I tried out Goozex per a suggestion from another user on Slashdot in a comment. Worked out a lot better than I had hoped. However, my hopes were low after dealing with GameStop for years. Goozex is a game trading site not a rental site but if you rotate games in and out of your queue you could easily use it as a rental site with no monthly fee.
How about a space debris collector fabricated from a large percentage of aerogel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel perhaps in a giant sphere shape that we sweep through orbital debris fields like a big mug scrubber http://www.bsi123.com/pm-348-2-glassmug-spongescrubber-brush.aspx
It's light weight and aerogel has been used by NASA before.
IDK I'm just spit ballin' here.
"give it to someone who can't afford to purchase one "
good idea. I'll put it up for sale on Craigslist
All right I'll bite.
"Your civil liberties don't always trump the good intentions of the well meaning"
As one of the well meaning with good intentions, yes they do. I want your civil liberties to trump my good intentions. My good intentions are based on my moral/ethical code, not yours. Just the same as I don't want other's moral/ethical good intentions infringing on my civil liberties.
"You don't go out and kick a mad dog. If you have a mad dog with rabies, you take a gun and shoot him." -- Pat Robertson, TV Evangelist, about Muammar Kadhafy
