...that someone found and interesting chemical compound is the atmosphere or some other evidence of microscopic life on Venus, instead this guy claims he sees a "black flap" in pictures from the 80's. The article itself doesn't even have pictures with red circles around these flying magic aliens for me to gawk at and laugh about. I'm not only questioning Slashdot, but the original story, why would anyone care?

Like the history now being created of seizing private property without due process that may or may not actually reside outside of American sovereignty?

Well if it means anything, all PVP is completely voluntary in DDO, most of what you can pay for, is either time saving items (exp percentage bonuses) or content and the fact that every dungeon is instanced means you can simply play how and with whom you please.

Toontown is the brain child of Jesse Schell the same guy who freaked everybody out with his games in everything speech is it not.

I'll admit I read it that way too

Was I the only one who expected this to look like a racing pit-stop (screws being driven into a rack mount like lug-nuts on a new set of tires)

Well I live in the Philly Metro area, I'll keep you in mind if it doesn't pan out.

Why anyone would pick Philadelphia as a launch city is beyond me. That's like recruiting beta testers from the Special Olympics.

Exactly, Google is grand standing against the much less menacing Australian Government. The only reason pulled out of China was a) they were the kings of the internet like they are back home and b) an attack that came from China (potentially). PR move in my mind

I can assure you, that you will be disappointed in all of these things if you given them.

Agreed, you have to take. Even if they weren't planning on paying you for on call duty. The key word above is "new" as in "a new manager". Sounds like you are either going to become useful in the way this new manager wants you to be, or you will quickly become an example of the fact that this manager is willing to let go people who aren't following his plan.

It'd be nice if they were irrelevant, unfortunately all they are managing to do is drive up the cost of everything the government pays for and shield incompetent and even dangerous employees working for the government while providing no protection for the american worker from big business. Or at least that is how they work in America, that and they bury Jimmy Hoffa in Giants Stadium.

Difference? I don't know, I've been ducking trial at the Hague ever since I sacked Carthage in Rome: Total War

How do you say "amateurs" in Mandarin?

...and of course the companion software that will produce false positives on infect computers.

And then you have the slashdot headline which sounds like the setup for a 4chan joke. Flying Car It flies from London to Africa

This would probably be handled exactly the way it's handled if somebody's drinking gets in the way of work. Treatment if it's a touchy-feelie company, termination if it's a draconian company, or indifference if it's an average company. To be honest most of your argument would be identical if you replaced "smoking pot" with "being a sober idiot". I don't think anybody would suggest we can really legislate idiocy with any hope of success either.