There was no death, talking, or fighting in the game, though. And it wasn't an RPG.. nor were there monsters or allies. Seems you've constructed your own strawman.

Those Operation Witty Names are usually funded by federal grants.

"no motive other than greed, power, or lust?"

"You cannot even build an empire."

What exactly do you think drives empire-building?

"The problem with this logic is that the Colorado events are being described as a 500 year flood. That is more than twice the age of the USA, and more than ten times the age of FEMA."

All this tells me is that you don't understand what "500-year flood" means.

The vast majority of NG funding is federal.

Yes, shit happens. This is why environmental laws include an "affirmative defense", which more or less says you are not liable for shit happening.

However one component of affirmative defense is that you were operating in accordance with sound engineering principles and good environmental practice. A tank being opened for 5 days does not appear to meet that standard.

Simply cleaning up your mess is generally not sufficient recourse for environmental releases. There should always be a penalty component to prevent operators from thinking "oh who cares, we'll just fix it later".

The fact that they are spending money to drill seems to have no relevance on whether or not there should be a penalty.

There are certainly people who buy Ferraris to race them. http://www.ferrarichallenge.com/

Dunno about you, I would notice if my garden hose was on continuously for 5 days... and it's not spouting wastewater.

They have a duty to operate at all times in accordance with good environmental practice. Leaving a tank open for 5 minutes, let alone 5 days, does not seem to meet that standard. This is not some paperwork violation. Pursuing the case criminally sends a very strong and imo correct message to operators.

Even though Tolkien calls the 6 parts "books", he actually considered the work to be one volume of a whole, made up of LOTR + Silmarillion. That was rejected, and LOTR was published as 3 volumes to keep the cost down (e.g. the tendency of people to be willing to pay 3*$5 for three average-size books but not 1*$15 for one large one).

Very much depends on the car. Toyota vehicles need the Toyota computer to do certain brake and alignment work. The OBD mandate only applies to emission-related components.. fuel/air mix, ignition, exhaust. Other stuff accessed via the OBD port can be proprietary.

Under Lend-Lease there was no charge to the UK for materiel. The loan after the war had 2% interest and was repaid in 2006.

Shit analogy. Most drugs do not reproduce themselves.

There's no one in the drone but it's not like it's automated. The unmanned distinction doesn't seem to make a difference.

The US Government would not rule out the use of drones as a tool to prevent imminent harm. This comment got wildly misinterpreted.

" In the UK, anyone calling you pays, after all, why should you pay for them to get in touch with you, you didn't ask them too. "

Don't answer the phone then.

I've never understood the concept of making other people pay because I want the convenience of a portable communication device.

With the exception of toll free numbers (originally just 1-800.. now 888, 877, 866, 855, and 844 in a few months), everything has geographic area based codes (prefixes are used within area codes).

But this is not the reason why you are charged to receive a mobile call. You are charged to receive a mobile call (unless you have unlimited or in a free period) because you are using the mobile network. If you don't want to pay for that, do not answer the call.