You'll forgive me if I take all this with a grain of salt. Remember that the Global Hawk was touted for years as the future of aerial reconnaissance. Only to finally get shut down for being to rigid and expensive. This thing isn't a hell of a lot more than a Hawk with a new paint job (ok, it's a little more, and it…

True, people do generally understand that, but there is a disconnect. We know "it", but we disassociate a little. At least in the US. That, and most Americans really don't know the difference between one cut of meat from another, or where on the animal they came from. I love this idea. It's a simple thing that…

By we u must mean extremest socialist idealists that live in a fantasy land. Because the we's I know, who are educated engineers and economists know that the only conclusion to what you describe is everyone is broke and nothing is made. Aka, the dollar collapses and society reverts to an unofficial barter system…

That's robbing Peter to pay Paul. It never works. If I give you the money to buy my products then I, and the economy, suffer a loss. Taxing the rich to pay the poor to do nothing is a one way ticket to societal bankruptcy.

Capitalism doesn't work if you have to give people the money to buy your stuff either.

You know what. That cabin out in the middle of nowhere is looking better all the time.

Pikes Perk for the win :)

So Likes:

That'll be the sequel. Mosstopus vs. DinoMoss

In related news. Mossnato vs. OctoMoss, Saturday 8/7c, on Syfy

"leaving the streets below in perpetual shadow"

Honestly, the only thought more scary than the US government having controls for the internet is other governments having those controls. Pick your cliche. The enemy you know. The lesser of two evils. Ect.

"Every man attempts grows a beard at some point in his life."

Ironically, this is the same woman that says you don't have the right to defend yourself because the government is there to protect you. Laughable. How does this woman keep getting reelected?

"and in particular, Bill de Blasio"

Dammit Man! I can't un-see that.

Part of me was laughing hysterically. The other part of me was realizing my cat basically does this to me everyday w/o need of the laser pointer.

While an interesting and creative approach, you won't catch me buying the cd, or mp3, or whatever it is you kids are doing these days, anytime soon.

Lets do this thing!

I agree. But given that Apples intention for device life cycle is for everyone to replace their current device with a new and improved version every two years it's not all that surprising that inheritance situations never occurred to them.