DEKA has been doing this for some time now. http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dean-kamens-luke-arm-now-has-mind-control-and-3d-spatial-interf/

Rail is a good idea, but the real challenge is the "last mile" problem. How do you get the passengers of said train to their ultimate destinations, assuming they don't work/live in the station? Bus? At some point the travel will have to be individualized to accommodate for those who need to get somewhere from the station. Walking would be great, but what's more difficult: Finding a solution to this problem, or slimming down America?

Now, to write the software simulating a thinking brain...

Imagine that this could happen face to face... wait, it has. Should I/they sue them/me? Social empathy isn't the argument, its whether or not she is responsible for her murder.

A bully can be 18. He's an adult, and will be tried as an adult. Think he's more mature than you? Think again, fucktard. With me so far? The creative use of the law is what will allow the creative ABUSE of the law when asshat parents who don't raise their children need to blame someone for their child's asshatish behavior, like killing themselves. This is FAR different than sex with a child, she did not commit the act, the idiot kid killed herself. Age simply is not a factor here. Those same words could've come from a peer of hers, and the fact that she believed that it was a peer shows that a) the adult was a mastermind of child manipulation, or b) the child experiences the same shit from kids at school, either directly or indirectly. How do we know that this was the straw that broke her back? How much other abuse contributed to her poor mental state? Who else can we take down in this tirade of creative prosecution? The parents for not fostering a sense of security in their child? Myspace for allowing such behavior to go on? When something like this gets legal precedent, it allows for a whole slew of frivolity. I'm not saying at all that she doesn't deserve a form of punishment, it was abuse nonetheless, but murder? Please, don't waste my time or tax dollars.

What is the difference between what she did and what a bully does to others at school (aside from her being an adult)? Nothing. Bullies know their victims have emotional problems, otherwise they wouldn't be such easy prey. Bullies, perhaps not systematically, attack and undermine others' confidence over longterm periods purposefully and with malicious intent. Go ahead and tell me I'm wrong. You're absolutely retarded if you think for one second that age is the single difference that makes this a federal case. And as for coming to spastic panicky conclusions, perhaps you should reread TFA. Idiot.

Moral of the story then, be careful who you prank nowadays. You could be brought to court with unheard of methods of prosecution. Placing a whoopie cushion underneath the chair of your friend is grounds for attempted murder if your friend has any sort of anxiety. Here comes the future of law. If this passes, do you disagree that it will result in thousands and thousands of frivolous and ridiculous lawsuits? If you embellish any of the day to day crap that goes on in people's lives, you could get a crowd going pretty easily. You hurt my feelings man... better get a lawyer.

So should bullies in school be stuck with attempted murder? Should companies that fire their employees be hit with endangerment of others, as that fired employee could very well come back and shoot up everyone in the building. What about relationships coming to an end? Would the person who initiated the break up be responsible for whether or not the breakee kills themselves? After all, most anything said during a break up could be construed as intentional infliction of emotional distress. This case is fluff. The girl was dumb enough to kill herself. Who's to say that "Josh" was the breaking point? Perhaps her own parents had treated in such a way that propagated that fragile emotional state. Are they really the ones to blame, putting her in that state to begin with, in that she would no longer be capable of making sane decisions in the face of, IMHO, weak "verbal" abuse?

Lets see if that puts a stop to this nonsense... right? Right?! *rolls eyes*