Or yawning! You ever notice how, when someone yawns, suddenly you get an urge to yawn too?

I'll bet you've got an urge to yawn right now....

I can tell that you know nothing about C, and probably not much about Java or C++ as well.

Well, yeah, after it started to come apart in mid-air. See this analysis for details.

Uh, no. "Automatic" implies a pre-planned action. Unintended and undesirable rocket explosions are "accidents".

Mechanically, yes, but otherwise not. I had a hybrid car that blew its control unit when the main 12V battery died. My only option was to take it to the dealer and get word that it'd be $3500 to replace it. There's a lot of proprietary control systems in those cars, and when they die you'll be paying big bucks to get them fixed (if they can even get the parts).

Where did you look? I used to own a 2004 Honda Civic hybrid that I bought outright. (Horrible car, but it did give consistent 40+MPG.)

Yup, had the same problem with my iPhone 3G. By the time the 4S came out (with its accompanying iOS update) it was basically useless. Took 10-15 seconds to launch an app, didn't even display incoming calls until the third or fourth ring.

In contrast, I had my galaxy S5 for four years, only replaced it with a new S8+ because I dropped a book on it while it was charging and messed up the power jack. It felt just as fast on the last day as it had on the first.

Probably not. Consider replacing a ni-cad with a lithium battery. The charging circuit is different, the discharge rate is different, current is higher, battery monitoring is more critical (if you discharge a lithium-ion battery beyond about 3V you can damage it). So the entire power system will need to be modified (if not outright replaced). And unfortunately, batteries are chemical and don't obey Moore's Law, so you can't depend on them simply becoming half the size for the same power every 18 months.

Looks like I'm going to have to drag my Quadra 700 out of mothballs. Anybody know what the latest version of System 7 is? Just hope my 320MB external hard drive isn't full....

Hey, anybody got a 56K modem I could borrow?

OMG this affects PowerPC too! It's bigger than I thought!

Child, please. It's not even in the top twenty.

Yeah, but they have high tax rates to match (personal income taxes are over 50%). That's another big reason why Norway can afford this kind of largesse.

LOL, you realize the vast majority of the audio-buying public is satisfied with listening to lossy MP3s through mono speakers with a 150Hz-15KHz range, right? As long as they can connect to their phone via BT they're happy. Compared to the mass-market crap that sells the most, these things might as well be B&Ws or Vandersteens.

So basically there is a proprietary protocol that must be licensed from the manufacturer and built into devices in order to use it. Unless this company gets bought by Apple or Samsung, I don't see this product lasting very long.