@Yazah: Yeah, again, no one is modifying hardware. The hardware is yours. The firmware is not.

@Martamius: Good point, I don't know. Do they prompt you with one on your initial start-up? Or when you create your first profile maybe? If not, then I can see how being ignorant of the law could be an argument, albeit a pretty lame one. I'd like to know what other things you can get away with for "not knowing".

@Yazah: Yeah you can go ahead and re-read what I wrote. It was pretty clear that I was saying something like this does not fall under common sense.

@Kaspir: I didn't think anyone would take that seriously and think it was a good idea to make crimes like this legal. Yes, it's petty, but Microsoft has to demonstrate that would-be developers are in safe hands when choosing their console. It's just a dog and pony show, but surely Microsoft has a right just like…

@cicadymn: How would a liberal arts degree not prepare you for the broad spectrum of coursework for a special ed teacher?

@cciarpelli: While I agree it's a waste of time, it's still illegal, and if you want small crimes to be ignored then you should just make them legal.

Gutierrez ruled that the government had to prove Crippen knew he was breaking the law by modding Xboxes.

I don't know, a jaguar versus a bear seems like a pretty fair fight...

Yuck, what'd their property value decrease to, $500 and a carton of Marlboro's?

@dennisdrew: Fish have it in their DNA to adapt certain ways, but it is not in their DNA to grow legs because they want/need to be on land

@SkipErnst: Oh, I know. I wasn't trying to start a creationism/evolution debate or anything. I was just trying to figure out where you were going with that. I don't know if you saw my second response (I accidentally replied to myself), but it was basically what you just said. Still, though, for people who claim rea…

@bg-dez: ...WHAT

@Benedinho: On second thought, are you just saying theyre going to strap some horns on an Iguana and call it a Triceratops, since they're trying to do a "live animal" thing? I guess that would work, but it's still leaning towards an acceptance of evolution.

@tbonesteak: Yeah, it was awesome. Even if you didn't have internet at home (did broadband even exist in '94?), you just hooked the cartridge up to a coax cable and popped it in. Loading was near-instant on games and absolutely zero lag. And the list of playable games was massive and updated all the time. God I…

@bg-dez: So why do I have to be Christian to go look at the stars or take a hike? Those are the types of activities I love the most, yet I am apparently going to burn in eternal hellfire for doing exactly what you claim Jesus Christ himself would advise me to do.

@SkipErnst: So you think they're coming up with some clever trick to pass off their reptile collection as the "dinosaur" exhibit? I mean, even for these nutjobs, isn't that kind of admitting defeat? They believe that real dinosaurs lived with humans. If they use your little trick they'll be showing that what they…

@jchen1: How about Isla Sorna, spokesperson for Answers In Genesis?

@tbonesteak: ...what? Sega Channel ran on broadband and streamed perfectly. If you're trying to say you couldn't stream 360 games in '94 well...yeah...it wasn't invented yet...

You'd think they'd have realized this was a good idea sooner.

So is it really a sign-shaking robot or just a mannequin placed behind a moving sign? Also, she's missing a leg. I think I know where it went.