Actually it does develop strategy. In BreakOut it doesn't merely bounce the ball with good reaction time. It learned to tunnel up to the back side of the wall. RTFA

I think that was rhetorical... just saying.

Don't be a ditto head, think for your self man. The oil is being pumped, the oil is being transported, and the oil is being burned regardless of how it gets from point A to point B. If anything the pipeline would have the "environmental" scale pan tipping towards it. Pipes don't necessarily have to be powered by fossil fuel and piles don't derail. This is Canadian interests trying to hijack American politics and you're party to the Kool-aid chugging.

Um, how would allowing Canada to bypass the US and put the oil instead on ships bound for elsewhere increase US oil exports? The US isn't exporting that oil, Canada is exporting that oil. Right now, Canada is incentivized to sell the oil for cheap to the US since access to more lucrative markets come with higher costs. Letting Canada extend their pipeline might help Canada and China, but it will do precious little for the US and quite probably hurt it.

Why would I as an American want to make it easy for Canada to get their oil out of our country. By not extending the pipeline, it incentivizes Canada to keep it in the U.S. and thus our prices low.

Most people making slightly below the median income level or more and whom reside in the upper mid-west. Ice melt chemicals aren't the kindest thing to a car. Unlimited wash packages exist for a reason. Now it seems they just got a bit less expensive.

Not quite that simple. Even if you blacklist the TV on your router, your neighbor can still offer it service.

What do you mean? My grandparents say the world is going to hell in a hand basket. The end is neigh... etc. etc. Fox news told them so.

What does your anecdote have to do with "zero-tolerance" school policy? It has nothing to do with school administrative actions/policy for whom you state had no knowledge of the situation.

The calculation is based upon assumed energy requirements. In other words the resource to be exploited cannot possibly be valued more than the assumed energy required to obtain it.

Of course this line of rationale falls in to the "rational actor" fallacy. Since humans aren't rational actors, why would aliens have to be?

Warp drive isn't FTL in the pedantic sense. The vehicle isn't moving per-se, the destination is being moved to it. Of course light speed is a funny thing in the first place.

If the comments on Amazon are any guide, then I suspect the market isn't bearing this too terribly well. I'm sure H&R Blockhead will enjoy the uptick in market share though.

I don't know what's on offer from OEMs but a custom LAN party box might be a good choice--micro ATX, carry handle, desktop hardware.

Not every boss is unenlightened nor are their employees irresponsible such that they can and do work out of the office. Coffee shops are often a good way to break up the monotony and maintain productivity.

California does just fine with solar and wind. A cloudy, windless day shouldn't matter too much unless there's a fundamental requirement I'm unaware of for desalinization plants that necessitates them running at peak capacity 24/7.