...and lunchtime doubly so...

As usual, it's not about the message. The message is a good idea. It's the constantly confrontational attitude that makes everyone roll their eyes at the GOP and not take them seriously.

" to access private wi-fi networks" I seriously doubt it was hacking their networks. If you don't put a password on your wi-fi... it becomes a "public wi-fi network"...

The shuttle had humans on it... Kepler doesn't...

How does opening a site for submissions relate to digital preservation?

But a site dedicated to raising awareness and providing user-submitted examples of how awesome it can be when used creatively isn't useful...?

My toddler loves playing with them and has never choked on any of them... now if you'll excuse me, I have to go get her off of the refrigerator door...

cause that having too much air thing was bothering me...

Yes, being from the U.S., this was the part of the story that piqued my interest. An apology from the government? We've never heard of such a thing. In fact if you listen to certain parties in the presidential race, government should never apologize!

"This guys a hacker, he's in New York, all we have to do is get him laid and we won't have any trouble!"

"If companies don't take steps to limit X-ray doses, the agency may require a label on their new equipment recommending it not be used on children."

Seriously...? "If you don't stop irradiating children, we'll put a label on the irradiating machine"??

And on those long trips to colonize other planets they'll need what? Entertainment, that's right. Kudos to the OP for his foresight into this problem and performing the needed research for the benefit of humanity. :P

What's wrong with these people at the patent office...? It's not like you have to be Einstein to work there... oh wait...

No, that's the Spanish Inquisition

Keep YOUR deity to YOUR self. I'll go with Mal on this, "If someone tries to kill you, you kill 'em right back..."

So... how long until this microbe gets into the wild and we end up with an ocean of ethanol...?