Scam? no. Bad investment for liberal arts majors? Yes.

I think I made it clear on some sort of zombie-related article a little bit ago that trying to apply realism to fiction is pretty stupid. Then you take an article like this, that doesn't have an understanding of the sci-fi it is "disproving" and you have a real big waste of time. A lot of people have pointed out the shortcomings of this article, and I can't speak to the Star Trek stuff, as that's not my particular brand, but- yeah, this thing is bunk. Claiming that lazers are used in Star Wars shows that you don't know what you're talking about. Referencing t-1000 while talking about shape-shiting aliens? Really? Earth-bound humans and machines are aliens just because they come from the future? My favorite was the one about planets with a single ecosystem: no, I REALLY thought that they filmed the Tatooine scenes from Star Wars on Tatooine, not Earth. Thanks for shattering that perception. Then article also states that planets don't exist that have only one ecosystem- oh except Venus. So, actually, they do. Oh, but Venus' troubles we caused by run-away greenhouse effect. Damn aliens on Venus must have driven one too many SUVs, I guess.

And I'm sure, PK, that your are incorrect in your assumption.

Monique, those aren't anything alike.

Well, at least there is SOME redeeming value to NWN, because I played it for a while and just couldn't stand it. Everything was horrible about that game.

Rich white kids from the 'burbs wouldn't tag "Norte" (they would write "North") all over the place (mail boxes, signs, neighborhood walls, etc) and that is what is plastered all over my neighborhood by the hispanic kids whose parent's houses are about to be forclosed on. They buy/steal the paint from the walmart near by and spray stuff all over the place until they get home or to wherever they're going.

Even the typo that says "ever" in stead of "every"? Good job, submitter.

Not that the article was not the shiz-nizzle, but it starts out as a history of the genre but then ends in the wrap up as a DIY guide? WTF?

Drug money. Once you start selling, you are not poor anymore, but still ignorant.

Or "work with Phil". I think I've heard that expression before.

Yes, it was a trick by the evil city so that they could sue this man. I'm sure that as soon as the guy called to cancel his trash service, the city "bureaucrats" got dollar-signs in their eyes. That's totally how it works. It has nothing to do with maintaining an acceptable level of sanitation in the city at all. And I'm sure that the city's first response after realizing their mistake in letting a resident cancel their service was to take the man to court. No letters asking the man to correct the situation were issued, or code enforcement warning him that he was breaking city ordinance and him refusing to submit. The best thing about this plot is how the city employees will get rich off of filing an injunction to get the citizen to resume service and only collecting the money for the amount that the lawsuit cost.

I assure you that, by and large, cities do not try and game people into paying for services that are not genuinely in their collective best interest to have. If there is a contract with a private vendor, the city is going to pay the same amount to the vendor no matter if this guy is paying or not, so no, it is not in their best financial interest to have him getting service anyway. The money he pays for his bill goes to the trash collection company and not the city. The city's only interest is that the man is not burning burying, or other wise disposing of his garbage in an illegal or harmful way. He still produces some trash and therefore must have garbage service because the city cannot just take his work for it that he disposes of it ethically. Sorry to crush the conspiracy theories, people. Reality often has that effect.

To answer other comments:
No, he can’t counter sue for the city not having “adequate” recycling. That is not even the issue. He admits to producing some trash, however little, and you cannot recycle everything.
Yes they can sue him because he is breaking a city ordinance and refuses to comply.
No, he most likely does not have the option to roll his trash collection into property taxes. Counties as well as cities levy property taxes and they are both handled at that level of government. And the county does not need to be worrying about trash collection as well.

"I should have known each dress you own is a loaded gun..."

It's Skymop. Instead of humanity being destroyed by cyborgs that resemble Arnold, they will resemble Alice from the Brady Bunch.

“Don’t get depressed, get angry instead!”

Wonderful. Replace one negative emotion with another, more violent one! Good advice!

Bitten by scorpions? No problem. If she were actually stung, that wouldn't be too much of a problem, either.