I would mod you up if I could. But I can't.

I agree fully with this. Well put.

He did live a comfortable life, with lots of restaurant visits, as I understand. But he died at a gym, after he resolved to get in shape, possibly after overdoing a strenuous exercise. I think one of his friends later remarked that it was typical of him to go for something at full speed as soon as he had made up his mind to do it. He just went at it a little too hard that time.

They likely won't fail completely. They will get some small victory, at least. Next time, they will get a little more. And the time after that. This is too important to governments to ever give up.

The campaign recently reached the halfway mark with over a month to go. A rule of thumb with Kickstarter is that if a campaign reaches the halfway mark, it will be fully funded by the end.

FFE was indeed released with an enormous amount of bugs. But once it was patched, which happened quite quickly, it was a gem. It had a storyline you could follow if you wanted, but if not, the entire Milky Way galaxy was yours to play with. There was a freedom of play that I've yet to see in any other game. But is seems ED will follow suit - without the bugs.

Braben has some serious ambitions, and he has a tendency to deliver.
Good points. Would mod insightful if I could.

The O-rings were being eroded by exhaust during launch because the rubber got too cold to seal properly. So you're both right.

About ten years ago, someone flew from London to Jamaica and back using my Visa CC number. The ticket was issued in his own name, Leon something. I notified the bank, signed an affidavit and was fully reimbursed.

So I guess the consequences were minor, and I mainly learned to be more careful about who I give my CC number to.

Also: Cool story, brah.

They'll tell your government that they want you extradited. Your government will then arrest you and ship you there.

The first thing I will do then is buy a number of spammy links to be sent to my competitor's otherwise entirely white-hat site that currently ranks in 1st, thus making sure his excellent site never troubles me again. Meanwhile, he's too honest to do the same to my site, so I benefit. This is called negative SEO and is not new. It's the reason Google haven't done what you suggest.

Sure you can: It's like a wheel.

It's the same as in every country: comfort is everything. As long as Americans have their Big Macs and cheap Ford F 150s, no one is going to complain in any way that makes a difference. Take those away and you'd have a mass uprising. But not before. Do you think The Powers That Be know that?

...doesn't an invention have to be non-obvious to be patentable? Placing ads on a map on the web seems pretty obvious to me...