While true, most truly obese people aren't going to be visible on Street View, as they never walk anywhere. So it's not going to be an accurate measurement for shut-ins and 'drive to work/store' obese persons, which are the majority in the US.

I can't think of a better way of measuring it off the top of my head though.

As a number of people have responded to you, the issue, while simple, is not what you're stating. That's something that can be adjusted for and overcome pretty easily.

The real issue is that more developed nations have found methods of mass-producing cheap consumables -- cheap to produce, cheap to buy, lacking in nutrients, rich in other stuff that causes obesity (or sometimes just the wrong balance for your body to process as "working" food). These consumables have replaced grown vegetables in the diet of people with less income, because they're more easily affordable at the time they're needed.

Ron Finley spells it out pretty clearly. When his poorer neighbourhood converted abandoned lots and street easements into places to plant edible food, obesity levels dropped, vandalism dropped, and most importantly, diabetes levels dropped.

It's correlation and not causation, but this is a pretty damning result suggesting that convenience "foods" are a major contributor to the obesity issue (likely because of what they use as fillers, preservatives and growth hormones).

Since the contract states "unlimited", doesn't that mean that they failed to deliver on an infinite portion of the contract?

...has the ability to replicate objects between 2-in and 6-in in size....

Good luck with that unspoken idea, unless you're a garden gnome.....

I was with you up to this bit.

If everyone's trying to stop you, you should take a long moment to figure out what their motives are. Once you've done that, armed with that information, you should take the time to decide if you've been an idiot, or whether everyone else is attempting to cover something up.

Stubbornly sticking to your guns is no better than going with the latest craze -- it's much better to make the effort to make informed decisions, especially when those around you are providing what may be useful feedback. Humans are social creatures after all.

If you buy a car these days, the computer is indeed locked by the dealership, although the manufacturer has the keys. Independent mechanics have been up in arms over this for years -- they have to purchase the keys needed to tune the vehicles, even though they're running on a somewhat open system.

That doesn't make either a reasonable course of action though, even with the security arguments.

Was the previous version called FACE?

I'm sure there'd be plenty of people happy to help you eat your way out... depending on the dessert of course. Maybe Bennett could help with THAT?

"We" saw what you did there.

Imagine a beowulf cluster of Bennett Haseltons feeding hot grits to Natalie Portman!

Are we done yet?

I'm more than happy to leave that job to security professionals. They tend to do a good job of it too.

What about to enable armed revolt against a runaway government? Isn't that why the US has the right to bear arms?

???

I think you'd do better to say that Canadian cities have very few guns, as you're allowed to carry all over the place in the country, which is a significant portion of Canada. Even as far as the city goes, people carry guns all over the place. You can even get a concealed carry permit, and some do.

The difference between the US and Canada is that a) fully automatic weapons and other weapons that serve no useful purpose are banned for common carry (but can still be carried with a special permit) and b) you need to be able to show a level of competency, a level of responsibility, or a reasonable cause to carry any specific firearm. That, and there's no "right" to bear arms. You have the same issue with carrying around pretty much any weapon, be it a sword, a compound hunting bow, or a blow gun. In general, people don't have a problem with that.

Also, remember that the only real differences between a gang and a political party are that gangs don't have the backing of the government and their members are "elected" by different groups.

You know what gang members spend over 30% of their time doing? Sleeping. Another large chunk of their day is taken up with eating.

If you label all government organizations as gangs, just for a thought experiment, how does that affect the statistics on gang-related violence and crimes?

Indeed... it would make much more sense to make changes in your routine in anticipation of getting cancer, being hit by a car, or slipping in your bathtub. These are all serious issues that COULD have their risks significantly curtailed through known behavioural, technical and environmental methods, but for the most part aren't. Terrorists, on the other hand, by definition are in it to spread mass-FUD. If you don't fear them, then they have pretty much no means of accomplishing their goal, even if they kill a few thousand people. The only real way to defeat terrorism is to make sure terror doesn't gain a foothold.

Now it may be that some "terrorists" actually have other goals, such as invading and conquering a country.

Good luck with that in Canada, unless you've got a really really big army. It's like Hitler invading Russia: not going to end well for the invaders. Population density's just not high enough in Canada to depend on the herd mentality to do your dirty work.