I suppose, then, that from this video we can only assume that "JustAnotherOldGuy" **also** said "EVERYTHING is sexist, EVERYTHING is racist, EVERYTHING is homophobic, and you have to point it all out." I mean, if we can just ignore context for the sake of scoring political points against those with whom we disagree, then everything and anything is fair game.

Consider that they have refused to communicate with backers for many months before these updates happened. And the latest update is to say how they're in the design stage, when the project was supposed to actually *build* something, and was handsomely funded to do so to the tune of over 6x their initial estimate. And that product was supposed to ship a full year before this latest update says they can ship the newly designed products. Excuse me if there isn't some cynicism on my part. I read this project as a "How to piss people off to the point they will sue you into poverty" primer.

if they have posted every couple weeks, it has only been to say "Thanks for all the positive comments" in a form letter. It is quite clear from the comments that none of them are in any way positive. Plus there is the fact that they asked for $50,000 and got $340,000+ and are only now beginning design and saying they don't have enough money to build what they promised in the first place. The latest update says they expect to ship in 30 weeks, but they've already missed two other ship dates since the project was funded. There are lots of flags all over if you delve into the comment history and see how these people have mishandled communication with their backers.

It's more a matter of wanting to be a part of something that could be "the next big thing" while it is still trying to get off the ground. I am very cautious about how I would like to invest my money, but I still like the idea of helping bring something innovative to the market. In the end, it comes down to the fact I have little faith that kickstarter will have anyone's interests but their own when it comes to scammers. KS's attitude seems to be "we got our money, too bad about yours" and that does not seem fair to me, as a backer of KS projects.

I honestly have no problem funding something from a reputable source. The only project I've participated in was a very reputable project. But when I read through the comments of the Eyez backers, and KS is telling them that their hands are tied and KS can do nothing whatsoever other than ask the project to update their backers, it makes me wonder how projects are vetted to be funded, if at all. if any Joe Sixpack can just put up a site with a flashy demo then flee the country once the money comes in, I don't see how KS can prevent this from becoming more and more frequent without a major revision to their TOS.

I am continually getting the impression that the only difference between Kickstarter and a Nigerian 419 scam is that you have a chance of getting your money back if the project does not meet its funding goal. it would be nice if they could do something to assure backers that projects won't just take all the money and never show up again, although i'm not sure how that could be accomplished right now...

Have you tried using Print Manager in Windows 7 to install your plotter drivers? I've found it to be very versatile when dealing with random print drivers that won't install the usual way.

except his position is that if the laws were adequate, a site like MegaUpload would not have been able to flourish as well as it did.

actually, he complains all the time that the opponents of SOPA tell him the sky is falling when he does not think it is. so unbiased means something that does not resort to hyperbole to make the point. i'm pretty sure he will not be convinced, he actually said he'd like to see something *like* the DMCA but not like the DMCA to replace what has become of SOPA. but at least i want to make him understand the issue, as he does not seem to get it at all right now.

no, you're thinking of cosmetology....

wow, someone read bruce schneier's interview on kotaku about the PSN outage!

except that the TSA does nothing but grope babies and keep you from taking toothpaste and contact lens fluid on a plane. i have personally lost two of those TSA "master lock" luggage locks because they either took them off and kept them, or cut them off and threw them away. either way, the TSA needs to go no matter who the government invents as the next boogeyman to frighten us all in our sleep.

sony did this once before, with a fake movie reviewer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4741259.stm