What's your point?

I'm struck with CD... As an artist, a musician, I don't want my work to be copied and people to 'take advantage' of me. But on the other hand, I feel like copyright is an artificial device that only hurts the economy and, on a higher level, human progress as a whole. We can't have 'copied' drugs for much cheaper, thus some people who might have been able to afford said drugs are no longer able to... just to secure the profits of some corporation? I must be missing something here. Someone cure my CD?

Thank you for saving me the trouble...

A mother troll? Good question, and I think one that deserves a properly-coined and widely spread answer.

The US may then benefit from attempting to crack the encrypted cables and releasing them all at once -- since they certainly can't eliminate them all now that they have been decentralized.

Or, simply put, the US may not care very much. I haven't seen anything released that is a big surprise.

Have you ever heard of someone living in a car, unwilling to get a job, because they wanted to watch TV in their car? Just wondering...

I find it fascinating that you've watched every show on TV. Me, I'm sometimes surprised by the new things you find on channels like Discovery and, frankly, watching Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel (and other programs of theirs) as he travels around the US to local spots and consumes amazingly looking grub is just plain entertaining, even though I'm sure it's just a 'rehash of some older show'. Now, granted, 99% of all programs are crap *in my opinion*, but I'm not going to sit here and make a blanket statement like "every show on TV is just...".

Light absorbed into the solar cells becomes electricity which the world then uses to power all sorts of various things, all of which have thermal dissipation as an inherent outcome of their use. The overall warming effect on the earth is probably even greater than without the solar cells because at least the normal desert sand reflects more of the light back out of the atmosphere. The solar cells don't do that (nearly as much). So, long story short, this is not a problem (at least like you think it might be).

I know of a younger one. It actually just happened. Sorry though, the light from the supernova won't be here for 50,000,000 years. Go ahead, prove me wrong! ;p

It has certain potential to improve education.

Oh yeah, what certain potential is that, exactly? Since, you know, you seem to be an expert on the matter.

I'm usually only on my phone when I've forgotten I left it on the car seat, or it has become wedged between the cushions of the couch. And then only until it vibrates from a text and I know it's under me, so I can get off of it.

Seems like they should stop all of this foreplay and just get a room already.

Agreed. But I still think "web archaeology" is like growing marijuana with 4 billion year old dirt. You don't really have to do it. It's not something that is scientifically important. But it might be fun, for some.

valuable evidence from the interweb's early days

What, you mean high contrast animated gif backgrounds on barely-visible text?

It's like an Archaeologist is having a conversation with a layman:
Archaeologist: You see this dirt?
Layman: Yep, that's nice dirt, what's so special about it?
Archaeologist: This dirt is FOUR BILLION years old!
Layman: Wow, that's pretty old! So how does that make it different than this dirt I'm standing on?
Archaeologist: Well, for one, if you were to grow marijuana with it, you'd be smoking some ancient shit, man.
Layman: *just stares*
Archaeologist: Seriously, it's OLD!
Layman: I'm sure.


Hmm. I think I need my morning coffee.

Teen 1: So, you're tellin me that if I start texting a lot I'll get to have more sex?
Teen 2: Yep, that's what the article says.
Teen 1: AWESOME! *begins texting furiously*
Teen 2: Who are you texting??
Teen 1: Well, you, of course?
Teen 2: I'm flattered. Maybe you ought to go text yourself.