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Congrats ,you listed the only exception. Otherwise gp is right

Legalising works, right up until the same 'freedom' logic is applied to pimping out your own family.

Its pretty straight forward - if you find this intolerable for your family, others do too for theirs. And everyone either has a family that loves them, or deserves one.

Looks like he's one of the 1% :-D

Getting drunk is legal. Driving is legal... Driving while drunk is not legal.

You don't get to pick and choose pet logical fallacies.

hmmm... yes, a movie, yes.

  "The Matrix"? How's that for a working title?

Even information has a price. Stop dreaming and wake up!

Quick: someone tell the IPhone 'Flashlight app' guy to patent his amazing invention ... its done with a computer.

Reminds me of a cartoon where a hobo looks in amazement at a neighbouring hobo with a sign saying 'beggar.com' and a queue of banker-types lined up to give him money.

Open SSI cluster?

Also applies to seat belts, pants, etc.
Optional , but good to use, especially in the public arena. ;-)

Consider if such a law was implemented...

• The Koran considers the claims of Jesus, as recorded in the Bible, to be blasphemy!

• http://www.letusreason.org/islam11.htm

  In Sura 10:68-70 They say: “God hath begotten a son!” -
  [...]
  then shall We make them taste the severest penalty for their blasphemies.”

• The Old Testament in the Bible (1 Kings or 2 Kings) records the prophet Elijah blaspheming Baal, the Caananite God.
• According to the New Testament, the Jews considered Jesus' claim (that he was God's son) to be blasphemous and the prime reason for his crucifixion.

You're the microsoft architect right?
Perhaps the money you are offering isnt enough?
As someone else here pointed out, if you offer more money (and make this known), the market will move to correct the lack of supply you see. Witness the steady increase in the ranks of web developers after the heady salary excesses of the nineties.

2 dollar apps!

My plans for selling billions of small helium-filled personal orbs is at risk. :)

Like the 'Keno' from the late unlamented 'Stargate Universe', they would follow their owners around at shoulder height, interacting with sound, marquee messages on the orb's surface and changing orb color. The electronics, cameras and micro propellors etc. would be powered by a small induction-charged battery topped up by floating 'visits' to a fixed charging station.

Actually, it does feel very tempting but the best thing to do is to _engage_ in the conversation with the spouse. BUT THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK, and ABOVE ALL, BE KIND.