"This is the taboo question that no none is allowed to ask, because everyone already knows the answer, and the answer is not the evil racist white man."

In fact that often IS the answer. Nations were destroyed with colonialism, and racism was literally invented to excuse it. Many have also been deliberately suppressed since through various foul means including sanctions, backing coups, and outright assassination. That answer is the real taboo, especially if you ask the governments responsible.

It's called RAIL.

No, I am not seeing that at all. I see plenty of cops. I see some every day that I go out.

Lolol modded down by someone who knows nothing as usual.

"AI" is not thinking. It chews up data and shits out data. If the shit is valid it's only a coincidence.

Could you explain then why they flock to Sweden, of all the places? It's not exactly known for its ruthless Ayn-Randish capitalism.

I can already pay with my debit or credit card for free, why the hell would I accept a 2% surcharge to pay with that junk?

Who said they won't "change their mind" somewhere down the road? It's obvious they are considering it and just telling me that they won't doesn't mean a thing. That would require me to actually trust Sony.

And at best, I'd thrust them. Into the sun.

Yes anyone can read books out loud. The real question is will people pay money to listen to your voice for hours?

Superman is not coming.

Every time someone promises a technological solution to a human behavior issue, we get farther from solving the problem. If we decide that 45,000 road deaths per year is too high a cost for the 3.19 trillion vehicle miles traveled per year, then we can:

1. Require actual driver training, education, and certification prior to granting driving privileges.
2. Be more strict on major road crimes: criminal speeding, driving without a valid driver licenses, drunk driving, etc.
3. Require licensure re-testing every 10 years until age 65 at which point testing should be required every 5 years.
4. Invest more in local transit so that the reduced number of of people without drivers licenses have improved transportation options.

But the tech may not pan out. Or it may not be affordable. Or it may not be financially feasible (one company taking on the liability of multiple deaths per year probably won't survive).

So ya... we need to assume that Superman isn't coming and apply the solutions we know would work.

But they at least had to import that problem, the US didn't even have to do that.

The other thing not mentioned is that Hell Diver 2 was originally supposed to have the PSN requirement. However, it was way more popular than Sony anticipated at launch and their PSN infrastructure could not handle the amount of players interfacing with Steam. So they removed the requirement temporarily while they worked on their infrastructure.

A major issue is that Steam is in more countries than PSN. A major complaint is that some players will not be able to play the game anymore as their country currently does not have PSN. This should have been addressed somehow. The other issue is that people do not like to login twice. This is more of an inconvenience though.

If you have seen Starship Troopers, it is loosely based on that. You and your squad (co-op play) are dropped onto an alien planet being overrun by bugs and/or androids and you have to fight your way out. The humor is satirically patriotic and testosterone driven. However the game is $40 not $60.

Also cats and dogs are living together now!!

There was at least one during a trial. They stopped it, but I can't currently find the story and there are many substitute stories which seem to be covering it in the search engines.

However, here's a real example from Malaysia for a car.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asi...

Biometric IDs have been tried in South America. During a previous try in Mexico, using fingerprints to verify cash machine access, a fair number of people ended up losing their fingers or hands to thieves who took them during muggings hoping to use them together with their stolen credit cards. Perhaps some of us have some experience in the field, remember things like this and don't want to find out where this type of thing can end.

Generally, never use something that cannot be updated and/or replaced or given away as an identifier for access to money.