oh right. absolutely. totally agree that the internet kill switch is a stupid idea as well as dubious protection.

lol... iran's nuke centrifuges were stand on systems too with no net connection and yet stuxnet was able to fuckors it... no amount of prophylactics will help. if it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen.

i hate kobe bryant. they should have used shaq.

saw them... guys in the back formed a visible "line" of foliage that seemed pretty distinct... also, they were kinda cheating cuz they were pretty much in defilade - hull down - over the crest of a slope.

@HektikLyfe: for me it was fucking "yaddle"! i always imagined yoda's story like a redeemed gollum. initially, he was a tall handsome elf like being but then was tainted by the dark side and then became yoda... but then he turned back but still bears the "scars" of the dark side.

from 'the hollywood economist', the basic formula is:

@shan164: and i would imagine this contributes to why most people laugh hysterically whenever studios bitch about the "immorality of piracy".

@khesher: i call bullshit.

@waclark57: "If the sidewalk is a public sidewalk then you should have access to it, however, if I build a private sidewalk on my property with my own money then you may or may not have access to it even if my sidewalk is the quickest way for you to get from point A to point B."

w... t... f... ?

@waclark57: you're pointlessly splitting hairs.

@Jason Douglas: "I'm not saying that your sites are directly contributing to radical behavior. Or that, your sites are preparing it's readers for some type of revolt. I just think that you guys should show some restraint."

actually, i always wondered if it was possible to bolt on a rudimentary internet to HAM RADIO for precisely this kind of emergency.

dang this is lame... it's impossible to appreciate what this looks like without a camera moving across the work ( parallax).

@jms: that's cool.

@waclark57: my damnable inability to fly begs to differ.

@Lex Steers: you kinda said a lot of things but barely brushed on the point being discussed.

@Asraiil: meh... you point to greece, i point to france. and the netherlands. and south korea. and japan.

can you explain all of that again but using the analogy of pictures of galaxies on a rubber sheet that is being pulled?

@Asraiil: the fact that it's paid for doesn't make it any less of a right. you're trying to make a distinction that's moot.