The problem with your argument is that capitalism wasnt the economic system for about 6000 of those years.

> Why is being able to run fast and throw/catch a ball accurately considered something that elevates these people above everyone else? >Why can't people be elevated for doing things that actually contribute to society?

I have been hearing these same questions for 30 years. I am tending to think it is just human nature.

> Criminals do not care about laws so outlawing guns will not take the guns from the criminals.

I would be interested to see if that is true. How does that statment work with countries other than the U.S.?

Ok. So the second amendment was written to assure that we had the ability to fight the government in the event that they overstepped their bounds.

The government now has nuclear weapons, tanks, automatic grenade launchers.

Should citizens be allowed the same weapons that the government has access to? (therefore assuring we could actually revolt)

Woo hoo. I am sure that this is what the founders thought of when they wrote and voted on the second amendment.

You have the right to own weapons with the ability to kill dozens(tens of dozens) of people in a matter of seconds, and if that ability is exposed to your neighbors you should threaten to use those weapons against people who pose you no threat to make them quite.

I was right there with you until: 'just because you buy the hardware, you think you have the privilege to install what you want'.

what!!! What has happened to this world?! I bought it. If I want to install DOS 6.2 on it, that is nobody's business but mine. I cant believe the corporations have managed to convince people like you otherwise.

"whether or not we should reduce the work week's duration and increase paid vacation time"

That is such a ridiculous statement. Oh yes, my work week will be shortened; along with my paycheck.

What fantasy land do you live in where corporations value the happiness of their employees? Or to be more blunt, openly willing to spend more on paid vacation time? It took unions to get fair pay for workers and look what is happening to them. Do you honestly think a company will waste profits on its employees without being forced to?

I love seeing images like these. I wish some clever astronomer or graphics guru would make a 'flip book' type of image (think those old layered plastic anatomy pictures in encyclopedias) where each layer contains the galaxies at a certain distance.

That way you could see the evolution, or a qasi-3d image of what hubble is seeing.

I am sure there will be many posts about 'big brother' and the evils of the government, but I have to say....cool.

I have always been interested in robotics. This is just amazing to me. We have moved so fast (in regards to computing), I can only imagine what will be common place in the next decade.

p.s. It would be awesome if they posted the algorithms they used for this. I won't hold my breath.

Byte your tongue. Double Dragon is one of the greatest games of all time. (Extremely hard, but what game up to then allowed you to level up your fighting moves....and pick up weapons the enemy dropped!)

Well said. I was in the same boat. My friends and I would go over every page, digesting and absorbing every photo and every screen shot. The world seems so much cooler when you are a kid.

I think that is part of why we 30-somethings feel a small bit of sadness to see Nintendo Power go. It's not because we loved the magazine (who still has a subscription, really). We feel a tinge of sadness because it is a cold reminder that our childhood is forever gone.

my .02