Stupid article makes stupid claims like "Wilderness is not renewable once roads and power-line corridors fragment it." Which is stupid. Don't trees grow back? All the bush I've seen with power lines through are regenerating nicely. Stupid article.

I'm not sure if Moore's Law applies here, as the Windows License would be about $200 wouldn't it?

You're probably right about revolutions not usually turning out too well, but I can see a day when there will be popular support for some sort of revolt, or anyway, a big enough minority willing to shoot people to advance their goals. From outside the US it does seem like the ordinary person has no one in power to represent them. I wonder how many predicted the US Civil war in 1825?

That sounds more like a Civil War than a Revolution. I would imagine that there would be armed opposition to any attempt at an overthrow of the government. Might even wind up worse that the last one, if it turned into state v state again.

I can't believe I'm seeing a reference to Tuff Darts. I bought a copy of Tuff Darts! for $1 in a second hand record store donkey's years ago and I thought I must be the only person in the world who had heard of them. Awesome.

As someone who lives outside the US and has no dog in this fight (as it were), I'm really hoping she stands for the Republican nomination, purely for the entertainment factor. Every time I see her on TV and hear the latest buffoonery that spills from her mouth, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Still its not my government she potentially could be heading, so I guess I can afford to laugh. Although now I think about it, she will be in charge of a big bunch of nukes, so maybe I ought to worry more. On the other hand she can't see New Zealand from her house so we should be safe.

You're right. The copyright industries do want the police to enforce ip laws. Other industries will take that approach, as they decide they need to. Its just a matter of campaign contributions in the right places, and you can get the right laws written. That is how fascism works.

Any Liberal Judges appointed by Obama, (or any other President) would probably rule along similar lines. The various branches of the US Government are just not there to represent you. They are there to represent the people who pay them. This is mostly large corporations.

Why would I want that? It's not racism when you hate everybody.

Melissa Lee is just the National Party's token Asian, and after a by election shambles has probably risen about as far in the party as she is ever going to. She is not very smart, and every time she opens her mouth in public she proves it again. She is however quite nice looking, and probably brings a bunch of Asian votes.

I've got a Canon EOS 550d DSLR camera, and I'm pretty sure it has got a web cam sort of function in the software somewhere.

Jesus may not be the best example to use in this case, as the only evidence we have for his existence are the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and they don't even agree on the details. Pontius Pilate (not Pillate) and Caesar (not Ceaser) did exist, but we have independent evidence for them.

You're quite right. I heard there are some people in the city down the road who worship God in a different way to me. According to the Christian God, I'd better commit genocide to teach them the error of their ways. Like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jericho

That's right. At my kids' school all phones are handed over at the start of day, and held by the teacher until the end of the school day. Everyone gets their phone back, I can txt my boys and they'll get the txt after school without interrupting class. The system works pretty well from what I can see.