Eh,Ray Bradbury,Lester Del Rey and A.E. Van Vogt never won a Hugo and they don't need it. An award header in the cover isn't going to make Consider Phlebas any less awesome to read.

This is the part I don't understand. What is the basis for the argument that sentient AI will compete, would WANT to control and/or destroy humanity? Is there something inherent in computer programming that would makes this outcome unavoidable? I truly do not get it...

I'm still not seeing a downside here, Hawking.

Ferngully 2: Hemorrhagic Boogaloo

Just one guy's opinion, but hacking as gameplay was made to be pretty cool on an old school Genesis game, Shadowrun. It was fantastic. Lots of ways to customize your computer with software and hardware upgrades, and you could explore the world and internet more and more using your hacking skills.

A burrito is a burrito. It's like asking if a stew is a soup. No. Things are what they are. Get off my lawn.

Wait. Hang on. Who the fuck is Luke Bryan?

I feel like anytime a streaker invades a playing surface, all the "what might have been" athletic frustrations that have been repressed by a security guard for years come boiling to the surface and his eyes light up at the chance to finally have a moment to shine.

Absolutely. Just because it was necessary doesn't mean it was good.

Typical MSM like Deadspin is in on this now. These timing gaffes did not take place in the so called "NFC Championship Game". It was the real Super Bowl.

There's so much bad history here...
Without even getting into that, Nahuatl is not a lost language. Over a million people still speak it in Mexico.

What? You mean big industry didn't self-police their emissions themselves, in the interest of the people over profits? It took an act of, gasp, GOVERNMENT to protect the populace?