No mention either of contractual obligations to municipalities or business like large manufacturing plants, etc. Lawyers are salivating over this idea.

Aliens.

Wasn't there an airliner in V'Ger?

The plane costs $270 million dollars. $100k is a rounding error.

Are you sure?

Rolls Royce does this with their engines. They get real time telemetry whenever the engine is running.

one of the most terrible sins on Wikipedia is to edit articles for pay, or otherwise violate the 'neutral point of view' policy,

I'm shocked, shocked to find that illicit editing is going on in here!

Anyone checked her Ox lately? I think it probably has some holes in it.

You must be talking about the Police. Really bad shots those guys are.

Meanwhile, properly trained individuals don't seem to have that problem.

There is, should the local authorities allow it. It's called a bodyguard

Lucas beat him to this conclusion.

You should be very skeptical of any claim of someone having to take "evasive measures". We have seen time and time again government workers make stuff up which later proved to be false when the defendant produces video.

Never Underestimate the drive of any government agency to expand its sphere of influence and control. Whether its the FAA wanting to control a park full of kids and their radio control toys or the IRS making up laws out of whole cloth, they never miss an opportunity to take more control.

Did you REALLY just cite Venezuela as some kind of utopia brought about by gun laws?

That's a special kind of stupid you got going there.

Thanks.

Were you using a particular book or diet plan?

Care to mention some foods you stayed with?