Video Game Time Caps! First of all the Chinese gov't unveiled their system for time-capping online gaming. Your powers will be halved after you've played for three hours, and you'll be dropped to the lowest level after five hours of playing. Your character gets restored after you stay offline for five hours. This system will be mandatory by law. I think online games can be very similar to drugs in their addictiveness, so I don't think this move is really all that insane, but I would like to note a couple of things:
(1) This will probably spawn a black market in online games. (2) It's curious that online gaming is being singled out for restriction by law. Again, in a practical sense, this makes sense, but on a theoretical level, it's interesting to think about how and if it's different from other forms of recreation.
LASERS! The Pentagon is getting ready to install laser weapon systems on fighter jets. Now we just need to get working on those Twin Ion Engine fighters...
Also, lasers are cool, but "anti-missile laser" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "anti-missile missile". :P
ROBOTS! A mall security robot shook hands with Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and then attacked him with a smoke screen! Okay, so it's not quite as dramatic as if it had said, "Drop your weapon, Prime Minister Koizumi. You have 15 seconds to comply." :P
