RTFA before you get so angry. The idiot is the one posting the slashdot story, not the original author. Your assaults on reporters is ill-founded in this case, bucko.

From the article: "The United States is now enduring its warmest year on record, and the 13 warmest years for the entire planet have all occurred since 1998, according to data that stretches back to 1880."

I don't really agree with the conclusion that it always comes down to one monopoly or another. Be the BEST, and RESPECT your customer. You'll have continued success, guaranteed. If you start sucking *coughgooglecough* then you'll eventually need to turn to exploitation because your innovation and passion have left the building, and you've hired too many stuffy white shirts pushing an short-sighted monopolistic investor's agenda.

Your boss doesn't allow headphones at work?

Dude, all I know, is my ass shouldn't be getting this sweaty in March (when I watch porn)

Haha, yea, I knew something was up with that summary.

"Mmmm, a wet t-shirt evaporating toilet and bathtub waste. The perfect solution! Is anyone else excited?"

I can't even beat Battletoads with game genie. Other notable feats:

• - Landing in Topgun
• - Winning in Days of Thunder
• - Beating Double Dragon (one)

They just don't make em like they use to.

that's a nelson laugh, a la the Simpsons.

The #1 thing we can do to combat energy inefficiency, which is the only thing we really need to do, is switch from an economy that maximizes profit at all costs, to one that minimizes waste. It's THAT simple. Seriously.

The question is, how is this even possible? Well, we need a department of government that analyzes products and their life-cycles and somehow comes up with a waste quotient that takes into account production waste (this is where renewable energy use comes into play, and makes my post not off-topic) as well as product waste (so that companies will be incentivized to make products that last), and somehow work this into a tax scheme that eats into the profits. Boo-yah. Done

hahah. LOL. That's a really fucking appropriate "random" slashdot quote at the bottom of this page. Who did that?

Do you really think, never in the undocumented history of earth at least, that beasts of the past didn't have the same level of consciousness as we do today? It's hard to imagine, but it seems you're putting a heavy link between the level of technology and consciousness. On the surface it appears to make sense. But I don't see why serpents couldn't have had a golden period with say... conscious flying dragon. Dude, who knows?

Perfect pitch: Yes, to some it comes naturally after years of making music, to some it doesn't. Perhaps to those in the latter category, their approach to making music was different than the approach in the former. And perhaps the approach in the former was conducive to obtaining that "perfect pitch" ability. So it's not innate, but nuture, if this is true. Which of course is your opinion against mine. :P

Warming back up? Are you suggesting the sun will warm up, on the whole, and provide more energy to earth? Where can I read more about this?

Also, I'm curious to hear your opinion on energy and consciousness. In my limited knowledge, it seems plausible that conscious activity has an affect on the Qi of the sun.

you make a good case, but the issue I have is akin to media and the freedom of speech. We US citizens all have the freedom of speech, and we're all told that we are all created equal. However, he with the most money, when you combine these two facts, has the most power.

So... in a world where knowledge is power, and it's only costing pennies on the dollar... why should he who pays more be entitled to more consumption of information? Because you *know* the usage tiers will be price-gouged.