As reprehensible and logically absurd as this law is it isn't uncommon. Many states have statutes that echo the Illinois example. California, Michigan, Maryland, Massachusetts, and possibly others have some type of "dual-consent" law on the books which makes it possible to prosecute people for recording the activities…

1. Has Assange created and maintained an invaluable tool designed to reign in the excesses of an increasingly secretive global hegemon and expose things being done in the name of citizens from countries around the world? Yes.

I want to be Ryan Gosling when I grow up.

@To.the.Lighthouse: haha, thanks, to all of you, and Lighthouse, I really like the Virginia Woolf reference, its one of my favorite books. You wouldn't perhaps want to go on a date would you? We could take a culinary seminar and combine a fun activity with dinner! Just kidding, im not an internet weirdo, and thanks…

Ok, one more post, sorry. It's just....I don't know, I'm not sure why just saying "Would you like to go out sometime?" is so hard, but doesn't it sound way too formal? "Hey, would you like to go out on a date sometime soon, on a date which implies my romantic interest in you?" Shouldn't there be some kind of…

@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: I think thats the best mix, alternating between the unfettered relaxation of movies and takeout from the couch (which is actually a hell of a lot of fun, one reason being you get to spend a lot of time talking to and getting to know each other without distraction) and more 'traditional' stuff…

Lets say theres this guy, similar in a lot of ways to myself. This guy meets a girl, asks her if she would like to get dinner one evening "this week" and hang out. He buys tickets to a big cat rescue center (tigers, lions, ocelots, leopards, etc.) and before dinner we, I mean they, go to the shelter and rehabilitation…

what about "wicked smart"?

@fatmonalisa: I think you're exactly right that monogamy is the underlying concern. Disapprobation of "promiscuity" (another term I don't like because of its negative connotations), culturally imposed shaming of 'sluts' can also be understood as a way to punitively enforce monogamy. This is particularly directed at…

@Justine: Sometimes I see things like this and am ashamed to be male. I just got back from 6 weeks in Southeast Asia, I spent about 10 days in Cambodia and the disgusting phenomenon you talk about was everywhere. It was disturbing how many elderly, white haired, serial killery European and American men were there…

@pixelpushing: Yeah, i agree with you. I kind of forgot to include a qualifier stating that Winer may turn out to be completely wrong, its just that his article was about the big picture and a lot of comments tended to focus solely on the phone. I grew up using Apple products (my mom is an academic/NPR listener so…

For half of the people who commented here the point of this article sailed cleanly over their heads. This article isn't even really about the phone, its about the long term, a change in reality. "I wonder how Apple is going to deal with their first serious virus," he writes. That has nothing to do with antennas. What…

@KW802: how could the developer not

just went from six to midnight

@Illundiel: Predator 2 is a truly worthy sequel. It alluded to the first movie without letting itself become beholden to it (the intro scene, flying over the palms into LA is an awesome visual transition from 1 to 2). Anybody here read Concrete Jungle? Dutch's brother Schaefer is an NYPD officer and gets tracked down…

Thanks for the review, and for appreciating a film that doesn't subordinate live action to CGI. As a devoted fan of the franchise I cannot wait to see it. I hope Scott's reboot is as good as this appears to be. Xenomorphs and Yautja warriors......jesus I'm a dork for this stuff.

@HK-47: Agreed, the second installment was worthy of the franchise, its ending left so many possibilities too (that were later destroyed by AVP). I have to admit that I am a complete and utter Predator and Alien nerd, I own all the graphic novels, the comics, and the Dark Horse books, so much good material there. I'm…

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Agreed Van, by eliminating total surface area of the road system you effectively take the cost of maintenance out of the budget, it frees up money, not the other way around. You're also correct about Fire. Increasingly stringent firecodes are allowing for reductions in the size of…

Yes! Efficiency engineering. Most contemporary transportation planning theories are supportive of this kind of thing. By reducing capacity and complexity it becomes easier to install system management regimes like real-time traffic coordination or 'smart' signals which can vastly improve vehicle flow. Plus by…