Hell, I'd like Broadband and I'm willing to pay for it.

I was going to ask what exactly are you doing such that 'sliding across one another easily' is important but then I decided that was probably not a good idea.

Is that you don't trust nobody.

I can't imagine actually 'trusting' Apple or any other corporation or government. Give them a pat on the back for making security easier - sure. Trusting them, not so much.

Sadly, in a lot of places, you CAN'T get a 'business' connection. Small towns especially. If you really are a business, tough luck, you're in the same bucket as the rest of us plebes.

An interesting novel that touches on this subject.

Or maybe we start to realize that we are paying below market for said almonds, walnuts, broccoli, etc. Maybe we realize that we need to price these things (and other stuff like petroleum products but that's another rant) at replacement value.

So our kids can have almonds, walnuts, broccoli, etc.

Really? Space rated parts? What planet are you from?

Yep.

Who do you think builds radiation resistant electronics? Radio Shack?

While Prune may be correct, I agree that society isn't willing to protect adolescents in that fashion. Basically, once you're 18, your outta here. That said, prohibition hasn't helped, won't ever help. Education won't get everybody - there are always lots of humans at whatever age that are pretty self destructive. But as far as balancing individual rights verses social norms and contracts, it is a much more productive approach.

The DEA is completely full of shit.

Marijuana is Schedule I drug - as you point out 'the most dangerous' kind.

Marinol, the concentrated form of the major active ingredient in marijuana is a Schedule III drug (drugs that have "lesser" of a chance of damage and destruction to the poor sap sucking them in).

They're a completely hopeless case these days. The only thing they are interested in is furthering their own agenda. And budget.

Healthcare is big IS business because of the push for electronic medical records. But. There is going to be a huge cull in the next couple of years as the literally thousands of small companies that tried to get a toe hold just fail. Especially in the small hospital sector, most of the vendors are not going to make it. They will outright fail or get bought out.

Of course, there are zillions of man hours to be spent trying to reconcile the new acquisition into the legacy database ("But the sales guy PROMISED out data could be merged into the new system").

If you think being a landlord isn't work, then I want the name of the antipsychotic medication you're taking.

Works on bubbles, vacuums, what have you.

Remember, plumbing is at the heart of civilization - the Romans figured that out for us. Without plumbing, we would be up shit creek.

Well, if they were aromatic than a lot of this nonsense wouldn't happen.

Turn off the showers! Save California!

Months to years. It's a feature and a bug. The idea is to make both the satellite and launch cost low enough to where they are essentially disposable. This has some advantages - you don't have to have a sat that stores fuel for a decade and where you have to have overly redundant systems to ensure the thing stays up long enough to make money. But - you have to be able to build them and launch them quick and cheap.

Now, where on this spectrum of things does SpaceX fall?