You forget that each different quantum state may need it's own address once we get into quantum computing.

I seem to remember the main idea in 1984 to be the reduction of language in order to limit possible thought. While there appears to be some original parent posts I'm not seeing, it seems what we are talking about in this case is increasing the language in order to spur further thought.

Well, to anywhere that will take us anyway.

Sounds like Capitalism, democracy, and about every other thing people have come up with on paper.

I think you are forgetting culture. Such economics in our culture probably would end up like you think. However, from what I remember of the Starfleet, if not Earth, culture is that it was geared towards being a productive member of society. Sure, you get everything for free and are told you don't have to do anything for it if you don't want to, but in reality, you've grown up being told you need to be a productive part of society, all your friends are becoming productive parts of society, and if you don't become a productive part of society, not only does everybody treat you strangely but counselors start coming by to see what is wrong. Inn extreme cases like a person that locks themselves in a holodeck, they will probably declare them unwell, pull them out, and put them in some program. It's easier to go fix food or wash dishes in the local cafe, probably along with your friends, a few shifts a week than to fight peer and social pressure. Meanwhile, others find artistic hobbies, work jobs, and volunteer at jobs that interest them. There are probably the guys that pride themselves on taking jobs others don't want.

Even without culture, people tend to get bored and want things to do. There are reasons besides alturism that retired people find volunteer jobs to do. I know plenty of people that even if they had everything supplied for them, would still be out working a job like welding on starships in space (then again, I know a lot of metalworkers).

Everybody needs a hobby.

Or ubbi dubbi.

Yep, I'm sure we had companies wanting poisonous baby formula, lead paint, and dog food imported. Markets don't get what they want and are willing to pay for from China, they seem to get whatever China can get away with passing off.

Since when has Android products been supported by anybody? Seems like if you want an upgrade from the OS you bought with your phone, it normally has to be done by the owner because the manufacterer isn't going to put out an upgrade. Then again, most people don't seem to keep phones long enough to make a difference anyhow.

What's funny is that the people calling others RINOs are usually conservative Southern state's rights people who are upset there is a black man in office. They can mostly be tracked back to the Dixiecrats who left when the Democrats decided to support Civil Rights. To win, Nixon invited them to the Republican party and Regan cultivated them for their money and votes. Now they think they are the true Republicans when the Republican party has traditionally be about civil rights (Lincoln), big government (Johnson), environmentalism (Teddy Roosevelt), and if not ok with unions against corruption in big business (Roosevelt again).

/.'s moderation system is the worst form of moderation, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Actually, most reports I've heard say that snow should increase in some places. Hotter average temperatures in the oceans result in more moisture in the air. That's more cloud cover over mainland and will mean colder temps and more snowfall inland in some places. When talking about the giant heat sinks that are the Earth's oceans, what happens on land is largely irrelevant to the average.

Fusion isn't some magic free energy source. Fuel is not the major cost of energy. Infrastructure and maintenance are the main source of energy. Fusion, let alone any free energy source, wouldn't actually lower the cost of energy much. People would still need to have to build desalination plants, power lines, roads, etc. Hydroponics will use just as much if not more chemicals than normal. Vertical gardens and robots are a pipe dream that would cause more enviromental damage in building them than our current growing methods. Energy has nothing to do with people dumping their garbage. We could get the same benefits from nuclear energy if it would actually solve anything.

Keep in mind, that any time you see US medical prices, they are inflated because insurance only pays 33 - 66 cents on the dollar. The hospital charges $1000, but only ends up getting $333 from insurance in most cases to apply to costs, and part of that has to go to helping pay for those that won't or can't pay their own bills.

It's called trolling.