Not medically savvy here, but could this lead to some sort of Dialysis-like process to remove cancer cells from the bloodstream? I guess it would help with at least some types of cancer?

Bottom line is, you think you're purchasing an e-book. You buy it, it's yours -- albeit in digital form -- right? If it's yours, you can do what you want with it, right? Wrong on both counts! What they're selling you is a *limited license* to enjoy that content on certain platforms, within the limits imposed by them. You don't own the content -- at all. You're *not* at liberty to do with it the same (or analogous to what) you could do with a physical book.

I think this dichotomy, that what you perceive to be being is different than what is actually being sold, is what causes the drift between publishers and consumers.

> An app where everybody gives you money? No wonder you think it's decent. ;-)

LOL. If only I was keeping the money to myself... but alas, I'm not.

Thanks for the time and the insightful answer. I think we're on the same page. I'm really trying to make a legitimate, useful thing here, that will help people interact and feel good.

The app allows you to say what you want for your birthday, add a comment, then whomever contributes also gets to vote on which gift they think is the best, and send you a message along with their contribution.

I'll be the first to say that almost all facebook apps are pretty useless. Probably 95% are a twist on the ididotic "poke" concept.

[full disclosure: start shameless self-promotion]

That's why I built a decent facebook app. You can see it at http://apps.facebook.com/birthdayfund/ (or http://www.thebirthdayfund.com/).
Basically it just facilitates creating a birthday fund for yourself or for someone else, so instead of getting a few "meh" gifts, you can get whatever you really want. Everybody wins. :-)

Possibly like me or tons of slashdot readers you're a developer with big or cool ideas. Best of luck to you, and if you want to help someone out with theirs, please check out the app on facebook and let me know what you think.

> I am astonished at how quickly you fell into my trap. The remainder of your argument is pointless.

Trap... Whatever... if you mean by the "rest of my argument" this last paragraph:

"What I think is stupid is trying to twist the interpretation of the reality to fit words in a book that's been completely twisted by earthly interests just because it makes you happy to think that said book is the law of G'd and that's it. It's just crazy."

No problem. It's my opinion. You can accept it or not, it's up to you. The bulk of my argument was before that. If you agree with that I'd say I'm doing pretty good.

> In Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke points out that "even the Overlords serve a Master."

If I remember correctly the Overlords in Clarke's sci-fi novel were the devil-look-alike aliens that force a peaceful period on earth to help produce some sort of evolution of humanity's children... I'm confused. That proves exactly what? Don't take me wrong, I love sci-fi... but I fail to see a point.

Am I to just take the written words of a fiction writer as the unquestionable truth?