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He doesn't know what 'temporal' means and doesn't write that well. He would benefit from more English instruction. There are many problems with how kids are taught in school. Howev…

This is why women often wonder why the world has become less 'nice' as they grow older. In fact, the world hasn't changed. It's just that the extra consideration they got because o…

Because of Tor's design there's no need for trust at the exit node. Plus, you hop between exit nodes at 10 minute intervals, giving any one node at best a scrappy picture of your a…

Anonymity is not the same as privacy. Tor is more about anonymity than about privacy. That exit notes can sniff traffic has been known for a long time. Compromised exit nodes do no…

I'm not sure why Anonymous does not fit the article's definition.

Videoconferencing and telepresence is big business. I expect those applications will lead the way, with the technology being adapted for entertainment purposes soon after.

What is the difference, if any, between alternate reality and augmented reality?

Spot on. Also, browsing pages on Tor and similar networks reminds me a lot of exploring the internet in the early '90s. It's messy, there are lots of abandoned, hastily put togethe…

Interestingly, Gibson's latest book - Pattern Recognition - is set in the present. It's very good. http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-William-Gibson/dp/... It's not the same…

This piece reads awfully. I haven't seen anything like this since trying to understand inscrutable postmodernist literary criticism at college. I am very interested in this, but I'…

asmallworld.net was started by a Swedish aristocrat, and retains a largely upper-class feel to this day. How networks start out matters.

More detailed figures and trends here, with both wholesale and retail prices: http://www.unodc.org/pdf/WDR_2006/wdr2006_chap5_cocaine.pdf With those price differences, it's no wond…

Keep in mind that you can set up a Limited Liability Partnership, which would seem to make a lot of sense in this situation. Liability is limited in the same was as in a Ltd. compa…

There aren't any hard and fast rules here. It's rarely too early to get in touch with angels and get on the radar if you expect that you'll need funding. Meanwhile, keep in mind th…

The Unity engine supports MMOs, Cartoon Networks' Fusion Fall MMO was built using it.. http://unity3d.com

Thanks for the advice! I see how it would make sense if we had the money to go after people with lawyers. However, I can neither afford that nor am I particularly interested in hav…

We realize there'd no way to eliminate piracy altogether. We're just looking for the simplest way to make casual piracy tricky enough to discourage anyone who might want to pay for…