States rights aren't the end all. If a state suddenly said they were decriminalizing murder, that doesn't mean murderers get a free ticket. That's an extreme example, but valid nonetheless.

"That said there is nothing stopping the military from turning on the scramble again and making all your new fangled GPS rather useless"

Except the GLONASS system which is managed by NOT the US and which many units can also work with. I have a Garman that uses both systems and can usually see 10-15 satellites at a time. That really helps with accuracy and speed.

You are far more likely to get killed by syphilis than Ebola.

Just because insurance doesn't cover a problem, doesn't mean you can't get treatment. They can easily say no, we don't cover that. Then the Dr/hospital/clinic will just send you the bill (assuming you live).

We use many terms. Back in the day, we used to say a third or a triad. It reminds me of the time I took a long trip. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

There is an easy solution for this problem. Corporations could not store metadata for individuals. Then they wouldn't have to produce anything. They wouldn't need " to build departments, processes, training, security procedures and create for themselves and very expensive endless quagmire of bureaucracy."

If they want to keep that data, then they need to share it with the people creating such data. The other option would be to share it with everyone. Nobody would like that though. Or, when you login online to check your account, they share it there. That shouldn't be too hard.

"There's just a shortage of qualified people willing to work for much less than they're worth."

Who gets to decide what they're worth?

How high is that in libraries of congress?

Yes, this isn't a 1st amendment issue. Even so, free speech doesn't mean it is free from all consequences.

"Someone making $150k simply won't be able to afford housing "

That's just stupid. Sure, it may be expensive there, but ANYONE making $150k can find housing ANYWHERE.

This (http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/10/19/what-percent-are-you/) says that if you make 150k, you are in the top 11% of incomes. Where do you think those other 89% live? Really? I feel so bad for those poor people who only make 150k and can't afford a 5000sqft house.

I expected 95% of the comments to be critical or make fun of "va-pour". Slashdot, you've let me down.

Isn't this already here with satellites? i.e. unmanned aerial vehicles

Are you saying when civil rights laws were passed in the 60s and were unpopular in some areas of the country, that their congressmen should have voted against them because that's what their constituents wanted?

"And yet, only one side should matter; the people."

Unless they are wrong. If 95% of the people are ok with slavery, that still doesn't make it right.

"I just gag on "free ride". 11M Netflix subscribers pay Verizon/Comcast/etc $50 * 12 * 11m = $6.6 billion a year for this "free" ride. Margins on Internet services at Verizon/Comcast are believe to be in the 90% profit range."

Two things.

1. You didn't even bother to mention the fact that Netflix themselves most likely pays a hefty bandwidth bill to their ISP(s). So both consumers and Netflix themselves are paying for bandwidth on both ends of the cable.

2. I doubt margins are at 90%.