There are certainly those people who are only ever capable of seeing two sides to any difference of opinion.

In other words, it's possible to point out a politician's hypocrisy on this issue, and simultaneously condemn China's crackdown on free speech. But you do you, man.

Hey folks! Just to clarify: I said that the UK would renegotiate its relationship to the EUCD (European Union Copyright Directive) and Iain (reasonably enough, given the noisy room) heard OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). Just a minor clarification, but I'd appreciate an upvote so confused people see it.

They aren't even second.

I want to record a Duke game, I pull up my Google Fiber TV app, and type in Duke, and tap on Duke University from the options. It tells me there's two games coming up - football and soccer. I select Football, and it informs me they are playing Georgia Tech (not as some human written summary mind you, but because it knows who is playing). I can hit record here. I can also tap a button and get a list of other upcoming college football games, or get the option to record all upcoming Georgia Tech games. When it recognizes you are setting it to record a live event, it asks if you want to extend the recording time for a certain period beyond the scheduled end, because they do sometimes run long.

Also fun - you can type in a movie name and set it to record, even if it's nowhere on the schedule. It will just keep it in memory and record it whenever it does eventually come on. You can do this with actors and directors too, and it will just watch for whatever they are in that comes up. I think maybe TiVO does this too? But, I've never had it, so...

And one thing that Google Fiber is doing that both TiVO and Apple aren't, is providing the connection to the content.

>Do you believe rehabilitation is impossible or do you want revenge?

I don't believe that someone who commits mass murder can be rehabilitated, no. It isn't about revenge; it's about public safety.

Someone once pointed out that hoping a rapist gets raped in prison isn't a victory for his victim(s), because it somehow gives him what he had coming to him, but it's actually a victory for rape and violence. I wish I could remember who said that, because they are right. The score doesn't go Rapist: 1 World: 1. It goes Rape: 2.

What this man did is unspeakable, and he absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. If he needs to be kept away from other prisoners as a safety issue, there are ways to do that without keeping him in solitary confinement, which has been shown conclusively to be profoundly cruel and harmful.

Putting him in solitary confinement, as a punitive measure, is not a victory for the good people in the world. It's a victory for inhumane treatment of human beings. This ruling is, in my opinion, very good and very strong for human rights, *precisely* because it was brought by such a despicable and horrible person. It affirms that all of us have basic human rights, even the absolute worst of us on this planet.

This is precisely why I lost all interest in Oculus the instant I heard that it had been acquired by Facebook.

I love how you went for the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch, and the replies went full on Conspiracy Theory and Rant About The Establishment.

In high school, for a science project, I put together a simple timing device, that involved two photovoltaic eyes from Radio Shack, a cheap electronic stopwatch, a breadboard, a bunch of red and black wires, and a couple large lantern batteries for power. Most of the components were just held to the batteries with duct tape. And yes, it looked a lot like a cartoon bomb. I joked how it looked like a cartoon bomb, and so did my parents. My teachers joked about it looking like a cartoon bomb. Somehow, I managed to not get arrested, or have to talk with any police officer that day.

It sure is nice being white some days (ok, just about every day). I suppose it being the early 90s didn't hurt either.

Hell, the school had an engineering teacher. Maybe if you really think you have something slightly suspicious, you give him a call, let him have a look at it. Maybe point out the complete lack of high explosives in it.

My belief is that it's not that you are using your cell phone, but how. I'm OK with people using it during whatever social event as long as it is in a constructive manner. Say, to pull up movie times while discussing after dinner plans, coordinating with other people to meet up, settle an argument with some facts, etc.

The phone makes it easier for someone to be non-social if they want to be, but it doesn't automatically turn social people non-social.