You get one of the few ISPs that'll actually give you a full IPV6 stack to your house and suddenly *they* owe *you* for not routing part of the IPV6 network to you? How quickly people gain an undeserved sense of entitlement.

Only 300 metric tons? By doing a simple 1 minute Google search I've found that a single cloud weighs on the order of 100 tons-100,000 tons and more. Great bullshit kdawson.

Geothermal energy is bar-none, the cleanest, cheapest energy there is. We should be tapping Yellowstone for energy.

This guy is happy his wife doesn't understand numbers and is pleased with a 10 year ROI?

Since when has Slashdot trumpeted fascism? Now we're cheering outlawing things because they're offensive?

Far behind in what? A 10Mb pipe? Something 95% of people don't need? The only people than need fatter pipes at low cost are movie and software pirates. I'm glad you don't set government policy. You're the epitome of "Subsidize things I like."

Slashdot readers tend to read patent abstracts instead of claims and make assumptions about prior art from there. This is equivalent to reading the back cover of a book to see the story is the exact same as another book.

I can't believe a question with a huge glaring hole in it got posted on the front page. If an invention has ever existed before and can be proven it can't be patented. This is what "prior art" is.

Eiffel recently added void safety.

Well you can't do anything now since you consented to her taking them by letting her in your backpack. Sounds like you just got a lesson in 4th amendment rights. Never let anyone, including authority figures cop teachers, have your personal property ever. Even if you have nothing to hide.

So it's invested in what? A fund that's 11 trillion in cash debt? Quite possibly 40 trillion in balance sheet debt? Remember this post through your lifetime. I hope some day it helps you come to realization.

Government enforced "openness" will allow government controlled "decency regulation."

This.

I wouldn't be surprised if either party introduced this bill but at least place the blame for this specific idiocy on in the correct place.

If only it was productive to laugh when people realize their savior is similar to their enemy. I hate politicians.