...if this robot kitty wants not to be run over by my Ford F150.

I will take the word of 12 BPD cops over the bloody carcass of some 19-year old punk hiding in the hull of a boat with gun any day. Your anonymous fanboy venting notwithstanding.

Nothing incriminating about firing an automatic weapon from the lower hull of a boat...

Socialism, in the end, begets Fascism. I think there are alot of things to worry about.

Whatever education is being financed, it seems history is no longer a part of it.

Ha! Your just a shill for stupidanalogiesrus.com

Next time there is an election and he/she/it candidate proposes "tort reform", vote for them! Slow progress == bad laws + civil judgements

Like spending $1,000,000 for Biden to party in Europe for 2 nights?

I am a sysadmin on several web apps and I went and got the official security alert. I have to admit I am a bit confused by the message:

"

Oracle Security Alert for CVE-2013-0422

Description

This Security Alert addresses security issues CVE-2013-0422 (US-CERT Alert TA13-010A - Oracle Java 7 Security Manager Bypass Vulnerability) and another vulnerability affecting Java running in web browsers. These vulnerabilities are not applicable to Java running on servers, standalone Java desktop applications or embedded Java applications. They also do not affect Oracle server-based software.

The fixes in this Alert include a change to the default Java Security Level setting from "Medium" to "High". With the "High" setting, the user is always prompted before any unsigned Java applet or Java Web Start application is run.

These vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., they may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. To be successfully exploited, an unsuspecting user running an affected release in a browser will need to visit a malicious web page that leverages these vulnerabilities. Successful exploits can impact the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the user's system. "

Yet Oracle released another notice that talks about a critical patch update for several Oracle products (ie.: db, app servers, etc.)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html

Does anybody understand why there are cpu's for their products if the zde doesn't affect there products?

Ha ha. I used to own a Volkswagen Beetle - the kind with the battery under the back seat. In the days before the plastic insulation clip for the nodes, this was a real fire hazard because there was a metal bench-seat frame resting over the battery. A friend of mine, a somewhat heavy-set girl, was riding home from college with me. She sat on the exact spot needed to short the battery. By the time we got home, flames were shooting out from under the rear bench seat. I don't think I have laughed as hard since that time.

I'll go one step further - BECAUSE THEY MELTED INTO THE GROUND. Never mind the toxic waste that was an EV.

There's only one thing more tiring than pop science and that is knowing our tax dollars (state. local and federal) are financing these ridiculous studies.

The problem with plugins, for the consumer, is not all of the usual equivocation between gas-driven vehicles. The problem with plugins is actually that they are not hybrids. There are some very real technical limitations that consumers very easily understand - mechanical problems, new technology, performance, and, at a simple level, no juice. Just look at Consumer Reports highly publicized review of the Fiskar Karma all-electric: http://news.investors.com/article/604114/201203121905/broken-fisker-karma-towed-by-consumer-reports.htm?p=full The $100K Karma with a K (which was supposed to be the all-electric sports car) died on arrival. Why would I buy a Leaf / Karma / etc., if I can do all take care of those social responsibility do-gooder things with a hybrid.

Extending your overly simplified analogy: Is it possible that "the poor" you pontificate about might be offered a job by the merchant? Is not unlikely the merchant has a baseball bat (or a gun) anyway?