@vinod1978: Reread your quote. Notice that "Outside counsel" bit? They were paid by Microsoft. They are not Microsoft.

@vinod1978: Mmm, good point.

Is that thing being driven by a young Anakin Skywalker?

@jdale: Hooray for Microsoft. But the groups were supposedly legal to begin with. Corrupt government is corrupt.

Out of curiosity, how exactly is Microsoft supposed to stop Russia from doing this? Sue them in internet court? o_O

Two words: F*** Symbian.

@djlaser: They do matter, but only till we can replace them with efficient, sentient machines like ourselves.

@Benguin, Czar of Whitenoise: There are people who legitimately don't understand this technology, who are confused by micro-usb ports, and who do wish to use film.

It's a camera for Luddites. If your pep pep and me maw are Luddites they should buy this camera.

@se7a7n7: No no no! You've got it all wrong. Don't you know how those things work? They're using the cameras to steal the pilots' souls!

@mtfmuffins: Clearly it should be illegal to own, operate, or appear on camera. :/

@m57: Really? I give it an AB-

Wasn't this announced on the Sept. 1st event? I had to produce a summary of the event for my boss on Tuesday and I knew then it was coming out the 8th...

@WestwoodDenizen: I'm pretty sure these aren't tickets but stickers to be affixed at the bus stops.

I take it the metro in D.C. is actually reliable to the point where this could be useful? In L.A. they have the "Next bus arriving in ## minutes" LED displays at a lot of stops. I have yet to see one be even close to accurate...

@applefandan: A fair complaint. Still, I prefer having unlimited as an option to having additional bargain tiers.

I studied materials science and engineering in college and one of my friends works on advanced solar tech. Even with that coming in...

Salient points here:

@wjbean: Those are shotgun pellets fired individually (using compressed air I believe). They're unjacketed lead which is really soft. The "liquid" effect seen throughout the video is plastic deformation (non-reversible changes in shape) happening at a speed slow enough to see.

@applefandan: Which is no longer an option (kind of my point).