Not sure how I missed that. Sorry folks.

is playing a brilliant strategy. This billion dollar writedown lowers the stocks so it can be taken private. Meanwhile, BlackBerry announces the flagship Z30 to get users excited. Z10 hasn't been out that long, and already they're writing off stock? And Z10 is such an awesome phone, anyone who actually uses one loves it. It could only be for one reason, to take the company private asap. Expect announcement of sale soon.

I apologise for the screwup. I submitted this on Hacker News as well, and forgot to remove the "Ask HN". Maybe I should go back to bed.

Radiohead didn't give away any album releases. They sold them online at a price determined by the purchaser. I should know because I bought two of their latest albums to support them (and I'm not even a big fan).

I'm against animal testing of any kind and sometimes they are treated cold heartedly in the name of science. This may have been a more merciful end for them.

Perhaps this melting period is cyclical, but pumping millions of tons of dioxins into the atmosphere can't be helping matters.

It should be beyond dispute that man made pollution is intensifying the weather systems. Especially on a site like Slashdot (I would hope).

Patient: "I'm interested in that law out there, doctor, can you give me something to alleviate this pain and suffering." Doctor: "I already told you, the blister on your toe will go away in a few days. And besides, it's not a good enough excuse."

Think of all the landfills of CDs, DVDs etc, etc. We should have skipped it and gone straight to downloads.

Using Slashdot's mobile app (which is excellent btw) but I wasn't aware I needed HTML for simple paragraph breaks.
You'll just have to imagine them ;-)

With the emergence of 3D Printers, rapid prototyping and the domestication/democratization of manufacturing, I don't think it's going to do so much harm. Manufacturing is undergoing a revolution. Many parts (and even burritos... Google that up to see what I mean) will be "printed out" at home. People won't give toys and dishes for Christmas, they'll gift the blueprints and some resins instead. Heavy Duty Industrial will remain somewhat the same, but not manufacturing as we think of it now.

They're hopped up on GNC vitamins or God knows what else and bored out of their skulls most of the time. Ultra-violence and ultra-stupidity is to be expected.

Video games are engineered to be addictive, and even if they're not, they're better than reality for a lot of kids. They will keep buying and playing them until something else replaces it and fulfills the same needs. I don't think fresh air is on the list either.