Because Computer Scientists who think they are Software Engineers write it?

Yes, no doubt.

She could just let her heart regulate itself naturally.

There is no doubt the ship is going to be repaired, and it will take around 1 year, maybe less dependent upon how modular of a construction it is.
The ship is planned to be sailing with paying passengers in 2013.

No, they pulled out because they finally realized the whole thing was full of completely unrealistic expectations that they can not afford to implement.

There are numerous states in the USA which have metabolite laws. Arizona being the first one that pops into mind.

He lives in Arizona or one of the other states which have a drugged driving law that includes metabolites.

"In Arizona, it is unlawful for a person to drive a vehicle (1) while under the influence of any drug, or any combination of liquor and/or drugs if the person is impaired to the slightest degree, OR (2) while there is any drug or its metabolite in the person's body. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. 28-1381(A)(1), (3) (West 2010)

Why is everyone bashing this thing as if it's something available in the real world?

It's a drawing somewhere and obviously won't work as drawn, but that's the point of concepts, you start eliminating the flaws before you start prototyping something physical.

You have to build the first one somewhere.

Did he say 'directly in the middle of the I-5 route between LA and SF."?

My local store has caffeinated jerky, and has for awhile.

It's the actual DVD or BD, with a generic case.

Yes, they are restocked regularly, just like any other vending machine you see.

Yet we still allow 18,000 or so people to be killed each year by domestic drunk drivers and don't really do anything about it.

It's the same as equivalent resistance of resistors in parallel, slightly weaker than the weakest link.

If you think you might be too old, then you are.

So Sears Roebuck owes the states 70 years or so of back taxes?