User: kavalec

Re:what other ideas of his will come to pass?

On: DARPA Working On Arthur C. Clarke Weapon Idea

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/flying-car-m400.jpg Moller Skycar. Old news.

Re:My workout

On: Treadmill Workstation

VR + excercize equipment has been suggested for a decade. What's the holdup, I wonder?

Re:the whole picture

On: Harvard Prof Says Computers Need to Forget

Agreed.
And adding to that... the path of a person's life - not just a snapshot of his past - is relevant.
We don't need computers to forget, we need them to help us see that moving picture.

Outlandish? Only that we're just now hearing it

On: Microsoft, Best Buy Face Racketeering Suit

Outlandish?
NO
In my humble opinion this WAS petty crime, it was organized, and it was "interstate". RICO applies.
At best the practice was a case of willfull disregard of consumers' rights.
In cases of death, willful disregard is called second-desgree manslaughter. Why should 'willful-disregard-theft' NOT be a crime?

Hubble data on google?

On: Google's Academic TB Swap Project

Why not? Today Google Earth, tomorrow Google Universe!