I like to think that sitting somewhere in the Vatican is a great big box filled with stone dicks from the anti-penis rampage.

Proof that Jesus wasn't just a man

It's the first square from which the Borg will eventually grow.

I read that Buss Aldrin was pissed that Neil was chosen to step foot on the moon first, and in retaliation refused to take photos of Neil: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/08/the-path-dependence-of-astronaut-walks.html

Or risk-free number giving in clubs/dating etc— preload with your number and 30 pre-paid minutes, and give it out as a way to later connect with the person you met, but the 30-minute time limits means that you can do a phone "date" conversation before providing permanent contacts. If you don't hit it off, just let the…

Surprise != outrage. So, am I surprised? No. Am I outraged that an elected official responsible for helping to make policy about such things is so poorly educated & informed? Yep.

Jump in, it's a great game. Much less grindy and more story driven than any other mmo I know of (still some grind on pvp gear, admittedly) So far, new content delivered as promised with more in the pipeline, and bugs have been in line with other launches I've seen, and fixed promptly.

I believe the concept was also featured in "Minority Report"

Because if the art is too good, you can't just say, "all of this will be clearer once you sign over the check and we build the prototype." And when the prototype is half baked, you can then say, "You're already 5 billion into the project, and another 3billion in funding will see it through, so why not just sign over…

Precisely. Bill may have correctly predicted the rise of the tablet as a dominant & desirable platform, but what he got wrong was his prediction that Microsoft was at all competent & capable of executing that vision.

Interesting, thanks! And yeah, it's pretty awesome that pretty much anyone can now data mine the surface of the planet for this type of thing.

That's true, which means the thieves have abilities beyond what I originally considered if they can manipulate light and shadows outside of what the laws of physics tells us should be possible.

Well, it's not a really a fake book though, is it? It has actual content, no matter how tongue-in-cheek the intent may have been.

Well, it's not a really a fake book though, is it? It has actual content, no matter how tongue-in-cheek the intent may have been.

This is part of why I get extremely annoyed at family functions and holidays when people insist on taking up large chunks of time posing for photos.

Hmm... to me, those look like depressions, not mounds. Which means... the ancient pyramids were STOLEN!!!

It's photoshopped, I can tell from the pixels.

It actually sounds very "Count of Monte Cristo"

Just because this can be categorized as them "thinking different than you do" or as an "opposing viewpoint" doesn't mean that it is not also bigoted. Believing that black men not only shouldn't marry white women (as well as codifying it in law in some places) and should be lynched for it was also an opposing…

So Samsung has a ruling that states its product is legally less cool than Apple's. Apple has to perform a little bit of public self-shaming. Sounds like a lose/lose for everyone involved. If only more patent disputes ended in this way, perhaps there'd be fewer frivolous ones to start.