Jeez, it's about time. People can literally say that ANYTHING is blasphemous to them, so it makes no sense to restrict our free speech rights for that reason.

This is an interesting idea, to say the least. I'm sure it's painting a far rosier picture than the reality would be (even if the most ideal system were implemented, which won't be) but just about anything is better than what we have now.

Of course, to implement this, we need to get the insurance industry's hooks out of our government, which isn't going to happen any time soon.

This is a GREAT list. I like that they're listed by series when appropriate, not just individual books. And I'm a little shocked that I've only read 17 of them.

Yeah, it's important to note that this technology won't stop ALL car crashes, especially if there are humans driving non-automated cars. But considering how long they've been doing this, and how this is the FIRST time we've heard about it, leads me to think that these things could already be safer than humans.

I just hope somebody doesn't overreact and cause a panic and get them all banned forever. That seems too likely.

This is beyond weird. I may not be the biggest Family Guy fan, but I'm a big MacFarlane fan, and the fact that he's got Druyan and Tyson onboard means this will probably be pretty great.

The creator of Earthworm Jim has also done numerous other books, and this one is his latest. The series just finished, so you can read the whole thing in one sitting if you want. The art's great, and the whole thing is quite funny.

This is really creepy. Between this and the recent vote manipulation in Wisconsin (telling non-Repub voters to vote AFTER voting day), it's looking more and more likely that rich, powerful people and groups are manipulating our elections, legality be damned.

I hope that doesn't sound paranoid, but...

It's like what they say about pirating movies: you pay money, and then have to sit through anti-piracy messages and previews designed to squeeze you for even more money. You pirate a movie, and it just fucking STARTS at the movie, first time, instantly, no interruptions.

Same thing with video games. Restrictive DRM, stupid services to log into, constant-connection required? Not on the pirated version! Pirates have far more respect for us than the media industry companies, who just see us all as thieves.

I'm really sad to see Blizzard go the "always-on-internet" route for Diablo III. I thought they were better than that.

Dunning hits it out of the park once again.

Apparently, there's a mod you can install to improve the graphics in Grand Theft Auto 4 to an incredible degree. Take a look at these images, and see if you can tell which ones aren't real. I was amazed.

I've always thought it was a shame that such ancient statues were destroyed for such stupid reasons, and it's good to see that they can be rebuilt somewhat.

I'm afraid these events (and others like them in the past and future) will cause a crackdown on certain types of speech. That's not the way to handle this. The way to handle bad free speech is with good free speech. People need to be more vocal in their opposition to these loonies, and the moderates need to speak up more against the fundamentalists.

Even hate speech needs to be free, because everything can offend or incite. Otherwise, we get into the realm of blasphemy laws, and who wants that? Muslim criticism of Christianity is considered blasphemous by many Christians. Christian criticism of Islam is considered blasphemous by many Muslims. Atheist criticism of all religion is considered blasphemous by many theists.

Hate speech must be countered with more free speech, not less.

Further proof that this is nothing but a political game being played. And Obama has already raised it three times.

Wow, only 10 issues left, and #60 will be the last. Can't wait to see how the story turns out.

Holy crap, how do I get a wall covered in touchscreens?