I think it's a contributing factor to why they're poor in the first place.

Number one, that's not a lot of well regulated militias, only existing in one of the five states I ever lived in.
Number two, most gun owners don't belong to those "well regulated" militias.
Number three, it doesn't change the fact that the right to bare arms only apply to people belonging to a well regulated militia so the point still stands.

So if it's so easy to make, why don't we hear more about so and so was shot with da da da zipgun? I can only assume it's because it's not as easy to do as claimed, or incredibly inaccurate or very dangerous. So dangerous that people willing to blow themselves up to kill people won't make one.

"Well regulated militia", I don't see many of those in the states. Just a bunch of yahoos running around claiming it's their God given right to run around with as many loaded guns as they can carry with safety off despite the fact the guns are more likely to kill one of their own family members then to defend them against a criminal.

This hits on the one thing I don't have to build a gun. Expertises. I'm a good wood worker, so I know it's never as easy as a pro makes it look. It takes a lot of practice, skill and time to build anything. I certainly can't argue with you about if I have a wood shop I have what I need to build a gun; I don't know, I've never attempted to make one or even considered it. I do know you need different tools to work with metal than with wood.

I am in no way for regulating what you can do with a 3D printer, but it sure makes it a lot easier when someone else provides the plans and all you need is the right materials.

Not to nit-pick, but I'm trying to figure out how it's cheaper to produce a fully functioning gun in a machine shop them printing it?
Given you can build a zip gun with out a machining equipment. Most of the time I hear this argument the person making it claims it's because you have to buy a very expensive 3D printer and the material to use it completely ignoring the fact you have to buy machining equipment and materials to build a gun in a machine shop.

I have access to a 3D printer at my local University. I supply them the design to print and they print it for a fee no questions asked. If I supplied one component at a time for a printed gun, they'd probably never flag it; I've asked them to print a lot of individual parts for prototypes. Last time I checked buying the equipment to stock a metal working machine shop was just as expensive as buying a 3D printer. I have a wood working shop in my basement, the equipment for working with metal is way more expensive.

Isn't this something that was passed by a Democratic Republic? I don't think the politicians that voted asked each individual person in their constituency how to voted.

Of course they care what the /. crowd thinks. Not to be egotistical, but we're developers, tech support, geeks, advisors, managers and more. If the tech crowd is against your tech product what hope do you have?!! MS has glided along on being one of the first major tech companies, which make them a lot of money. Now they're old news in a daily changing industry that's despritley trying to stay relevant... and failing

Hey! I said there were 6 users. Why are you selling them short?

In all seriousness it doesn't matter what we post here, the market is deciding WM8 fate. A few cheap jabs here aren't going to make a difference as a whole. Besides Linux and Mac users have been putting up with the same cheap jabs for years now.

Let it slide and enjoy the ride.

You don't really have a sense of humor, do you?

It could.

MS has been doing this exact same thing to every other company for quite some time. Although two wrongs don't make a right, I think this is a case of Google trying to educate MS in civility. If MS takes the lesson that working with others is better than suing or extorting them into the ground when the try to innovate, then it'll work in everyone's favor.

So all 6 WM8 customers are happy. Good on them.

I think Google is just dishing out a little of my MS has been for years. I'm sure the end result will be Google will allow MS to use YouTube, but I still find it a little funny that finally someone can jerk MS around for being dicks for the last 20 some years.

Obviously it's not enough.

Besides behind NAT and spoofed or masked IPs it's very clear there's no way you could tie a IP address to anyone person or be able to reliably say it wasn't someone faking an IP that just happened to coincide with one that was assigned to the defendant. That's before we even get to even with WEP or WPA or WPA2 there's still a good chance that a router could have been hacked from the street.

If you believe otherwise, you don't know what you're talking about and should leave the discussion to the big boys.

You can't possibly be serious. 34 people were just lumped together and you're saying they're guilty and should just lay down and take it up the rear. I'd say there's a very good chance Voltage Pictures LLC just picked a bunch of random IPs out of a bag and said, "If you pay the piper we'll let you off with a warning. Otherwise we can't guarantee you we won't come in the middle of the night for your house, parents, wife, husband, children and family pet."

This is totally a case of extortion.