Pretty much. A large part of the Koran is just a retelling of the old testament. While the Koran says that Christians are the most like the Moslems, both Christianity and Judaism are "People of the Book". It's just that the teachings of earlier prophets who taught those two religions were corrupted.

Sure. Right after they finish building their new aircraft carriers and their new stealth fighter planes. Chinese talk as much as the American administrations do, and end up doing less.

While blue-ray and home theaters might be hurting movies, one friend posited last weekend that the reason they are having such issues is because another great golden age of TV is upon us. It seems that everybody has half a dozen series that they like and want to watch and by time they finish them, there are either new seasons or new series to add. Home theater and streaming works even better for them because we're not even tied to the original air times unless we just really, really want to see them as soon as possible. Why worry about a few two or three hour long shows when there are series that offer better stories, more development, and equal technical production values?

It's inhospitable, but it has near limitless energy which is going to be the one resource we'll continue to need and want more of. Although we can send infrastructure up into space to collect it for us, eventually, that infrastructure will require people in space to maintain it. That infrastructure and the people in space to collect that energy will be the exploration which will eventually be self serving.

So, a straw man argument to begin with.

Ten or more years ago, probably a lot. These days, not so much the case. It was always the case the NKs, even in the bad old days would contact people to alter their state supplied radios to pick up SK broadcasts. Currently VHS is fairly common as are SK soap operas smuggled in from China whose border became porous as people looked for food in the 90's. Where defectors used to be quite rare and usually only the upper elite who ran because their lives were in danger, these days, the flow of normal people through China to SK is common enough that the NK government is suspected of sending people specifically to work in SK and send back money. Not to say people aren't still brainwashed, or won't get in trouble for having such items, but it is probably already an issue of "if they want you" rather than "if you've done something wrong".

Well, from watching Asian movies, their usage and meaning of the word god seems to be much different from that of the Westerner who has usually one straw man definition of such. To make light of the subject would be to say that to Asian (pop) culture (as seen through movies and TV shows by a Westerner) seems to be more in line with anything that does not die or pay taxes, whether due to mundane political power through a spectrum to being an omnipotent mythical being.

Awright, 'arry? See that ludicrous display last night?

Fing about Arsenal is, they always try an' walk it in.

Awright, 'arry? See that ludicrous display last night?

I've seen some users change over simply because tablets are small, light, and allow them to remote into their work machines and literally do everything there.

I work at three hospitals as IT and really don't see that. (However I have heard horror stories about other hospitals, but usually limited to particular individuals.) Perhaps if instead of laughing at them, you asked about their need cases and you'd find out that they need those large tablets they are making phone calls on because they are docs needing to get online, look at brain X-rays for blood, and then call the hospital with treatment instructions within 30 minutes of somebody having the stroke no matter where they are to make a difference. That's why we issued them to the doctors, although it is true that most doctors would rather use their personal equipment for the job than carry two. Even if they only use it for work once a year, many would rather have that ability than not.

It's already broken. So long as it doesn't cook off noxious chemicals, it won't hurt an already non-functioning computer any.

I have no idea. You have yet to even define what this god you do not believe in might be for me.

As with all logic problems, it depends on what your starting assumptions are.

You're forgetting insurance information. Besides all the information you mentioned which is suitable to steal and identity, they can use the health records and insurance for fraud to either get drugs that might be allowed to the real patient or treatment or payment for costly procedures.