Drink the water!

or are they not really an Indie anymore, are they? I kept reading the phrase "published by Microsoft" and I get the sense that this bloke now has Microsoft publishing his games. That's great if you won the pot last gen when XBLA was free to all comers, but what if you're just getting started? Or did I miss something? If this guy really doesn't have a publisher then he won't be making XBox One games. If Microsoft will act as his publisher that's great for him, but it still leaves real "Independent" game devs up a creak....

and I hear a lot of complaints from all my hardcore gamer buds and I've seen several rants, but they've all ending their rant with "...but I'll probably buy one anyway".

You'll still spend $5 grand defending yourself from the lawsuit, and God help you if it's an obscenity charge and you're not a happily married, dashing 6'5" tall man...

You want to inspire them, pay them more instead of offshoring their future after they reach 40.

or more likely a third slap

The problem is that, just like DNA, the police get lazy and simply round up everyone who matches. Those people can then eliminate themselves from the investigation by providing an alibi. Being arrested tends to look bad though, especially if you are arrested for something particularly nasty. The cops don't give a shit though, they just want an easy life and higher solved rate.

What does it feel like when you look over to the next stall and realise the guy's dick is a few millimetres longer than yours?

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson!

But predicting the future path of evolution is like predicting the stock market. You can't plan around the schedule of mutations. Who knows if these plastic munching traits are a freak mutation caused by a single cosmic ray from Orion or something that has a predictable time-line.

What happens if this bacteria grows really good at it and starts munching away at everyday items on land?

You're at an interview or on a date and your polyester pants unexpectedly succumb to the hungry little buggers.

The problem is they are not free individuals, they are pressured by commercial demands for profit.

Which is why we need laws. Business is amoral.

In some countries a gov't agency can sue a newspaper for slander. In this case, if The Star could have reasonably known about and mentioned the exemption possibility but failed to, one could have a good case against them in such countries.

However, certain news sources I've seen (that rhyme with "box") will include the obvious or easy-to-find counter arguments, but near the bottom in convoluted or sloppy language. Such a court case would then be over wording and placement, which would fill the courts with squabbling over gray areas.