>> There are no C++ public/private protections and all
functions, even secondary ones in the kernel, can be called. ...so literally everything has global scope? ..No defined interfaces anywhere and changing the implementation of _anything_ has a high probability of breaking _everything_?

Good luck with ever getting a robust system, or even finding anyone with an actual clue that would want to contribute (a.k.a. waste) their time trying.

Even hovercars have moving parts...

The fact is that the ruling class doesn't like that. They want the middle and lower classes sequestered in the cities while they enjoy the privilege of living wherever they please. They support of high oil prices, while blocking any practical replacement for fossil fuels. They use the media to instill middle-class guilt for preferring safer, more private life in the suburbs.

I loathe government interference in intellectual property, but since we're stuck with these oppressive copyright laws the least that should be done is to prohibit copy protection measures without requiring a media-cost-only replacement policy be in place. After all, the enduring *IAA argument is that buying the media just buys a license to watch it, so they should be replacing damaged media for just the cost of the media. "Digital copy" helps, but it's no use in this scenario with the kiddies because you'd have to turn over a tablet or rather expensive smart TV with an internet connection to them.

First catfish, and now cardiac arrest? WHAT CAN'T CAYENNE FIX?????

The President himself sabotaged that possibility by accusing doctors of performing unnecessary amputations, which besides depicting surgeons as being suitable for the leading roles in either "Little Shop of Horrors" or "Sweeney Todd", is nonsensical because amputations actually are relatively inexpensive.

Everyone already knows this, whether they want to admit it or not.

The real question is will the US gov ever actually do anything to benefit US workers, or are they already too far under the thumbs of the hi tech companies?

Thankyou. Mine too.

IMHO, the best car is one with NO computer tech or LCD screens in it.

...because "clean politician" is an oxymoron. the politicians avoid pushing restrictions on the NSA in case the NSA leaks the dirt on them. ...so there really is nobody powerful enough to limit the NSA, even the government.

No true Frenchman!

I was hoping for blasters and proton torpedoes.

It's impossible to vote out the socialists once they've used wealth redistribution to provide handouts to a large voting bloc-- whether via crony capitalism or social welfare.

The problem with both of you guys is that each of you hates the programs the other guy loves. That's how we end up stuck with both of them, and liberty and prosperity go by the wayside.

I've said for years that I have no problem with a mother collecting social assistance to stay home with her kids

I do. There shouldn't be single parents in the first place. One should be caring for children and the home while the other is employed. I don't care which one. The problem is that we discourage the father from sticking around, in many ways.

Some of the people with the highest birth rates can't even be convinced to stop killing other people for having a different religion.