I really don't know what it is you are so upset about: what is it you want to be able to do? Smoke on planes? In hospitals? In restaurants? There are plenty of places you can legally smoke: your house, your car, anywhere outside where you are far enough from other people not to bother them. If you are in one of these…

I hope that Sykes capitalizes on the opportunity to expand science literacy with the general public. Many people with no interest in science are interested in Yeti and Bigfoot stories, and if Sykes can use this as an opportunity to introduce them to science concepts like skepticism, genetics, the scientific method,…

Maybe they mean to survive an INTENTIONAL skydive sans parachute. For that matter, he may be the first person to even attempt one.

This has nothing to do with Freedom, it's about being considerate and realizing that as part of a large civilization, our actions affect one another and we have to be responsible for those actions. You're "Freedom" to smoke a cigarette in my face is mutually exclusive with my freedom to enjoy fresh air and not have to…

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Totally, I agree that people should be allowed to smoke wherever they want, it's their right. Also, I should be allowed to carry around a spray bottle full of vinegar and carcinogens and spray smoker with it. I feel like the two things are equally inconsiderate and damaging.

I agree that the legislation is a bad idea; but at the same time I would argue anonymity on the internet is abused far more often than it is used for legitimate freedom of speech...by several orders of magnitude. While I wouldn't support legislation against anonymity, I would support individual websites implementing…

aarrggghh....ya got me....

I don't feel that any authors on any Gawker blog have any right to point out typo's and mistakes in anyone else's content until they start proof reading their own before publishing.

I get that this is a little Friday Afternoon Flamebait to keep encourage new content in the form of comments while the Gawker staff retire to their private Yachts and Mansions for the weekend. Still, I going after TED? They have a lot more credibility than Gawker does: they proof read their presentations before they…

What she should have done is just told the owner to collect their phone from the 7-11 and left it with the clerk.

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Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple tried to patent the number 4

It would take a lot more than a video to sway my opinion; any video is far too easy to fake (even in the 90's). It also doesn't do anything to assuage my skepticism about the undisputed facts of the case:

You have to be super-skeptical about this kind of thing. First off, there have been examples of non-scientists making claims about new technologies they have discovered (that have even been investigated by defense contractors and NASA) that have turned out to be total bullshit. Take a look at John Hutchinson and his…

I would say a "power user" is someone who has a lot of experience with a piece of software, and can do everything the designers of that software expected it to be able to do. I don't think programming experience is relevant to the term.

I totally disagree with the authors assertion coding is not an essential skill we should be teaching to our children; because they are not likely to use it in their daily lives.

My first thought as well. Even more likely: what if they are careless and lots of people get infected? Someone at the Hospital fucked up on this one too.

Yeah, but it was Friday and I am sure as a Gizmodo blogger, Sam Biddle had a private jet to catch for his weekend excursion aboard his private yacht, the SS "Dozent Prooof Reed"

seriously, I can only imagine that Gizmodo (and all Gawker blogs) are all the more profitable from the money they save not proof-reading anything before they post it.