TFTFY.

Yes.

Except it's not the way the corporate client works. The corporate client insists that the web site look exactly identical to all users. It takes effort to convince them that it's actually a good thing that the page looks generally OK, although not exactly like the printed brochure, when the alternative is essentially telling customers "You have the wrong opinion. Go away." (opinion being choice of browser for whatever reason).

I thought self-emulating caused bad eyesight and weakness of the spine?

From wikipedia:

Electrical impendance mismatch between balanced and unbalanced lines is handled by an autotransformer, a balun, short for balanced-unbalanced. What we need, obviously, is an object-relational transformer, an obre, if you will.

Flywheel? ...on second thought, not if you ever want to turn.

All energy to move a bicycle comes from the cyclist's personal effort. The cyclist knows that for every time they touch the brake, they must do hard work to accelerate again; what's more, the hard work previously done will be thrown away, dumped as heat in the brake pads. Therefore momentum must be conserved as long as reasonably possible, and every aid from gravity is gladly accepted. A form of regenerative braking is when the cyclist's route is so designed that acceleration always happens downhill, and deceleration uphill. This uses gravity to the best advantage. Every cyclist curses where there's a long descent that ends up in a stop, only to continue with a long climb. This means all the kinetic energy gained during the descent has to be dumped as heat and generated again by muscular effort. Here's where a regenerative brake would be terribly handy. Even in my flat hometown there's a particular bridge that ends up in an intersection where one usually has to stop or at least slow down.

Incidentally, the same Newtonian physics applies to cars as well, only the driver doesn't notice it unless tracking fuel consumption.

Because ed is the standard text editor.

The principle is something like this:

1. Put a watertight layer deep enough under the road that it won't freeze. Put a camber in it so that water flows away from the road.
2. Dig ditches on either side of the watertight layer.
3. Lay a drainage layer on top of the watertight layer.
4. Build your road on top of the drainage layer.

I may forget a layer or two, but the drainage layer allows water to run off to the ditches, so it doesn't build up under the road.

"Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory." I'd say it's just the opposite: the dangerous thing is equating all touching and physical contact to sex.

So if the software I use buffers and delays the broadcast for 4 seconds, I'm clear? Woo hoo!

I'd say Linux was a success here: it allowed Asus to market very low-cost netbooks, creating a new market in the process. Computers (and cars) have a tendency to bulk up, so when faced with competition in a situation where specs were no longer a limiting factor, familiarity to the average user became a more pressing need than the lowest possible price - therefore Windows is a more relevant choice of OS. I think the logic is that it's easier for those who want Linux to install it themselves over Windows than for those who want Windows to install it over Linux.

Then again, technically it would be possible to include both configurations, and have the user pick one at first boot.

It's a good thing we have the Schengen agreement, or the ISS would be in trouble!

The real issue is when the remote is more remote than the light switch, which is very often the case.

Hmm. The immediate sides of motorways are cleared of major obstacles to improve visibility and avoid high-speed collisions with trees in case some unlucky motorist should swerve off the road. In no way does this preclude making sure the motorist stays on the road.