I order from Amazon very often. I have never received an email from them pushing merchandise. Perhaps you haven't set your account preferences accordingly.

Are you really that stupid? We don't want our self-destruct tech falling into enemy hands!

I thought this was old news, and that the millions she made were revealed to mostly be through "virtual prostitution" of sorts?
And that when some folks found out about her having an interview within Second Life, they hilariously griefed her.

Exit the age of the computer virus. Enter the age of the computer fungus!

Oops, meant to bold the second part. Disputing charges (whether fraudulent charges or legitimate charges made by you to vendors which did not follow through on delivery of purchased goods/services) can negatively affect your credit score.

Your credit score can be negatively impacted simply by being a victim of identity theft and/or having fraudulent charges posted to one of your accounts (even without "real" negative repercussions such as you not paying bills you were not even aware of).

The rationale is that you, as a customer, may frequently engage in "risky" purchasing behavior which makes you a more likely victim of these crimes. Sort of like how your car insurance can go up if you get into an accident through no fault of your own.
If you only have one incident there will be low or no impact, so this PSN fiasco is not going to ruin your credit score overnight. But who knows what financial issues you will go through in the next few years? (It seems like these breaches are occurring pretty often, of late.)

Source: I worked for a debt collection agency for a few years.

Maybe not, but your credit score sure is.

I can't see the Eiffel Tower from where I am sitting, either. It must be at the size limit that the human eye can see unaided. My claim stands.

On the off chance that I did not just succumb to a troll, why are you so set against pursuing possibilities?
I never said it would happen. I said I am not interested in living with your mindset that it won't.

Lead those that seek complete understanding of the universe, follow those that have the strength to carry on, or get out of the way and live in your reality. We aren't worried about those that already know everything. I do not know if space does or does not hold a place for us, just as I am not going to fool myself into thinking that I know whether there is or there is not a god. If that makes me a moron then, well, let's just say we would be standing at opposite sides of the room at any party we might happen to both attend. I think your side will be having a lot more fun, certainly!

Life at sea is not a cake walk. If you think so, you obviously have never spent any non-trivial time on a boat. With the limited technology of the time, undertaking such journeys was "moronic". Sure space is worse, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. The thrill of the hunt, the challenge. If you don't feel it, what can I say?
I am not sure how carved metal is much different than carved trees. Perhaps one day our descendants will look back and will be amazed that we could accomplish what we have without "Future Technology 42".

I am sorry that we could not accomplish whatever would satisfy your expectations within half a century. I guess incremental progress is worthless since you won't live to enjoy the full results?

We do have an entire universe on Earth to study and learn about. I think we should definitely focus less on actual immediate space travel and more on longterm education. But you might want to read the writing on the wall; the Earth just isn't big enough for the two (hundred billion) of us.

I am sorry I riled you up to the point of incoherence. Or maybe you can explain why you feel that nerds/geeks are scared to learn how a cell works? There are plenty of us that are interested in understanding life. The implicit grammars involved in DNA are damn well fascinating for a automata "Nutter" like myself.

In summary, stop being such a stick in the mud. Oh, and maybe you could control your slavering insults. Although, again, I should know better than to be attracted to the primary tool of the troll.

Why did the chicken cross the road?
Why did people ever bother to sail across the barren wasteland that is the ocean?
Living without dreams is not something I am interested in. It has nothing to do with hope; it is about discovery and magic.

To address your comments regarding lack of "real" technological advances over the last decades, you glazed over perhaps the most promising area of future progress: biotech. IT (which you admitted is improving quite readily) will make cracking the DNA code far more feasible. With the ability to rewrite life (and ourselves) from the ground up, meaningful space exploration could become quite attainable. Who says we will still need to breathe or eat; why not absorb solar power directly?
I am sorry that you can't go in your garage and grow a human with wings yet, but a native in the rainforest can't create a bicycle with sticks either. Why should he waste his time trying?

Lead, follow, or get out of the way, my friend.

Good point, except those that "studied the tech for years" did not include Ian Malcolm. Oops, I mean Goldblum.
Oh, and the film insinuated that the aliens were a species based upon invasion, so maybe they would have learned to protect their systems by now.

Asshat

Problems of success are a bear.

Why stop there? Open up your homes, people! Place your possessions on your front lawn, just in case the FBI needs to come by and make sure you aren't a 'bad guy'.

You made a typo:
Sincerely,
Everyone