I don't think browser-based gaming will ever take off. What's the point? IE will never incorporate WebGL, and with engines like Unity, you have cross platform development that surpasses anything that can be done in the browser anyway.
Agreed on the nanny state must go. But the nanny state is much more than just banning internet gambling.
The federal government is so big and intrusive in our lives these days, it's out of control...that's nanny state. And do we (the U.S.) really want to be socialist/nanny-state? Let the Europeans try that model.
We know he's had his falling out with Linus in the past. I tend to believe him, but with that hells angel biker beard, I don't know. There could be some sketchy and shady elements involved here. Probably not though, sketchy people watch black-n-white TVs, and I'm sure Alan either has no TVs or a color TV ;)
It's useful to single her out because it makes it personal. And personal makes it emotional.
But the real problem is checks and balances. IANAL, so I'm curious what reviews are done on prosecutions at the federal, state, and local level in the US.
She played the typical game of "charge with multiple felonies, make 'em sweat, hope they don't want a trial because that is time-consuming, and hope they cop-a-plea"
That's just a big bowl of wrong (Jeff Garlin reference). The system needs to be revised so that prosecutors are ready to really go to trial...not this dog-n-pony show.
If there's one thing the US government should be doing for the people is checks-n-balances against itself.
f it really does lead to obesity and the connected illnesses, treatment will indirectly take money away from all of the other people with the same insurance company.
Socialists like rb2k claim that every individual action has some reprehensible act on "society".
The new (or maybe old) tactic of the fascist left.