I've said before, I have no shame when it comes to this sort of thing. I'd happily fake an orgasm (loudly) if I was sure someone behind me was videoing it for youtube.

But most security areas I've been in forbid the use of cellphones, cameras, etc...

Tell me, exactly what does the US government have to do to its citizens for it to be newsworthy?

Work for them.

which kind of begs the question of whether there is any decent hubble-related comedy out there?

Rule 34, coming right u--

Oh wait, you said hubble-related *comedy*. My bad.

To me the amazing achievement in the Ironman movies that nobody seems to notice is the Jarvis AI he's got.

It's not AI. It's an English butler with a bondage fetish, that Tony has locked in high-tech closet in the basement.

Of course. Because the average soldier will wear this suit every day for 20 years.

Are you high?

Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

Well, now we know, YOU were wrong.

You know what else? For a readership that is supposed to be somewhat intelligent, it's amazing to me how many people on slashdot
a) jumped straight into "I'm scared" mode
b) believed the mainstream news (honestly, since when are we all that gullible?)
c) disputed the few experts on slashdot who knew what they were talking about.

This is a joke, right?

that an infinate number of monkeys, working for an infinate amount of time will eventually recreate the works of shakespere.. does this mean the *IAA will seek to outlaw monkeys, or just the practice of giving monkeys keyboards?

Neither, since Shakespeares works are in the Public domain and we don't have an infinite amount of time.

However, Dan Browns novels will take a dozen monkeys about two weeks, so I think you might be on to something there.

So, thanks go to the 9-11 criminals for making air travel that much safer.

You're welcome!

Just imagine how safe things are going to be after April 4th 2011!

If we are gods, we can only hope our creations are morally superior to us.

Hey, suddenly Jehovah the blood thirsty desert god makes a lot more sense.

There's no reason to assume that their time dimension runs parallel to our own. Any universe created in the lab might easily branch off in some other non-euclidian direction. In which case, it would all be over before it starts, so to speak.

As much as I might hate bankers, yeah, it was supposed to be a joke. Sorry, it's early, and I haven't had coffee yet.

They are BANKERS.

Why it isn't a given that Bankers will break the law to make money? It is universally true by observation, even if we can't figure out how to prove it empirically.

In the 21st century, I feel it is unlikely that we'll see major western governments engaging in systematic abuse of human rights such as we saw in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Are you SERIOUS? Abu-Gharib? Extraordinary rendition? Enhanced interrogation?

Those who refuse to remember history are condemned to repeat it.