Worst I've ever seen, I don't even remember who did it, but they had white lettering on a basically white background. It was a case of "see a few letters, hope you guess the last couple right".

Yes, but how many of us would answer "retrograde wheelbarrow" to every position question? I know I would.

I hope not, I heard it in Morgan Freeman's voice.

Indeed. It would be easy if there was a map of the locations of these people, but I guess we'll never know

Your numbers leave ~7000 people who would do it. I'd say that's enough to attempt a colony.

Which is why we only send people in resort prisons, not federal pound-me-in-the-ass prisons.

There's probably at least some disconnect between those willing to go to Mars to start a colony, and those who are qualified to go to start a colony (certain skillsets, psychology, etc.) Personally, I would probably go, but I know I don't have anything to offer a colony to help it start and last.

The blocks should be more blocky but look less blocky.

That's right, nothing evil about them at all.

And then will immediately become the most accident-prone car in the country.

But then again, these are people playing Farmville..... Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Smaller carbon footprint, but much more expensive and difficult to build because of red tape. I'll just leave it there instead of rehashing the arguments that happen every time nuclear is mentioned.

... Assuming a perfectly flat LZ. I'd much rather see a tree catch it a la Charlie Brown.

Does it come with missiles?

No matter what, at some point, the data has to be made displayable for a TV/monitor/whatever. Until movies start being beamed directly into our brain, there will always be a way to get the unencrypted stream.