Twelve. Monkeys.

More probably, a TVTroper: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool

"Because otherwise you might eventually get ideas about installing Linux in your machines, and we can't have that."

She has a robots.txt file. They'll leave her alone.

I came to the same conclusion as you at "Comrade Obama".

Jesus H. Christ.

Yeah, like that diner at the beginning of "The Untouchables" was free not to acquire the protection services offered by that gentleman.

Sigh.

Troll: "That ball's color is a mixture of red and blue."
Person: "Um, I see that ball and it's not purple."
Troll: "How does anyone interpret my post to mean that the ball is purple? Where did I say 'Purple'?"

"it is unknown ... why they did so"

No, really?

And after that -- genetically engineering humans so they can reproduce without having orgasms.

Wait, I remember reading a book in which the bad guy (some guy named O'Brien) said, referring to that very thing, "Our neurologists are working on that right now."

What a wonderful world it will be.

...until a pixelated circle of ones in a field of zeroes shows up. In which case, you should not open snail mail letters -- they're likely to say your Dad is not your Dad.

That's highly debatable.

Yeah, like burglars think widespread use of faulty locks is not a problem. Just an interesting little tidbit.

Eugh. "asked FOR input". Sorry.

Let's say you were asked from input when the writers were delineating the character way back then. What would you suggest as his origin?