I figured AC was also referencing this song about the bagger 288

They're all fine. The closest one to not fitting in my book is the python bit, but even that doesn't matter. Computer science isn't about actual physical computers, python has almost all the shiny functional language features cs types care about, and all of the well reasoned and coherent criticism I've seen of the whole whitespace thing apply more to large scale/collaborative projects than smaller things (also, enforced whitespace sounds like a boon for marking anything).
Less time you spend learning/dealing with the language, more time you can spend on the actual meat of the subject.
This being said, I think anyone who is planning on going near a real computer should do some architecture stuff and learn with assembly at some point, too.

Don't forget mars, too. Can't seem to find the source, but pretty sure I read that nasa uses gcc.

No, what you need for maximum safety is a toggle. A button that you or the passenger can press with your foot which will change the function of the brake pedal to something more important.

You've never met the electronic mail man? It's called email for a reason.

No, you can have a key that is entirely client side, which is the user's responsibility to look after. Of course, when the clueless user loses his/her key, all the data is gone.

Those things would not be Color printing. In fact, you could view this process as monochrome too, except when the comparitively long wavelength visible light hits it, it acts in a similar way to a pigmint (well, diffraction isn't exactly the same, but similar enough).

I'd be interested to see a breakdown for where all the rest goes. Do you have a link to a source?

Only if the guy holding the trigger isn't crazy enough to actually pull it and has a lot to lose.

Up until this point, I couldn't tell whether you were talking about iran or terrorists or the people behind the US army.

So kill off anyone who isn't greedy, conniving and manipulative?
Sounds like an excellent long term plan.

I wouldn't go so far as to call it a fetish, but freshly ironed/fresh out of the dryer pants/underpants feel pretty good.

Be fair, Office Libre, OO etc are very nearly as good as microsoft products at crashing in my experience.

I was comparing a horse to a bicycle. Cars win in some aspects:
convenience, ease of use, speed, carrying capacity, comfort in all weather, less frequently stolen (although you're out a lot more when they are stolen)), safety (on roads/if there are no dedicated paths a big metal box is /much/ safer)
and lose in others:
Price (although there is overlap between them, a high end bicycle + electric kit + solar panels in one or more places + multiple batteries will set you back more than a second hand car whereas a cheap bike can be had for under $50 if you scrounge around), parking, in some cases avoiding congestion makes them faster, maintainence, health benefits, sometimes safety (if there are dedicated bike paths, bikes are marginally safer afaik --largely due to reduced speed)
Both options are clearly superior to a horse in most aspects. In the few cases where one would consider a horse better than a car, almost any type of pushbike is even better.

That article looks like it's mainly about increased draw from heating the passenger compartment. I hadn't considered that as a major factor (would have thought draw would be too low to matter, but it seems the amount of energy required to keep a car moving is smaller than I thought/estimated from the amount of heat a petrol engine puts out).
I was talking about increased internal resistance and possible charging problems from low temperatures of the battery itself. This can be improved by heating the battery. As long as the battery can output some energy, it can heat itself.
We might wind up seeing people actually think about insulating cars more effectively as a result of this. (A good indicator that they are becoming highly efficient in all other aspects)
Another potential issue I wasn't thinking of is the electrolyte freezing. As far as I'm aware, lithium batteries have lower freezing temperatures than other chemistries (like lead acid). As to some kind of damage or discharge resulting from freezing, I know some other chemistries can handle this just fine, I don't know enough about lithium batteries to comment here.