Comment Re:I'm feeling most fulfilled... (Score 1) 789
With the shield surrounding the car, you could just plow through the jerk and not worry about damaging your car.
Comment Re:Or (Score 1) 237
I gotta tell you, good cigars and good Scotch is a pretty expensive habit to acquire.
Comment The hazards of urban stargazing. (Score 1) 87
The Good:
I saw 5 rocks burn up on entry.
I smoked two really good cigars.
I had a really nice French Roast.
I had a really good Cabernet Franc.
The Bad:
I got hit up for money by bums.
I was cold.
My coffee got cold.
The Ugly.
I got hassled by a cop.
I got to learn what "light pollution" really means.
I really miss living in the New Mexico desert. As a child, I got to see the Milky Way spread across the sky on moonless nights. It was breathtaking.
Comment Re:WOW (Score 5, Insightful) 543
I loaded 84,000 pounds of high explosives on F-111's during Desert Storm. Does that make me a killer? Yes.
Does playing Mech Warrior make me want to kill people? NO.
Get some perspective.
Comment Identity theft...... (Score 1) 86
Comment Re:I'll sell it. (Score 1) 261
Does Superego count as a power?
Comment Re:Oh, good. (Score 1) 443
I would like to point out the fact that these weapons are intended for law enforcement.
No one is saying that John Q. Public has to buy these things. Maybe the authorities should remember things like this.
There is always a balance.
Submission + - Yahoo Downgrades MusicMatch Jukebox
Submission + - Armed Police Bots with Stun Guns
"If someone is severely punished by an autonomous robot, who are you going to take to a tribunal?" asks Steve Wright, a security expert at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
I for one do not welcome our new stun gun equipped autonomous overlords, but I can guess who might get sued when an innocent civilian gets caught in the line of fire...