Just like Akamai and others were doing 13 years ago...

As long as cops are given the authority to use force above and beyond what ordinary citizens are they expected to behave differently than ordinary citizens. They are supposed to follow the law and follow their training. If they cannot behave better than a typical goon when confronted with an emotionally charged situation then they should not be given any more authority than a typical goon. Ultimately, though, you are correct which is why the idea that only cops should be allowed to carry guns is silly.

You have a very fucked up sense of values if you really believe it is the same as blowing someone's head off.

Not necessarily. NTP allows multiple servers to be specified and will "vote out" obviously incorrect sources.

And I don't need a freeway to quickly get to where I'm going, I can just hop in a private helicopter.
But it's significantly cheaper and more efficient to build a freeway for many people to use than supply a private helicopter for everyone.

Then why do people continue to use that word to describe it?

...like saying that piracy is not theft in response to people continuing to use the word theft to describe piracy over, and over, and over, and over... That's what it's like. And it's necessary because despite the repetition people still do not seem to get it.

No, it's not as people have clearly pointed out over and over again. Yet people like you still can't see the difference. Go educate yourself.

I want to see the results of a forensic analysis of the unit to find out why it failed. if the scanner is putting out enough energy to permanently damage the circuits it's a strong argument against the safety of these things.

No, they aren't trying to make the point you think they're trying to make. The MPAA lies about piracy and its impact on their profits. They distort reality at every opportunity in order to get horrific legislation passed and create propaganda to twist the minds of people who haven't studied the facts. Combating that misinformation is the point of articles such as this. The copyright holders can attempt to choose their business model (though the market may reject it) but they should not be able to distort reality in pursuit of favorable legislation.

Ok. But should taxes be used to capture the costs of externalities not accounted for otherwise?

For instance, the increase in the cost of healthcare caused by polution isn't reflected in the price of gas at the pump. That cost is passed along to society at large. Do you think it's appropriate for that cost to be captured by a tax?

My theory is that everyone who is in any way involved in UI development now thinks they're the next Steve Jobs and that they are justified in imposing their brilliant and unparalleled vision on everyone.

IMHO, part of the problem is that most Slashdot comments are literally bad jokes. Too many of the comments are feeble attempts at humor by some attention starved idiot who believes he/she is far more clever than they actually are.

You forgot the descriptions.

6,339,780 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,579,517 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,652,913 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,758,352 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,791,536 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,897,853 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,339,780 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,778,372 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,889,522 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,891,551 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,957,233 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places

There, much more complete and informative.

Would you care to post a link to these statistics? Unless you have information I've not seen published anywhere else, your statement is incorrect and you are spreading misinformation.

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/counting-mexicos-guns/

You start with talking about VOIP via wireless then switch to talking about hard-wired circuit switched technology? What is your point exactly?

I'm pretty sure that VOIP over 3G can carry more simultaneous calls per cell than GSM or CDMA2000 so I'd dispute your claim that it's incredibly inefficient. And compared with a dedicated, circuit-switched 64kbit stream like the ISDN calls you mention, it's VERY efficient.

Sprint and Cricket are CDMA carriers.