So, Iron age accounts of feats of magic, written decades later, which happen to fit perfectly with pre-existing religious texts (from multiple religious cultures, not just Abrahamic ones) seems like divine proof?

Ok then.

To a logical person, it would seem pretty obvious that fulfilling a well-known "Prophecy" is pretty easy.

Hell if I made an earth-sea voltron and got the call number 666 assigned to it, and nicknamed it "the antichrist" it wouldn't suddenly make the bible true either, even though everyone has the 2 thousand year old blueprints under their big illogical pillows.

Bjork is in the news again! 2 headlines in 2 years! Time for a comeback.

I think the average slashdotter can do more to defame a person online than the average news organization. Really if I was that mad and I knew the person's name, I could really toe the law making their online presence one of shame and warning.

not enough free nitrogen on earth to farm for its current population. "Organic" food is for privileged first worlders, and is not the answer to anything. It uses the most fertile land to produce the least robust crops for the smallest group of people. Awesome.

If it is DRM free, the product details have the following phrase:

Thanks, I forgot to remove it. Someone bought the domain when I foolishly let it expire, then I never re-acquired it.

amazon already allows any publisher to select DRM or no DRM during the publishing process... it is a checkbox on a web form.

I wanted to clarify (as an author who works with amazon) Amazon does not require DRM.
Want to publish your book DRM free with amazon? That is a CHECKBOX on their interface.

All of my novels are published DRM free in the kindle store. I insisted on it because DRM is annoying to ME as a paying customer, because I like to decide which readers I read my books on personally, and I would like to afford my customers and fans (even the ones that pirate) the same courtesy.

The first time a fan comes up to you sheepishly and says "I saw your book on TPB and started reading it, and well... can you sign this hardback for me, I bought all your other books too." You really get it.

I push (and sometimes pay personally) to have my books in libraries, I made sure they are available for free in the kindle lending library, I make sure they are DRM free, I have to respect my customers, or they will never respect me.

Everyone wondering how they could possibly make money on this forgets that in 2036 or 2040 there is a decent chance that the fattest multinational government contract ever awarded will go to whomever knows how to capture an Asteroid. AG5 or Apothis or some other yet undiscovered rock will need to be moved sometime in the future, we know this.

It actually is possible that a few billionaires actually do want to keep the human race from going extinct, as far-fetched as that sounds.

because CEOs understand what doctors do.

Time to change my name to "CEO; allstaff"

I'll be unfirable

The primary driver of the high gold demand is artificial (Man made/imaginary role as a parking space for power/wealth). In this case the LACK of supply is what drives demand, and for that reason any large influx of gold would have a much larger influence on price than a simple supply/demand market. Gold is not "used up" in that we have far too much gold on Earth for the current prices if only aesthetic and industrial applications are taken into account. It is rare and it sits there, take away either of those properties and it is not useful anymore.

Nevermind the fact that Snow Crash inspired Google Earth
It's not like that software is used by anyone.

Dystopian or not, it always struck me as starkly pro-technology.

the 4+ people who work on the project aren't the ones who own the data, the university is.

that's the issue with privacy... we trust the people who we willingly give our privacy up to, but it is the people who come after them that we have to worry about.