In Canada? Oh yes we do... https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

In Canada? Oh no we don't... Civilian guns per 100 individuals: USA: 120.5, Canada: 34.7

I use my hands when reading erotic literature as well... perhaps not quite in the same way though. I wonder if this leads to a shortage of hands in certain situations.

I personally don't believe the engine control system in the Prius failed any safety tests that would have deemed it unsafe to sell when it was certified. I do think that the rising rate of cases (even after you factor out the money-grabbing scammers) signifies an age degradation issue of some component in the system. This is not an uncommon happening in engineering as it is truly impossible to perfectly rapid-age parts during testing the same way they will in real world scenarios.

The Boeing 777 is fly-by-wire.

That depends on the size of the robot. I'm thinking a hacked Aibo is not much of a threat. Something the size of the Stay Puft Marshmallow man... that's a whole different kinda problem.

I have always said I would sign up for the one way trip in a heartbeat. To be the first to set foot on another planet... pick up and examine an extra-terrestrial sample first hand... THAT would be an adventure worth a lifetime. Even if I had to chew the little red pill in 6 months when my supplies ran out, so be it.

Not that that would be an issue... I've seen enough sci fi to know that the first guy to contact the aliens always comes back as their evil leader!

I see a lot of the posts here as being the classic one sided view. End up with drug dealers on your street harassing your right to a safe community who will you call? You'll call the police. But of course most people want some magical force to come protect them but get upset when certain additional rights are required by that force to do its job properly. A police officer's family is just as vulnerable as yours and in my opinion that information should be protected. We unfortunately don't have laws in this country to affect irresponsible but legal activities so this situation provides a catch 22.

Yes, I know all the 'freedom of speech' people will outcry on this but in reality that is in some ways a imperfect idea. Yes freedom of speech is highly important in a free society, however there are limits to it if you wish to also have a stable community. These officers choose to do this job and deal daily with all the crap the rest of us like to pretend doesn't exist. They do this as a career choice, no one made them. In a case like this I have no problems cutting them some slack to protect their and their family's safety interests. If this means letting them find some law to use to stop a wack-job jeopardizing their safety and ability to do their job efficiently, so be it. It's an imperfect world. It would be FAR more imperfect if you didn't have someone to police the rules.

So you understand the concept of the research then. He verified that social communities follow the same basic trends and contain the same 'flaws' as real life social tribes. Quite franky I don't think this was necessarily an assumed outcome and testing it was valid. Several unique elements to online games could have come into play. The expense of participation, the personal desire to achieve over your anonymous 'friends', the limited real life consequence for actions, the restrictions of the environment, the common goal nature of the rules, etc. Any of these factors may have swayed the social structure in the online gaming community away from the norms of human nature. He proved that in general we're still aggressive inconsiderate lumps of meat even in a virtual world.

It's not evil at all. They are secretly buying up land in Nevada and Arizona and hoping that the entire state of California will drop into the ocean. Then they will own the western coast, build a new silicon valley, and set up massive off-shore server farms driven by wave power. From there it's a small leap to world dominance! Evil? I think not... just Genius! Just don't tell Superman or he'll spin the earth backwards until the Internet is back to Mosaic and Excite.