We're continually working to improve the quality of our idiots to meet the most demanding of "idiot proof" devices.

He'll make sure to use a proprietary plug to charge the vehicle and connect it with he own proprietary network which no other cars can use.

Who would want to spend their entire life in a small room surrounded by their parents? Oh wait.. this is /.

Wake me up when it lets me drive 3x faster.

Neptune sounds a lot worse. "These weather patterns are driven by the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the Solar System, with recorded wind speeds as high as 2,100 kilometres per hour (1,300 mph)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune

Siri will replace all teachers in the future.

Quit wasting your time posting on Slashdot while people are starving in Africa.

Ok, so now we can see the cat.. now how do we pet it?

Didn't explode. RTFA

Don't worry, must of the jokes on slashdot tend to sink before they cause any real damage.

Yeah, they only have to figure out how not to have them burn up from the orbital velocities.

If you don't hear about something happening, how are you going to be interested in it? This drives home the point that mars is a real location and it makes people feel more connected as it now relates to their daily lives. I think it's arrogant to call people uneducated for not showing an initial interest in the topics that YOU show interest in. Different motivators for different people.

Maybe these aliens are so hyper-intelligent that they've completely forgotten the concept of integers and have been using something else for thousands of years?

You can't forget the part about the secret alien research facility which has been guiding the evolution process... that is.. until the neo-rex bit the hand that fed it.

I hear that you and some guy Steve started a successful company from the ground up. Do you have any advice for those of us hoping to do the same?