All of those red weather balloons I've been saving will come in handy.

Seriously though, how long until a bunch of assholes with red weather balloons start causing problems? Do the balloons at least say DARPA on them or something?

A couple of people have mentioned this already, but unintentional activation seems to be a likely problem. Maybe opening your trunk should require a series of motions, like a physical password of sorts, to make sure you're doing it intentionally.

"Let's see...right foot in, right foot out, right foot in, shake it all about..."

I was amused by the summary's mundane description of the horrible side effects.

"We're sure it's perfectly safe, but in certain circumstances it might unzip your DNA."

That sounds like a bad thing...

If advertising is the problem, the solution might be on its way. Hulu is apparently considering charging for their service directly.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/entertainment/main5415678.shtml

Nintendo's niche isn't making things bigger, faster and stronger. They make things that are new and different. The Wii has been hugely successful, not because it pushes boundaries in graphics and processing speed, but because it is a brand new idea. Taking the same old DS and making the screen bigger isn't going to boost sales the way that going in a new direction would.

It seems to me that America is largely founded on the principle of figuring things our for ourselves and believing that everything we have or do is the best. Also, we believe that sharing is for the weak...and communists.

It's definitely funny now that I get the joke. I usually would have gone to Google, but I assumed /dev/null was just a Slashdot thing that I didn't know about. I've only recently started learning about Unix.

I'm not a hard-core nerd, but I have my areas.

It would be odd to see the newspaper disappear altogether. What will we roll up and shake at our dogs? What will spies hide behind? What will we line cages with?

I apologize for my ignorance, but I don't know what "/dev/null" means.

I want to thank everyone who took an interest. I do have thick skin, and I can take the abuse, but in this case I felt compelled to fight for the principle of the thing. Anyway, I apologize again for the off-topic post. Thanks!

I love vigilante justice! Thanks!

I'm not approaching karma like a high-score or anything, I'm just offended that someone is allowed to label several of my comments "troll" simply because they don't like me.