You as a 15 year old are probably more skilled, and resourceful, than most adults. Definitely more resourceful than Mr. Bolt Cutters, when a smaller tool would have sufficed. He's never heard of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
or the "right tool for the right job."

Now that you know the secret that most adults are incompetent compared to intelligent, resourceful 15 year olds, still at least try to appear to listen to those adults in positions of authority over you.

The different levels of government in the U.S. already have this power, and exercise this "right."

Did the person creating the poll mean to add a *should* before this question? Without that should, this very much is a question of your ability to interpret current events, past events, and your definition of "right."

I was being ridiculous, and attempting to be funny. My statement is an attempt to sarcastically illustrate that I don't believe that artistic ability necessarily has any connection to scientific ability, other than general creativity.

No, only those that are also able to make beautiful art...

I'm not very into film, but I agree with you.

I tried to see if he had a background in science or engineering, but 30 seconds on Google didn't result in anything. I don't really understand why it makes sense to listen to someone that makes films about anything other than films.

I typically call these "slow news day" stories.

I recommend this book, titled "Powersat" for many of the technical, speculative, political, tension/cooperation between governments and private companies, sexual and interpersonal issues related to launching a power satellite. As the main character, Dan Randolph, found out, there are many forces in play that will resist the development of such a clean energy source.

Seriously though, this is science fiction (until it's not...) This article has tons of speculative "coulds", "shoulds" and "in theory." It's fun to be excited about the possibilities, but it's also a good idea to write to your Congress representative (in the U.S.) and tell them to fund basic research, and NASA.

Yes. I know. Understanding that this entire thing was about him brining a bottle to a restaurant, and then overreacting about bringing a bottle to the restaurant, was the basis of my joke. I picked this example in an attempt to make it funny. That's also why I tried to end every sentence with "brining a bottle the a restaurant."

Does this make sense?

I try and avoid situations like this by studying the culture, and language, of a place before going there, and not getting really drunk and bringing my own bottle into a restaurant. It's always a good idea to have a local guide, that can help mitigate any problems you might encounter, especially those caused by getting really drunk and brining your own bottle into a restaurant. Additionally, if you can study the history of a place to determine if they have Draconian laws against things like profaning the king, public disrespect, drugs, and getting really drunk and bringing your own bottle into a restaurant, I've found it to be a great way to avoid problems. Since meeting my wife in Russia (not mail order bride) studying the Russian language, history, culture, and the fact that getting really drunk and bringing your own bottle into a restaurant is socially acceptable, my life has improved a lot.

This "chastity belt" is a novelty - not any sort of effective lock. I am willing to bet I could escape from one of these in 5 minutes with a rock, and very low likelihood of damaging myself.

I am not willing to spend $69.59 on eBay (new) or $149.39 on Amazon (also new) to test this theory and become internet-famous.

Do you believe this resembles a war zone? If I started thinking I lived in a war zone, I'd either arm myself (or in actuality, arm myself MORE), or leave. Why don't your people demand the right to defend themselves?

I don't understand how anyone could believe they live in a war zone, and not fight or leave. I believe that the French are capable people, so this is difficult for me to understand, as an American. Many of us are brought up to believe that the right to bear arms is a fundamental right, as an American, to try and avoid the very situation you described, so there may be a bit of circular reasoning occurring.

I'm glad to see the French following our American example in giving authorities complete access to electronic communication, shaking it, and seeing what crimes(s) fall out. It's a good feeling to know that we have a partner in the war on terror/dictatorships/crime/rights.

I'd like to see the neural link going in, and the physical manifestations (move servo, draw this image on the screen) going out. It would be super interesting to see what type of abstractions will be created to make programming in this environment easy, especially if I can get API access. I have a feeling that it's going to be like learning how to walk all over again, while his neural net made out of actual neurons is going to be doing the learning.

While in grade school, my civics class found this video to be extremely helpful in explaining the concept of laws:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I didn't even realize that Bing HAD reward points.... Thanks.

The speed, and developer tools were the two big ones I noticed. I started web development using FireFox (pre-2008/Chrome release), but couldn't go back to their development tools. I'm not positive that this was an actual shortcoming with their tools, or more of a preference, but I believe the Chrome developer tools are better.

It's very, very noticeably faster in executing JavaScript, and generally faster in loading pages. I have enough memory on the machines that I use, so for me this an improvement (but, like you said, for those with less memory this would be an acceptable tradeoff and maybe not an improvement.)