I, for one, welcome our new brain controlling wheelchair overlords.

There is a valid point in here somewhere. The reason The Pirate Bay is popular is because it "hosts" a lot of copyrighted material. If this was a pool for freeware it would not be as popular, and thus alot harder to actually keep (financially) up. So in a way, even though I don't like it, I can see how the verdict makes sense.

.. filled with pretty pictures. http://www.bahnhof.se/pionen/gallery/ We're using this hall since a few months back now. They're very solid, good setup. Very futuristic entrances (sliding doors and the whole shebang).

Except that is not at all what he's saying.

Game consoles today are selling at a loss BECAUSE the margin per sold game/peripheral is enough to keep them afloat. Technically it makes sense too. Put more money into developing a solid platform and let the content bring in the money for a longer time than if the platform would be lesser than it is.

Not sure what your point is, but it is the "ecosystem" that is making money. If you sell something at a loss, but make more money on peripherals, you're still making money.

Except the long term effect of stuffing down random stuff into your system.

I do respect the fact that doctors can't be 100% certain of things, but prescribing medicines that they know might not work sounds like VERY risky business, irregardless whether the side effects are generally safe.

What I'm against isn't imperfect doctors, it's giving away meds that even they are not sure if they work.

I don't know about you, but I go to doctor's because they know alot more about something I need than I do myself. If a doctor told me to buy some prescription drug to "see if it helps", I would get pretty pissed and look at switching doctors. I'm not beyond reporting them either, depending on the situation. I have a very healthy respect for doctors, but pawning medicine that _might/maybe/possibly_ helps is just moronic. I can do that without the help of a doctor. Your reasoning is odd in three ways;

1. You're clearly very anti-government provided healthcare, so mixing comments like

and

just makes you look like a sore loser.

2. Assuming that a drug doesn't work because you took half the dose will probably lead the doctor to say: "It didn't work because you took half the dose, duh."

3. Assuming that a drug is good because it is sold.

As you could guess, I'm not convinced.

True, but that's equally true for for the weapons industry.

This is from a guy who calls himself Anonymous Coward, a well known user on Slashdot:

Then you're the slow one! :P