Ummm...no.

So basically, this is ammunition, if you'll forgive the pun, for repealing the NFA and 1986 ban. If your tyrannical government has all the good stuff and you're throwing rocks, they're going to win.

One word: windage.

I tried this out yesterday and there are a lot of errors in the data. It told me my iPad was in a couple of places in the state that I know it's never been to. And the dates are mostly wrong. My guess is that it would never hold up in court.

Agreed. You have to trim most books to 120 or fewer pages of script. And IMHO, both of these books have weird anti-climactic endings. Now that I think about it, everything of Stephenson I've read has a similarly styled ending.

Seriously, you forgot the character from Heavy Metal who said "Oh, wow...good nyborg."

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Yeah, man. IMHO, this just formally points out the indecisiveness and unaccountability of the female of the species. Of course, they are often soft and good so there is that.

Snowcrash? Diamond Age? Or are those passé these days?

Cool...now can they make sunglasses out of this stuff? Of course that would kill the industry who's dependent on scratch-prone sunglasses.

I for one welcome our new robot overlords. Now where did I put that EMP rifle?

*BEEP* You have peripheral artery disease. You should really see a doctor about that. And cut down on the cholesterol while you're at it. *HAVE A NICE DAY*

So that's what the living statues who work at the Venetian do on their days off.

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Now that's a Pajama-gram I could get behind. (see what I did there?)

Or you could just do this:

The point is that simply having a store front in a mall, even a big store front in a pretty upscale mall doesn't help sell your product. Clearly there's a buzz to Apple stores whether you feel it's justified or not. These days, Apple products are perceived to be hip, cool, and cutting edge while the perception is…

Here's a point worth debating: You look on the iPad and is says "Designed in Cupertino, CA". But it's assembled in China. Aren't politicians always spouting off about so-called "good" jobs or "high-paying" jobs? Wouldn't those be the design jobs in Cupertino? So is this guy really saying that he wants more grunt…

Good, Cheap, Made-in-the-USA: Pick any 2.