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I hope the trend continues.

Gross.

A funny take on why the military needs to invest in droids, not Death Stars.

Interesting to see commentary on the field flaws of the PackBot et al.

I think the part that wastes my time the most is either in 2-3, trying to prioritize which variable to change first with the hopes of finding the problem faster, or in coming up with a metric/comparison that during testing will be able to demonstrate that the problem has been fixed. Probably just a sign that some of my components are too complex.

It is almost astounding the difference in erudition between Obama's understanding of the world and most of the GOP candidates (all save Paul, I think).

I guess they realized that their Star Wars ad from last year was successful.

I think it's good for authors in the long term, but with some short-term upheaval.

Another good argument.

I don't want to have to play this game :o(.

A free and open Internet is as important to me as the bill of rights. I don't want the government of one country -- especially the corporate-controlled United States government -- to exert unilateral control over the Internet for any reason, especially not because media corporations want to buy legislation that won't do anything to actually stop online piracy, will expand the American police state, and destroy the Internet as we know it.

A Fritz Lang 2001 would be crazy.

Something I've been saying for a while: "I sometimes wonder if the Republican Party has become the receding roar of white America as it pines for a way of life that will never return."

In most scenarios, users lose.

The pragmatism of Prof. Obama is what continues to appeal to me, although his record on civil liberties is why I won't be donating to his campaign (not that he appears to need it).

Creepy beyond all reason.

"every man is a prophet, until he faces a Congress". Interesting comparison between Paul as American savior and Louis Farrakhan.

Fairly accurate summary of the issues. I think UniLu at least deals well with all but 4, and I think 4 is the hardest thing for churches to adapt to.

I'm sad he'll probably outperform Huntsman. Should be an interesting demonstration of SuperPAC powers.

I totally believe that Ron Paul is running this time around to set up the Libertarian branch of the GOP for supporting Rand in 2016.

He's not wrong about where donations come from, which is why I'm in favor of publicly funded elections and a much shorter election period, but I think the difference in outcome does matter a lot.

Today, a group of 83 prominent Internet inventors and engineers sent an open letter to members of the United States Congress, stating their opposition to the SOPA and PIPA Internet blacklist bills

Good basic factcheck on how the Gingrich SuperPAC's "documentary" gets its facts wrong - but I think the damage has probably already been done.

Depressing yet not that surprising that this question needs to be asked.

A simple point: SOPA allows game producers to preempt our fair use rights to discuss game content with images/video.

Great photoset featuring a converted Atlas missile silo.

Should be an interesting event. I assume textbooks, but maybe the authoring tools could be even more useful.

I had to look up how the broiler setting works.

I trudge past several million dollars worth of 3DTVs, looking for a good place to take a shit. The toilets are all filthy. CES attendees are overwhlemingly men. Men are filthy, especially when they've been drinking too much coffee and eating Vegas buffets.