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Not to be confused with FLCL (Gainax going insane).

Exactly, gen Y isn't choosing not to buy cars primarily out of concern for the environment, it's that cars are expensive to buy, expensive to maintain, and expensive to run. As a g…

I say this as an admitted partisan, but I see Republicans say and do a lot of pretty awful things. They range from the stupid, which is what this tactic is, to the downright derang…

It is amazing what vision, a few hundred million dollars, and Chinese serf labor can do.

Living in the future is pretty awesome. I can't wait to see what even more future brings us.

And why convenience stores in Japan (and other places, I assume, though I haven't seen them) frequently sell the same kinds of merchandise as gas stations do in the US, but most do…

Repeatedly over the years. Media defender advertised DDOSing websites as a service to IP groups.

I can't speak for everyone, but when the US gov or the MPAA DDOS's a website they disagree with, I'm not angry because what they are doing is illegal, I'm angry about the hypocrisy…

I've read it several times and gave it a few minutes, and I've got nothing.

I think the most compelling argument made in this article is that a law that by it's nature is only going to do what it's supposed to if applied selectively is a bad law. The manga…

It is a net gain if you count the 800,000 jobs lost during his first month in office.

Hey, I realize this doesn't add much, but I'd like to thank everyone in this thread. I"m new here, but this is why I come to HN, people are disagreeing by citing sources and not ye…

Yes, it happens fairly regularly. The concept of 'sexting' nude pictures of each other has become fairly ubiquitous in many places, and it happens semi regularly that a jilted ex w…

Not really, a plea bargain resulting in any punishment at all counts as a conviction for the prosecutor. A case like CP or cocaine possession which are in most jurisdictions basica…

Gotta love the irony in being charged as an adult for making child pornography of yourself.

And I'm a member of the tautology club because I'm a member of the tautology club.

If I find myself in possession of a cocaine brick that I did not ask for, I will indeed worry. The point that the article made (as a tangent, admittedly) in regards to cocaine poss…

Actually, if he's got three convictions under his belt, that is pretty useful information, but I agree, seems like double jeopardy to me.

True, however, most prosecutors are trying to get high conviction rates, and don't care about the good to society.

Actually, the argument is that prostitution is illegal because it's immoral, and porn though effectively the same thing is also immoral but protected under the first amendment. Hir…

I'd consider paying a few bucks a month for an ad free non data mining facebook, but, that won't happen.

I would say that it shows evidence of the increasingly common trend of police officers frequently greeting citizens going about lawful activities with violence.

That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.

I'd be much happier if it only kept records locally, or had the option. As creepy as... every social network has gotten, I want my privacy and anonymity back. As interesting, and p…

And that the penalty for defaulting is even more money owed. Pay the loans, pay interest for most of your life on an education that frequently doesn't pay commensurately to a job i…