@IceMetalPunk: I don't think large scale virus based battery tech will be out in a couple years for your smartphone. but I guess you can hope. what is this XKCD you speak of?

@Ben R: well if it goes 100 mi in 6 minutes, you can get a rough idea of efficiency, with some math I mean.

@MightyMonk: Mike Huckabee, like Palin a potential Republican presidential candidate, also said the person who leaked the information to Assange should be tried for treason and executed.

Oh Navy, take a hint from Kim Korea, if your video is lame, photoshop it to at least make it somewhat more interesting to watch.

Yes yes, but if I was just running IE6 on winxp it would've been exactly the same, save only the bootup. But who can't wait for a boot up once every time his laptop is destroyed?

let me guess, 5 -10 years :(

it WASTES a lot more of earth's resources to leave it on a google docs server for the rest of eternity. trees grow back.

@gravityiscool: or maybe you fully understand how meaningless it is to have a lot of money, and how meaningful it is to help others and give to those in need. Merry Christmas.

WE neither condemn nor APPLAUD[!!] THESE ATTACKS.

if you're going to dress up as santa, don't go around giving everybody the finger. sheesh

@Yerzriknot: what was the original post?

@WhoKnew?: as a kid, I imagined "a lot". but now, I don't think the gov really has anything extraordinary at all. if you want to know the latest, just google darpa.

@Anemone: yeah, too bad ion lifter tech didn't pan out.

This is interesting in that it is the beginning of actual on-line nations, with citizenship and defense. No more are you fettered by geography, now it's pure ideology.

Yes, but we should be able to elect representatives who will choose the master button pushers. And a bill of rights.

@JonnyP: we creative people want to have freedom to follow our own creative paths, not necessarily the gov's. So we must occasionally divert our creativity toward maintaining independence. "Speak softly and carry a big botnet."

@The5thElephant: :) aw, you've been working too hard. Have some fun and watch a few good ol scifi's. Blade runner maybe? the whole point of space exploration is letting your imagination run wild.

@MightyMonk: I don't think she did that.

@brijazz: why does anyone need firecrackers? why does anyone need cake? You can get diabetes from eating a cake every day, so the government should require licenses and reports on your cake-eating habits

REGULATE REGULATE REGULATE. deregulation kills [bureaucracy]