"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because he can't eat babies"

@Mr Quacker: That is exactly what happened the first time. Mickey Mouse, copyrighted in the 20's, was due to expire right around 1998 under the old law. Sonny Bono helped wreck copyright law in the name of Disney and Co.

@FrankenPC: "throes," but good point.

@scrapking: Joking aside, what are you watching? For kicks I looked to see what was on amazon on that format ... nothing new, but you can own (older) movies cheaper than a Netflix subscription rents them for.

I thought customers have already expressed their disgust in needless format wars and gratuitous bundling.

@Almightywhacko: Great points. I only add that the simpler packaging exudes a confidence in the product.

@Gazoogleheimer: If a nuclear reactor is hit by an enemy, the only green you will find will be the radiation glowing.

@Zendax: I see your point.

@Skynet1121: I thought someone might catch that:

I like how we can enjoy safer, greener warships once we "eliminate explosives" and simply add thousands of gallons of diesel ... or a nuclear reactor ... to the military craft.

@rubbabiscuit: that depends on who you believe has the remote control

We already have remote controlled humans: as a group they are called the U.S. Congress.....

@initZero: A better, more relevant question is "what has NASA done lately?"

@PinballFan: Hyperbole aside (which actually leaves little to work with), the government already has mechanisms in place to issue scientific grants. Certainly NASA could assist in recipient selection where their subject matter expertise comes into play, but this is much closer to the bounty model I suggest in an…

@comodidit: No doubt NASA needs to remain part of the scene; I propose it works in a more advisory role after we cut their budget and use the savings for "achievement bounties" ... x-prize style.

Cool. Private entrepreneurs go into space while NASA brags about finding "new life" in a lake on Earth.

Kill it with FIRE ..er.. CHEMICALS.

@Mark 2000: You are way off.

Also, in the words of Anakin Skywalker: ""NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

@DaveExile: Wow, did not mean to occupy half the page...