The other thing they are missing is a long battery life cellphone which is also a smart phone. Here's what I mean: a smart phone such that when the battery goes low it switches off all smart functions and is left with just enough battery to operate as basic cell phone+bare bones contact list for two days.

There probably was still a decent market for horses as cars started to become the norm. There will be people who don't like change, or are allergic to oil or what-not.

In the longer term it's probably a bad bet as a company, but if you can make a profit from a physical keyboard market that may last 5 or 10 years, it may be worth a product line.

issues in six oral questions...

I kept reading that wrong for some reason.

Problem is so bad that even duct tape can't fix it.

Here in San Francisco, beggers will complain if you give them non-vegan food. That's if they don't complain about getting food since a good number of them are looking for drug money.

I imagine many of these people would end up dead without electricity

What, are they androids or something? You talk about boredom; is that what allegedly kills them?

Yes, as every one with retailing experience can tell you it's a cutthroat business with profit margins in the 1-3% range, so a 1% change is huge.

Relax, I see nothing but glowing reviews.

Zombies produced per hour

As you get older, the focus range of your eyes decreases such that they more or less become "stuck" at a certain focal length from your face. Laser surgery will generally make the "stuck" range or point be further out, which could harm reading even if it improves distance vision.

The ideal "stuck" point probably depends on what you do the most. If you are at a computer screen often, then about 14 to 24 inches seems like it would be the ideal, although you couldn't see small things up close well.

My eyesight's focus is settling to around 10 inches away, which is shy of the ideal monitor range. Is surgery worth that extra 8 inches?

The bottom line is that age is a bitch and laser surgery forces you to make tradeoffs as old eyes will only have one ideal focus with or without. Choose the red distance or the blue distance, but not both.

Stop ruining my jokes with facts and details, sheeeesh. You'd think this place is full of geeks or something.

What are you gonna use for typing papers?

Simple: Google "essays on the Truman administration"

Fuck the old way. I remember one of my type-written papers had so much white-out that I bumped into somebody and slipped 2 grades on it because half the white-out cracked off. I begged my Dad to let me use the KayPro next time.

Is this... for real?

I mean... [[[boggle]]]

When Unix was united it was called Multics (back in the mid 60's). Now that it's split into multiple branches, it's called "Unix". Logic!