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Specific instances of police abuse of authority does not prove that "all police are evil and should be punished." If anything police are proven to be human. The cops involved in that incident should have been fired and/or charged, and I don't disagree with that. However, saying all police are bad from a specific instance is like saying all black people are bad because a black person robbed you one time. Yes, I'm equating hating the police to racism because they're both discrimination against a group for acts by individuals.

Not to (borrowing your term) pidgeonhole anyone or anything...

You know, that's how I feel whenever I see people with bumper stickers slathered all over their cars (who are, imho, 99% of the time liberal). Why is it so important that other people know that you're a vegan, are pro-abortion, etc, or, my personal favorite, are mad that the US was "One pretzel away from getting rid of Bush." ~shrug~

Oh, come on, now. The point is that, two days after launch, those same fans who mostly just altered contrast in the pictures, will release a mod that alters your monitor's contrast whenever you launch Diablo 3. It's not rocket science here people.

For the record, I'm not so much concerned about the contrast changes (see previous sentence), it's the cartoonish, WoW-like graphics that may kill this game's lasting appeal for me (see the Barbarian's armor in the 30min gameplay preview. It looks just like Warcraft 3.

I may be in minority here, but one of the best parts of Diablo 2 was the ridiculous, over-the-top violence and the cold, realistic graphics.

Disclaimer: I put 3000+ hours into Diablo 2, and I consider it the greatest game of all time. Diablo 3 will not live up to my expectations no matter what the Dev team does.

oh please...Apple makes a completely closed loop set of systems...MS is bigger and more successful because they actually trust developers (like me) to create products their customers want and need...and they don't take 30% off the top

I agree.

I think it is funny how everyone is up in arms when Viacom might have gotten their hands on it.. and funny now that everything thinks that Google is the "good guy" for coming to an agreement with Viacom to anonymize the data.

Meanwhile glossing over the fact that Google has and continues to use the very data they were so worried about.. every day to target ads and whatever other purposes they have or find in the future for it.

There was an unsuccessful attempt to fire him. The article also mentions that he was essentially spying on people to learn things being said about him.

"Now, what's the difference between an invisible, incorporeal, floating dragon who spits heatless fire and no dragon at all?"

I don't know. What's the difference between a universe full of other races that we've never heard from and a universe inhabited solely by us.

I'm a fan of Carl Sagan, but I do find it kind of amusing that he would easily reject one idea that there is no evidence for (God), but so willingly embrace another idea for which there is no evidence (intelligent extraterrestrial life).

"Not taking" is not the same as "giving'. I'm not wealthy by any stretch and I got a tax cut. Fortunately, the owners of the company I work for, some of which are wealthy, got a tax cut, which enabled them to hire me! Our customers got a tax cut, which made them be able to afford to hire my company. Our customer's customers got a tax cut which made them be able to give more money to our customers, who in turn, hired us...

See how economies work?

Yes. I wanna help my neighbors

Do you want to help your neighbors, or do you want to force me help your neighbors?

That's the difference between private charity, funded by people who want to donate to it, and government welfare, funded by taxes.

don't give yourself too much credit taco... by and large the fear mongers on the left have been proven just as much a bunch of retarded flakes as the fear mongers on the right. neither side of the political fence in this arena has any real credit left at this point.

The corporate overlords at SourceForge asked me to name a Slashdot category for their upcoming Community Choice Awards and to let you guys select the winner. I have named my category "Most Likely to be Shut Down by a Government Agency." We're going to run this like we do an Ask Slashdot call for questions — post your nominations into the comments here. Use moderation to send up good ideas. In the upcoming days we'll post another story where you can vote on the actual winner. Nominations need to include the project name, a link to some sort of official website, and a paragraph of why you think they deserve to win. The project that wins will gain fame, notoriety, and maybe a cease and desist order that they could print out and frame if they had that kind of time.

cranberryzero writes "The demo scene has been around for twenty years now, and it has grown by leaps and bounds. From the early days of programmers pushing the limits of Ataris and Amigas to modern landscapes with full lighting, mapping, and motion capture, demo groups have done it all and done it under 100k. To celebrate this art form, I heart Chaos takes a look at thirteen of the best demo programs on the web. Flash video links are included, but it's more fun to download them and give your processor something fun to chew on."

P3NIS_CLEAVER writes "Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have buried the hatchet and have reached an agreement to share the proceeds with MGM. This is good news for us geeks who did not want to see the franchise ruined!"

A vaccine-like treatment shows promise for treating lupus, a disease of the immune system that affects about 1.5 million people in the United States. The new treatment reduced disease symptoms and extended the lives of laboratory mice that researchers use to study lupus.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071001094959.htm

Energy vs conservation

The Sustainable Development Commission has given its backing to a proposed tidal power project in the Severn Estuary, despite objections from environmentalists.

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/green_plans_tidal/