Unfortunately, that's the whole point... it's all about justifying the buildup of the police state. From drugs all the way through reactions to terrorism.

That's an illusion. Look at all the crazy problems people have with PCs now. People are just afraid of change.

Again, they pull this kind of BS over Christmas...

Thing is...people, as a general rule, think they already understand everything ...because the media keeps them informed.

Google.... (tongue in cheek)

Nope! I'm buying a Wii!! :D

Good Lord, does everything innovative have to become a weapon!?

Noooo, the burden of proof should always be on the attacker. That's what is sooo backwards in our system. It's what allows big media and corps to get away with all this bullshit, and because they have billions of dollars for legal expenses it's almost an impossible roadblock to most people to defend against.

Also, you can just disable auto-updates and go manual if you're technically inclined.

What we need in addition to this are mass drivers. Rail gun systems designed purely for in-animate mass and materials. They would reduce launch costs to Men and capsules alone. Build everything in space I say, plenty of room.

edit: ;)

There should be a "WTF?" mod

Yup. Been there, done that. Corporations discovered it long ago, pushed coke(acola), got banned(then sold the patents to the government who gleefully use it every day.)

I want to learn applied quantum physics. Because it's impossible to learn it the regular way...

Actually, I was eating multi-grain bread!