Tyrell: Would you... like to be upgraded?
Batty: I had in mind something a little more radical.
Tyrell: What... what seems to be the problem?
Batty: Death.
Tyrell: Death; ah, well that's a little out of my jurisdiction. You...
Batty: I want more life!

Get together with a million other geeks to throw money at this problem

This is the problem with allowing money to act as a form of 'free speech'. It's an arms race with more and more money trying to buy the 'right' laws and the people (corporations) that financially benefit from those laws will always have more money to buy more laws.

That's all fine and good, as long as authoritarian regimes remember that Santa Claus is watching them .

They keep making safer toys we keep making more dangerous children.

I'm guessing if they gave them a room full of a million typewriters they'd actually just scream and hurl feces.

That's probably what I'd do too.

"with Amazon prime or a $25 order, shipping is free"

So you're saying for a little more money I can buy 'free' shipping?

"although it sputters, they admit."

Isn't that exactly what a steam engine is supposed to do?

Could this hack be used to protect your ebook purchases so they can't be revoked after the fact 1984 style?

I laughed so hard I got sunflower seed fragments in my nasal cavities!

I hope you were eating sunflower seeds at the time, otherwise you should consult a doctor or somebody who knows about sunflower seeds.

Maybe they just realized that Santa Claus is watching

..And just how much does the society for the protection of birds know about bees anyways? One theory for colony collapse disorder is malnutrition resulting from beekeepers feeding bees nothing but high fructose corn syrup over the winter. I know when I eat nothing but high fructose corn syrup I don't feel so hot.

If the results of the review process resulted in less junk cluttering up the appstore than the delays would be more acceptable, but the things they allow are just bizzare. Do they really need almost 400 separate 'supafan' apps from the same developer where the only difference is which celebrity news is being tracked?

..They're still working on that, but you'll be glad to know things are progressing well.

Clearly slashdot is broken. The first reply is a useful and informative comment? I don't come here to read that sort of nonsense, I come here for for 'soviet russia' jokes and legal advice without any connection to reality.

Battlebots at a bankers convention

It may not do any good, but there's something to be said for entertainment value.