That some of the problem is that the government is promoting traditional marriage for couples having children. That concept may not be relevat anymore. So toss in all of the other socioeconomic pressures that developed nations are feeling globally and how Japanese culture potentially amplifies it. Furthermore economists need to all go march off a cliff if they think population growth is sustainable. We have more than enough humans nowadays.

First and foremost from the opinion of a lighting nerd the OEM as well as the aftermarket LED lights use disgustingly low CRI 6500K LEDs. If they would invest in quality HIGH CRI stuff around 4500K instead of just chasing lumens numbers the issues would minimized. Additionally OEM and aftermarket LED lights are sometimes poorly implemented. Of course the aftermarket ones rarely throw light the same way an old incandescent bulb will die to differences in the light emitting surface orientation. But I also have a Toyota with OEM lights that glare out at odd angles. It just happens to hit Semi trucks just right so that if I'm driving a rural 2-lane highway at night they quite often flash me thinking I have brights on (I don't). Finally, lifted vehicles, are always a bad time if you're in a reasonably sized passenger car.

I'd buy a Nissan Leaf tomorrow if I could. But they won't sell it to me as I don't have a plave to instsll the required hardware for charging.

IMHO SWG was pretty darned fun for about the first 6 months. Yes there were problems, but SOE ignored those and kept tacking on more and more crap. I am very displeased to hear that Lucas Arts (according to SOE at least) is going to keep the license with SOE.
I will never go back. And even if they started a new SW MMORPG from scratch I will never give SOE any more of my money or time.

The most interesting thing to me is the fact that I have yet to read a positive comment on this article. Now of course those who are unhapy will speak loudest. But generally you have a couple people who speak up if they ahve differing opinions (especially here at /.) SOE has bruned so many people with this game. I'm wondering how much SOE is paying Lucas Arts to keep rushing out buggy, unimaginative, bottom line is money based garbage.