That is possible with Spofity as well. You just choose an artist and create a radio station based on that artist. You can also install a Last.fm app in Spotify to give you recommendation-based artists. With apps I can't see any of the other services competing.

Is it me or does the real Erin Brockovich actually look better than Julia Roberts these days?

Agreed. What a f*cking travesty. But extremely unsurprising.

It is true that Venus lacks an effective magnetic field - but we would be living in floating habitats anyway. With genetic manipulation and the right suits we could even venture outside once in a while. This is all wild speculation of course - but infinitely cheaper than terraforming Mars. Although I hope we do…

I don't think the market will sort it out - the market is based on maximum profit and will always prefer hardline and non-compromise. But anyway: I think our ideologies are too far apart for this conversation to have any meaningful resolution. But thanks for being civil!

At 50 km altitude the pressure on Venus is earth like, there is oxygen and gravity is earth equivalent. Why we would ever want to go to dried up Mars is beyond me. Lets start building those cloud colonies on Venus!

Nowhere did I state that everyone should be allowed to copy anything they want. Follow the Spotify model. Is there any justifiable reason why record labels should make the ridiculous amounts of money they do? If we accept that artists should get paid and not executives in board rooms, then a subscription service fee…

Ho ho. I haven't heard that joke since 1994.

You gave up after three pages? That's not very persistent...

Wow. You really are guzzling that Kool-Aid down.

To be fair - if I was including only one second a day, I sure as shit wouldn't include a single second from work. Just because your life outside of work is boring, doesn't mean everybody else's is.

On another note. She doesn't seem to work much. Also: Could we please stop calling everything we don't like, or most likely everything we won't admit we like, hipster? The word is so diluted now it doesn't even mean anything.

Why is nobody talking about the flying baby in the video!!??

I am just happy I did my road trip across the US in the nineties when it was still a country worth visiting. It really makes me sad how far your country has fallen. And I know the EU is right behind you – on the economic slide of doom at least. Hell we might be overtaking you as we speak.

It really was quite horribly put together. I think Cory Doctorow should write articles for Wired instead of novels - the ideas were totally fresh, the plot not so much. I was cringing on almost every page. I don't even remember if it was a YA novel, but I kind of hope it was...

That game was awesome. It still rocks for drinking with the RPG buddies. Did you know that several add-ons were made?

I believe it refers to the title of the series "The Malazan Book of the Fallen"... The Malazan Empire being the titular part. It is a bit of a stretch, but I guess you could defend the contruct.

What about The Assasination of Jesse James etc. ? It came out the same year as 3:10 to Yuma and was almost as good. I would also argue that No Country for Old Men is basically a western set a century too late.

You mean like this?

And this guy has NO skills or? What a stupid point to make. The guy is making this stuff in seconds on the street - of course there is no philosophical depth to it. But who knows what goes on after he goes home at night? Maybe he can do both?