... through which you are going to listen to decompressed mp3's with an overly compressed dynamic range of someone singing through auto-tune.

People have been working on this for longer than Giz's writers have been alive. In all that time, nuclear fusion has been, "right around the corner." I have been waiting all my life for it to come to fruition and that will likely still be the case when I die. Nuclear fusion easily stands out as one of the most…

I am offended by the terms ethnicity and race when they are used to emphasize our differences. Focusing on our differences fosters bigotry. To my thinking, they should be of only passing interest to others, not the focus of who we are. I despise that that census (or any other official process) even collects this…

Nonsense. Just look at the dimensions of a barrel versus a chamber and a bullet and you will see that a bullet is an interference fit with the lands of the rifled barrel, no "thermal expansion" required.

I see. This just means that you mean something different than me when you use the word "art".

I disagree, but your statements are internally consistent so long as you can, with a straight face, say that there are no graduations in the quality of art. By which I mean you think all things called art are equally valid to receive that title.

You are "quite sure" but I am saying that I have not seen any evidence of his having that kind of skill. His work has many errors of draftsmanship that have no apparent reason for being intentional. This implies to me that he never really had that skill.

It can happen to good artists such as Dali, but what you are hearing is often motivated by other influences, primarily the business practices of the artist. Today, many successful artists don't even paint their own paintings, they have students do much of the work and then the artist adds some signature flourishes and…

Judging art isn't quite as subjective as it seems, I think. I have always been of the opinion is that the quality of the art is based on how well the outcome is a product of the artists intent and how accurate the artist's intent can be. OK, now what does that mean?

I think you think someone will print one of these for some use beyond simply satisfying curiosity. To win, I'll bet that one of these is absolutely never used in a murder or attempted murder. To place, I'll bet that fewer of these printed are used for murder than rocks over the next year. To show, I'll bet that less…

What do you mean by fairly expensive? 3d printers of the sort used for this experiment are >$10,000. You can buy a gun-makers lathe and tooling for much less. You can buy barrels as easily as paperweights online if you don't feel like learning how to bore and rifle a barrel. And that's as if you actually think you…

What about defense? Please don't tell me some pseudo-statistical proof you have regarding the in-validity of using guns for defense as that isn't relevant to the question. Many people believe guns can be used for defense, so why don't you include amongst the reasons someone might print a firearm being their…

My Galaxy Note is not too big for me. It suits my purposes most excellently. Of course, like any smartphone, anymore, it is no longer first and foremost a phone. I am sure that I spend far more time looking at what is displayed on its screen than I do with it pressed to my ear. Regardless, I can answer and dial it one…

And the part where this president made law that which most decried as illegal that the last president did? He clearly had the power to either continue or stop that practice. I think you are simply an apologist, at this point.

The shortsightedness of the electorate never ceases to astonish (and dismay me). All around me people defended the extension of executive power while Bush was in office because he was "their guy" without considering what that might mean when the next guy, who is not "their guy," is in office. And, now I see it again…

A) that doesn't make it OK. Moreover this one said he was against this kind of shit. I suspect you sort of expected it from the other one.

"..since they can be compressed extremely compactLY." There. Fixed that for you.

That depends on the license agreement for using their software, don't you think?

I have yet to find a use for mosquitos.

I think the primary purpose of this specific type of virtual currency is to lock people into the vendors walled garden. Where else can you spend "Amazon Coins" except on amazon.com? I think the effect you suggest is secondary in this case, though still significant.