Construction with precast concrete has been around for a long time. They require molds, and typically are limited in form because the more molds you need to make the more expensive the project gets.

With printed concrete, 10 unique slabs should have the same, or close to the same, unit price of 10 identical slabs, which (when the price approaches precast in the near future) opens up all design possibilities for architects currently restrained by budget.

When I think of FOIA, I think of individuals keeping tabs on government, not individuals keeping tabs on other individuals. Transparency on what the government does is very much different from transparency on what private citizens do.

Can't have Ghandi without Great Britain, sad to say. He most likely would have died young, and as a nobody, had he done the exact same thing while under the rule of another country.

You are a pacifist only because there are others willing to use violence to keep the peace. Without them, you would continually be on the move in search of safe neighborhoods as crime areas expand.

They changed that last year. It's 300GB/month now, with 3 months overage without charge (you are warned whenever you get near the cap or go over), then on the 4th month that you go over they will automatically bill you +$10 for an additional 50GB

Doomsday clock is stuck so closely to zero because of geopolitical stalemates, and these stalemates are not easily solved by dumping more scientists into the fray since there are often far more to consider than "what is the right thing to do."

Deescalate, and you might find yourself vulnerable to an internal coup, escalate, and you'll certainly might find hardliners on the other side gaining power. It takes a lot of negotiating, trust-building, and patience measured in generations to settle things calmly and predictably.

Oh the other hand, scientists aren't big on compromise -- which is good if you're running an authoritarian state, not so good if you have diverse constituents.

...will they behave differently from anyone else in such a situation? I doubt it. Scientists are human, too. Thrown into the political arena, and they too will act politically.

And how does printing a plastic magazine kill people?

Posts that complain about terminology get modded 5 Insightful in an instant in discussions about "piracy" and "hacking". Why not here?

Maybe true for some people, but personally I think an iPhone would say much who I am than my GS3. I don't like saying that much about me to strangers.

Problem is, Urbandictionary is mostly a collection of "lulz so random XD" meme-ish factoids and every innocuous phrase turned to a sexual double entendre. Imagine Tiny Tina from Borderlands and The Todd from Scrubs. That's not real people (I hope there's no one like that)

Trouble is, an engineer's solution (works, and is versatile) doesn't sell as well as a marketeer's solution (cute and eye-catching)

The opposite being just as true.
Now, I love my family, but broadcasting that I'm home with the implication that I want to chat, well, I can imagine getting annoyed and unplugging that thing -- and then the police shows up later because my mom though something bad happened to me and got scared (and said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air")

Pretty sure the first two are already covered under existing law. The last one may not be strictly defined, but you can bet FBI/ATF takes notice.