I can see military uses for a tiny lightweight personal spotter like this.

Otherwise, if it's cheap and it can track its 'owner' well enough it could be the next fad for YouTube clips.

Unless they use laser mics or some equivalent technology.

Which would probably be a good idea for situational awareness.

He was not the Juan.

Does the subject possess any mysterious rings, amulets, or lamps?
Does he make sacrifices to chthonic gods, and if so, which?
Did he recently undertake a quest to bring together a collection of ancient magic gems?
Is the hospital frequented by a wizard or a druid cult?

I appreciate the work they did, but when they don't even consider the patient being swapped with his twin from an alternate dimension it's hard to call it rigorous.

Not in your pocket, apparently.

No, that's the one we're currently in—hence all the apparent giant black holes.

Pfft, my psychiatrist does that all the time.

Respectable mad scientists have known for years that supposed 'black holes' are really just wormholes to the goatee universe.

I know I give mine the finest cashmere tea towels to wear.

...wait, what were we talking about again?

sorry guys watched iron sky with vlad now hes raving about moon nazis gtg my bad

I'll assume option '3' for the moment:

Out of a sample size of ten million people, chances are very good that some of them will do very stupid things (and then claim they didn't).

Mind you, I'm perfectly willing to accept that the phone has a defect in design or construction, but I've had enough experience in troubleshooting and repair to lose all trust in humanity.

I hate it when my Schwartz gets all twisted.

But the US and Soviet Union were doing all this and more in the seventies with vastly inferior technology and far more unknowns. Lets face facts: If North Korea managed to produce an Apple II clone in 2014, you probably wouldn't be saying the west needs to get over their 'patriot peens' and accept Kim Jong-Un as a capable computer builder.

That said, this is a huge step for India's fledgeling space program and I hope that by 2030 or so they will indeed have caught up with the US and Russia.

Yes, you see, that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account!

So... get an iPhone, set a complex passcode, and use your fingerprint the rest of the time?

You can hold home+power for a few seconds to reboot the phone, and your passcode is required to unlock the phone after a reboot/shutdown.