Because Leonardo Da Vinci was a true nerd and he was a major character in two Assassins Creed games.

Lube.

Moving and/or interactive stuff: Use a tablet.
Reading books: Use a REAL e-book reader with an e-ink screen.

E-books are still the future, people new to them just have to learn to read them on a proper reader, like the Sony PRS-T1, Kindle, Nook etc.

Yes, but the majority of them are smaller diesel SUVs/crossovers with pretty good mileage compared to "real" SUVs.

Don't image google for flesh eating bacteria.

Yes, I know very well how X works but I also know how most users think and how they expect their computer to behave. Regardless of technical difficulties and underlying OS design it's a UI problem that should be solved at least for the by far most common usecase; when running a one-user-at-a-time desktop environment on the local computer.

The one with the currently active desktop. Or maybe all local users should be able to unmount/eject it by default but require sudo/root for remote logins.

Too much whitespace.

No, all the rearview cameras I've seen let you see all the way to the bumper, along with lines showing the exact distance. Admittedly I've only seen the factory mounted ones on 2011+ model cars though.

It also protects the non-stupid from accidents caused by the stupid.

I don't agree. When there is very little traffic I can use the high beam to get good visibility. I can't do that if the road is busy or semi-busy.
Actually I only want road lights when there is just enough traffic that I have to turn off the high beam most of the time. When there is very little traffic or the road is very busy, it's best to keep them off.

... marching on the trail of tears.

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Not really. On Facebook and Twitter we tell you only the parts of ourselves that we want to be known. That's very different from having someone snooping around in the parts we want to keep private.

This may actually turn out to be a good thing. If the politicians who are about to sign ACTA in june read it, maybe, just maybe, her letter will make them think twice and at least TRY to understand what the heck it's all about instead of just voting yes out of ignorance.