What I don't like about Elon Musk's companies, is when they have problems (like with Tesla), instead of fixing them, they go and attack the reporter. So that Forbes article was astroturf bombed, so much so, that the reported had to write a follow up piece.

And what is he supposed to do when a reporter lies and fabricates evidence? Was GM wrong to go after NBC for rigging truck fuel tanks to explode on Dateline?

Hell, I think Top Gear got off too light for faking Tesla test results.

I can appreciate a healthy skepticism. I can appreciate that someone might have a preference for something, say gas vs. electric. But if you are putting out a show that looks like a legitimate test, fake the results and then act like it doesn't matter because you're just entertainment, you're a fucking asshole and should be treated like one. It demonstrates a disgusting contempt for the truth.

Obligatory XKCD.... wait, no, Happiness and Cyanide.

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1783/

Good question. The appeal of conspiracy theories is understandable, especially given that in this case it is eminently pragmatic and easy to describe. LIBOR fixing, anyone? Giant fucking conspiracy, and quite true.

Of course, the other side of it is that there's practical shortcomings that aren't mentioned by the conspiracy guys and the Big Idea isn't so much suppressed but fails for mundane reasons, not nefarious plotting.

So, which is it in this case? Anyone know?

This is ironic.

*makes a-ok sign, then glares* It stinks.

Assuming he reads Slashdot, I think you've already figured this out.

I'm intrigued as to why fratricide would be much of an issue - for most targets, if it has been hit by another nuke it doesn't really matter if another fails to go off.

It's not a problem with that target itself -- it's been pasted. But the fratricided warhead could have been used on another target. Every weapon expended on overkill is one that could have been used to adequately kill another target.

Stuart Slade posts have been floating around. They give a pretty comprehensive idea of the suck of nuclear war.

http://www.giantbomb.com/fallout-3/61-20504/nuclear-warfare-101-wall-of-text-alert/35-2999/

Also explains how there's overkill and there's overkill. ABM's reduced the UK's SLBM deterrent to one city, Moscow. This changes the common assumption of one warhead, one city, and an American boomer with 100-something MIRV'd warheads accounts for 100-something targets.

Notice how we haven't seen them in ads for years.

The time to make post-ROTJ sequels was the 80's. The tech ain't advanced enough to fit your vision, Lucas? Really? The original trilogy looked just fine. Might have been ok to wait until the 90's for the sequels. Now? If the original actors are in the background, fine, but as central leads in a brand new adventure? Do you realize how awful Ford looked in the Crystal Skullfucking and realize he'll be years older than that by the time this turd is pinched off?

Oh, right. Nobody cares about quality.

Damn it, every time I think I've finally let go and am no longer caring what they do to the franchise, they come up with some fresh, new obscenity that has me going Joe Pesci.

http://theinternetaccordingtoadrian.tumblr.com/post/9940304385/george-lucas-wearing-a-han-shot-first-shirt

That image pretty much sums it up. 4chan can suck his balls. Gentlemen, this is trolling.

It's not a binary between "rich" and "not rich": You're richer than many, not as rich as some.

My personal definition of rich: You are rich if you have enough wealth that you could choose to not work and still live quite comfortably indefinitely. So, for instance, if you had $5 million in assets earning a 5% return, you would be what I'd consider "rich", because an income of $250K a year is quite a comfortable existence: you could on that afford 2 homes, multiple cars per person, hiring somebody else to do the cleaning, eating pretty much whatever you like, traveling pretty much wherever you like. If, on the other hand, you work 40 hours a week and make $250K a year, you're clearly doing very very well, but are not yet rich (if you save a lot of that, you will likely retire rich, though).

Also depends on how you want to live. Your investments could see you only $20k a year but you might enjoy traveling the world with little more than what you have in your backpack and with your ATM card in your wallet.

So I agree with your definition but the amount of money for "living comfortably" depends on a person's standards.

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Netflix is easier than piracy which tips the scales back into the studios favor.

This. I actually have shows I pirated and didn't get around to watching that I'm now finding time for via Netflix. It's available on my media PC, laptop, phone, wherever I am. And because I have a hard time making out dialogue with the shitty sound mix everyone does these days, subtitles are a lifesaver. I'm usually stuck going to subscene or some other site for anything I've pirated. Netflix is so stupidly simple it's far easier than pirating.

But shit, they ruin Netflix, I can go back to pirating easy-peasy.

But the whole twist is the ending. I am afraid I will not be looking forward to it knowing how it ends.

I'm imagine Robot Chicken's version of M. Night Shamwowallamallamaman popping out when Ender finds out. "What a twist!"