It doesn't like to look at the camera. How cute.

"but now I'll wait until it gets a bit closer to funding target."

Yes, because Apple is the only company that patents ideas.

Since... forever?

Here are some examples of functionality gained with their hardware design:

That's actually an orange square.

And then there's the people that think that chatting on facebook is fundamentally different from chatting via a commenting system, in that the former implies some sort of brain-dead state whereas the latter does not.

Jokes aren't usually presented like that. What you've done is started out with a truthful observation ("harsh words," no indication or lead-in about humor) followed by the negative "fucking leecher" remark.

The department of energy isn't responsible for getting us into space, but things they fund (such as battery research, solar technology, etc.) is often very, very useful in space.

If you're talking about hardware, it's a sacrifice for form and function.

Apple's stock topped $700 over a year after Tim Cook officially became the CEO, and 1.6 years after he began effectively running the company.

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=AAPL+Interactive#symbol=aapl;range=20110824,20121031

What on earth makes you think that hackers don't have friends?

The three stone pillars of the art of compromising systems: social engineering, programming, and social engineering.

NO.

Something is self aware if it is simply capable of making decisions or judgements that take itself into account.

2.5 million neurons, in other words, about 0.0025% the estimated size of a human brain, not including synapses. I'd say that we've still got some years left of human intellectual dominance.

Answer to #2: yes. What you're describing is also known as the "universal set" U. It is logically true to say that U ⊆ U (U is a subset of itself).

I completely disagree that christian religions are "safer." I would cite the crusades and recent homophobic movements as my primary examples.

Does the site support videos? If so...