Please don't mention "The Core"... one of the poster children for bad Sci Fi.

So the AC is all up in my grill about my UID... My handle says all. I started lurking on chips and dips back when many of you were just a gleam in your parents eye. I've paid my dues and my taxes for decades so screw you.

"We the people of the US" funded the inception and development of the Net thru the use of "our" tax dollars which DARPA invested into cutting edge communications research. Here's a quarter ($.25)to go buy a clue. All content is regulated even if you think otherwise. In fact... I'm sure you're doing it yourself at the moment. Self regulation is still regulation!

Perhaps if the files were uploaded to the cloud... Ala Microsoft 7 advertizing... then when the RIAA lawyers kick up the dust and sue, the rain can settle it.

Launch a simple rocket on a ballistic trajectory that impacts the item you want to de-orbit. Only aim it to hit the target on the way back down so that the added momentum pushes them into a lower orbit... Another thought would be to use a gravity tractor concept like the one being proposed for moving asteroids. In this instance the goal would be to send a simple thruster device on a path to "not impact" the object you want to move... only use it as a gravity sling which alters the path of both objects in proportion to their mass. If you choose the path correctly, the target heads into the atmosphere and you have the thruster heading for another target. Work it out to do a grand tour style path so you get the most bang for your thruster fuel buck.

Antilock brakes and traction control have had little effect on the number or severity of accidents since the idiots will just drive to the limit of the equipment. The number of late model SUV's found in ditchs after the first snowfall of the season can provide all the proof necessary.

Cept when you're car won't start cuz the old lead acid battery is too weak to crank and you are trying to call AAA for a jump.

4 words... Look before you leap.

There in no differentiation between the "News Media" and the "Entertainment Media"... It's all for show. No one from the "Media" can be trusted to be presenting information in an objective manner. Throughout history the news "As presented by the media of the time" has been slanted by the views of the presenter. In ancient days in the western world, the news was presented by the story teller "bard" who told the tales he had heard to the gathered croud in a village. Then came the crier who read from the scroll provided him by the scribes. Move on the the pamphlet and print media and the newspapers. All skewed to the views of the publishers whim. It's no different today except that the ease of content creation and the transitory nature of the "News". This has created a world where the infomation provided is so abundant and at times contradictory that no one can determine the truth about anything...

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported on May 31st that http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100531/NEWS01/6010323/Forger-s-company-got-562K-stimulus-contract/ a local company, Tekreation Center LLC, recieved $562K in federal stimulus money to provide installation demonstration services to those who needed help getting the converter boxes to work. Demonstrations! Not actual installations. Tekreation reportedly performed 1,453 demonstrations for installing a digital-to-analog converter. $562,000/1453=$386.79 per demo. The could have bought a decent digital TV for that price. Another massive waste of your tax dollars.

It seems that the Seattle Times article substitutes the name "Zamboni" with the generic "Ice grooming machine" much like people refer to "Google" as a generic web search no matter what search engine they use. The machines that failed were not made by "Zamboni" but were made by "Resurfice" which is a completely different company. Obviously a breakdown in the Times editorial (fact checker) department.