Then universities will have to find a way to communicate information between them. They will allow students to communicate along this network and setup locations to have conversations. Soon the public in the surrounding areas will have access to this inter and intra connection. Languages will be formed to allow simpler communication and distribution. Soon it will be used by businesses and completes monetized. Then universities will have to find a way to . . .

Might as well just have random games of Paranoia with the color levels replaced by departments.

He spent 2.2 Billion just to have the opportunity to throw chairs in public again?

There are many things you can buy for 2.2 Billion. This is one of them.

It depends on your definition of important data. A thousand pages of unmanned data aren't worth one trip when we are truly trying to gauge how humans react in space.
The ultimate goal is trying to get humans in space for long term travel and colonization.

It's easier to destroy then create. We march onward to Idiocracy.

Man, that Lard Lad. . . one helluva throwing arm.

OK. This is so truthfully funny I snarfed my coffee. You win the internet today my friend.

Plastic Beach

The matrix is just part of a bigger matrix.

Hey! You are not authorized to know that!

[talks in wrist microphone]
Spawn another agent to take care of this.

Guards!

when I heard "Stone throwing chimps that learn new behaviors" was that George W. Bush was back in town.

Humans, poo flingers in more formal clothes?

Anime conventions have been doing gatherings for a while successfully.

  I only point to Otakon, since it's the anime con whose practices I'm most familiar . This con started with a few guys putting some seed money together and frankly losing money, because of insurance and liability costs that sometimes need to be acquired for larger venues. Then they went non-profit and things were greatly improved. Also the philosophy was very similar to most other conventions as how to run it.

- Elect your corporate officers and convention president every year. It keeps things from going too stale and political

- Have a group goal and keep to it. Otakon's at least was and should still be a 'By fans for fans' convention while showcasing East Asian culture to the public.

- Improve every year. Regardless of how good or bad you did the mantra should be 'We can do better.'

Those are just the highlights, but years when I thought Otakon would go down it has kept going and growing.

This is exactly the case. This is something Congress can do that might possibly redeem their abysmal approval rating in the public. For the vast majority out there which no nothing about video games, this is a win.

  We know it's a loss and a colossal one. How do we convince people about it? This is no more than the rating system with movies. Back in the day when a movie was rated R kids didn't see it for many reasons:

1) Movies theaters and movie ushers didn't sell tickets to underage kids
2) There was a stigma to even going IN to see an R rated film
3) Parents could make the individual decision when it came out on cable, TV, VHS, Beta, RCA Video Disc etc.

This is the same thing. Parents, if you see a game rating above your child's age - don't buy it! or if you really feel that little Johnny can handle Nun Slashers Effect 3 for the Sony EyeStation then go ahead, but don't blame the video game industry when your son gets busted for assault and ends up living with you until he's 45!

Personally, I'm going to contact my representatives and also call and warn my Congressmen that this bill is a bad idea for these specific reasons. It only takes usually 25 calls per office to make a particular view on an issue stand out. If even part of Slashdot's collective might calls or writes in then this bill can be removed and we can move on with more important issues. Remember to also calmly include that you are a voting constituent and if you are of their party then mention that too.

We have all been seriously owned. The Daily Mail receives website hits and we banter about on a topic that really has no merit nor a drop of reality in it.

I post this as a warning to others. Don't waste anymore brain power on it.

If anyone with influence in the international community takes this seriously it should be struck down and its supporters immediately considered completely out of touch with reality. Then ignored.

"Hey, Mildred, that burger is YOU!" and the resulting LOLS

This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Eat Me!"

A little more Douglas Adams into it.