action by magic.

Maybe they're one and the same view.

Translation: I'm a Redmond shill trying to sound reasonable, but I can't help but make blatantly pro-Redmond statements like "significantly better than a comparative Tablet OS"

Do you have any fucking shame? More importantly, do you think we're fucking idiots that we don't recognize you for who you are?

Metro has a low market share; as in most users are happy with the classic desktop, and RT devices are such an insignificant market share that why would anyone bother developing for it? Besides, there are enough common UI toolkits for Linux and Windows that I doubt there's that much additional support involved.

Face it, Metro is a dismal failure on every front.

Maybe they're just fucking idiots, with an IT department that either is utterly inept or had been so marginalized by MBA morons and sociopaths.

Where do Zuckerberg and Ellison fit into this Lucasian demonology?

For various medical reasons, not every child can have particular vaccines, so these children are put at risk when herd immunity is compromised.

The state doesn't own them either, but until they are the age of majority, the courts have a longstanding obligation to assure their safety.

If you don't like it, leave.

You don't own your kids, period. If you endanger them, the courts will take charge. Not vaccinating them is endangering them.

The courts order children to undergo other medical care even where the parents object. Why are vaccinations any different?

ACtually, there are plenty of cases when parents and guardians have had their rights over their children stripped. REad up on JW's and blood transfusions.

Your children are not your property. You are entrusted with your well being, until such time as you demonstrate that you cannot be trusted in this manner.