It's a criminal offense. It requires mens rea. This is bullshit.

Near and nearly are synonyms in some dialects of English spoken on the eastern coast of Canada; perhaps elsewhere, too.

Dimming incandescent bulbs does not save a significant amount of electricity.

Never mind that stupid bus icon. I got royally SCREWED because of it a couple of weeks ago.

Your observations with respect to the BBC are very astute. In Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Hilter has been actively gutting the CBC (starving it for resources) because unbiased news is absolutely his number one enemy. Several times during his reign he has to scrap legislation because the voters found out what he was up to. Luckily for him, it not longer matters, he has a majority of the house now; I am fairly certain that by the time he is forced to call another election that he will have figured out how to remove the right to vote for those who would oppose him.

I got ----ed last week in Montreal because at some point I had accidentally clicked on the "bus" icon.

I would have made it through just before rush hour, but that stupid phone directing me to follow bus routes got me behind schedule by 15 minutes, which was all that was needed to completely hose my schedule.

It's a real company. I googled the one who likes Texas 42. She has been posting on SEO forums for a year. She is clearly an amateur. But not that kind. :(

Mama mia... I wish I knew how to play Texas 42, whatever that is!!

Also, the CTO appears to be Sheldon's brother.

If you just want to learn to type, you could possibly provision some purely-mechanical keyboards.

The displays would not need to be particularly high-tech; you could go with a hemp or wood pulp WOD (write only display) that works by mechanically striking the pulp with an embossed pigment delivery die.

> I am a mechanical engineer, wife is electrical.

Wow, you are SO in the wrong field. I am a software engineer; my wife is biological.

What with the events in the Middle East these days, it's getting too dangerous to steal radioactive material from the Libyans.

Guns are pretty tricky to print. It might be easier just to order a 3d-printed HDTV from Amazon.

I grow my organic produce in my yard. Best of both worlds!

I'd hate to think of a pilot realizing his iPad is running low on power just when he needs critical info..

I'd hate to think of a pilot realizing his fuel tank is running low on fuel just when he needs to perform a critical maneuver (like not crash).

I wonder how the heck they solved that problem?!?!?!

...have you ever worked as a writer for Monty Python? Because that sure sounds like one of their skits!