"Either large segments of the population are going to have to give up on college or they're going to have to put themselves in a position where default is almost an inevitability."

So you're assuming that there is no middle ground? The choices are bankrupt for life or no college at all? How about an in-state institution with a scholarship or two. This is obtainable for a reasonably smart person. I did this, and I paid off all loans in just about one year. Sure, I did not go buy a brand new car after college, but I am debt free and loving life.

I hope Goldman Sachs is paying close attention to this matter.

So someone who accidentally shares their music library for a couple days...

Should not be in court at all, since there is no intent to commit a crime or violate copyright.

...so what if I accidentally hit your car? I didn't mean to do it.

Better yet, what if I accidentally share your business plan online? Pretend all of your competitors download this and use it. You lose profits within weeks. I didn't steal it, I accidentally copied it. No harm, right?

Yeah, we only had one semester to build that, so that is all we could do with that time frame. Hindsight 20/20, we would have picked faster motors. The sound could easily be reduced by enclosing the unit. We left it open for display purposes. As for the surface, we used plexiglass, and gave it a coating to reduce the glare. Good times.

This project is similar to my old senior design project in college. We built a chess game where the computer could detect and physically move the piece to the proper place (video below). It brings a smile to my face, now that I'm not being graded on it anymore :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNtWeTDev_k&feature=player_embedded#!

So I'm wondering what is actually inside the party pack. Since I'm wanting to abide by the rules around here, can someone please read TFA and tell me?

Oblig:

http://xkcd.com/528/

"make sure your closet doesn't overheat"

Yeah, 'cause then you might have to come out of it.

Some fellow students of mine built this project years ago at Georgia Tech for their senior design project. I believe they only had 4 people working on it as well. The final product functioned well, and reacted quickly.

My group built a fully automated electro-mechanical chess board (nothing new here either). Any other cool projects out there?