Actually, I do deny that there is a scientific consensus. It is also based on horrible "science". https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

It's because if scientists make predictions that don't come to pass it makes us question their science: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/s...

I think that's from the Dictionary definition.
Government: "where arrogance replaces actual skill"

Yes, but the Silk Road has to win every fight. If the government employee wins 1 - just 1 then the game is over.

You mean DirectX 12. Should be a major update/change from 11, and only available on Windows10.

Yes, but the deal that they will vote on is kept secret from the public and the vote on it will be held in private as well. That's not acceptable

1. It's interesting that you didn't specify your country so we could check your facts
2. 1/3 of all Mexicans live the in US. Do you have the 1/3 poorest of a third world nation living in your country? You can't have socialism and open borders and we have both
3. You say you pay 49.6% of your income in taxes. After paying income tax, state income tax, property tax and sales tax I pay more than that. If you factor in the tax that my employer pays on all income he pays me, and the loss of corporate income due to the highest corporate income tax in the world I pay a LOT more than that. To rub salt in the wounds, if I were to work in other countries I would have to my my country's taxes as well as the other, and if I attempt to leave this country behind I get taxes substantially on everything that I own - even though I already paid taxes on the money already. When you add the death tax in for all the money I leave my family I think you'd be strained to find other countries that pay more taxes
4. We have socialized medicine here, but only for one group - our vets. Every 4 years the media 'expose' how bad it is and the politician wave their hands and promise to fix it, but don't. Their medical system atrocious and I don't wish it upon anyone - especially my own family.
5. Socialism is the antithesis of freedom. Someone is going to make the important decisions in your life. Is it going to be you - who actually cares, or a politician thousands of miles away who doesn't know you and really doesn't care? Given the choice, I choose freedom! I just wish there were politicians I could vote for who represent that.

So people pay to play this game...... then they pay other people so they don't have to......... odd

I use Qubes. I don't have to worry about this stuff :P

If this had been in place a few years ago, then when Microsoft changed the desktop metro, people buying computers would have been able to subscribe to the Win7 instead of 8 which would have forced Microsoft to abandon it's horrid change. Other than that, I see this as being bad for the consumers...... So I guess that means it will happen. I can't wait for my system to fail to boot because MS cannot confirm that I've paid my OS rent due to the fact that I don't has a network connection at my client's site.

We can all agree on one thing - there should be cameras in EVERY police car so we can see the truth for ourselves!

Is that you Pontius Pilate? You do NOT sacrifice justice to serve a mob!

"failed justice system" Let me guess, the cop should have let the MrBrown take his gun and kill him with it? The facts in this case were crystal clear- the police officer acted according to the law and was innocent of any crime.

Odd, I've never heard it be referred to as Partisan on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN or in the NY Times, LA Times, ..... You must watch one of this extremist 'fringe' channels to have heard this

Just goes to show that you can spend a lot of money and get little in result. Seriously, can anyone tell me 1 innovative thing about the Surface? Something that a cheap Chinese manufacturer couldn't have thought of, but for less cost?
Don't get me wrong, Microsoft does some great research - C#, .net, and Singularity - all pretty cool. But they fail in turning this into great products.