Yeah.

but then it would get you, and everyone else, off jury duty very quickly. Which seems to be what everyone wants.

If the judge finds out that the jury is considering nullification, he may throw the whole jury out before they reach a verdict.

You haven't been spending enough time with Apple users. The lack of required technical knowledge is NOT why the average Apple fan I have met likes any of their products, it is one factor of a much larger issue, and this is the one that much of Slashdot takes umbrage with:

    Apple products are a fashion accessory for these people, it's got nothing to do with technical knowledge you are correct there, but the reason they *like* Apple products is because they feel it says something special about them as a consumer and an artist, and occasionally (heaven forbid) as a technical genius (there are a LOT of Apple fanatics who believe they understand technology who have no clue whatsoever...people who say things like 'Apple invented C-Plus the programming language by innovating on C, then Microsoft stole their ideas and renamed it C++').

    My experience (okay this is anecdotal I'll admit that) also suggests that Apple fans are firmly convinced that in every technical and manufacturing possibility, the Apple product is innately superior to all of its competitors. They have no technical knowledge, but are completely confident that they are purchasing the highest quality device that is as good as technology can get whenever they buy Apple...no matter what it is they are buying. No matter what information you could give them if they could even understand it, they would simply and smugly believe that the Apple product was just 'better.' This is mainly due to the way Apple products have been marketed ever since they came out in fruity colors.

I know I am a bit off topic here, but I am looking for some insight from someone who has a good understanding of physics to help me understand something.

There is obviously a LOT of energy being exerted by the moon and the sun in the form of gravity on the earth. All of these other solutions rely on harnessing this energy via a third source, such as harvesting the energy transmitted by the waves. Would it be possible to directly harness this gravitational and centripetal energy?

You also have to use Microsoft's OS to write apps for Windows Mobile and Xbox. That is no different.

Android does have Java. In fact, its really the only thing you can make Android apps in.

I’m assuming they’re talking about the linear “water-speed” of the kite. That makes the most sense to me, at least, after watching the video simulation.

Reminds me of console makers for some reason. No wonder it is becoming a popular gaming platform.

Imagine if you tell your partner "at 2am it's gonna dispense all the money, make sure you're standing there with a big bag to catch it all".

That's be very interesting to most thieves.

Fatal Rewind predates Blinx by about a decade.

If you're referring to Australian megafauna, then the primary cause of death was the first humans in Australia burning the landscape, not hunting for food. And that was 47,000 years ago. After that they lived as part of a stable eco-system, and as far as I know, have never hunted any of their food species to extinction.

The problem with the Adam Smith view of the market is they assume everyone is 1) rational and 2) completely informed. When you add in incomplete information, i.e. the person is rational about what he knows but he can only see 3 or 4 levels of transactions, then you get the 1/f power curve which demonstrates continual fluctuations at all scales, including huge economic bubbles and depressions. a lot like real life,