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%.

I once saw a movie that had "science" in its name, and they showed a couple of guys attaching some wires to a doll and it made a real woman. Then they did it to a copy of Time magazine and made a nuclear missile appear. I blame people's skewed perception of science on Hollyweird. And don't even get me started on the crimes against science CSI has perpetrated.

What idiots! Everyone knows this only works on Windows phones!

When I go to conferences, I don't usually learn a lot. That said, I always pick up a few nuggets of information that are handy for my job. It is also nice to get away from the office for a few days or a week. I think some companies see that value. Sure, there are more economical ways to train/educate an employee. But knowing you are getting a somewhat paid vacation is one more nice reason to stay in your current position.

Would you say Alan Shepard's 15 minute Mercury Seven suborbital flight which carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles qualify him to be called an "astronaut"?

According to Google (https://www.google.com/search?q=define+astronaut), an astronaut is "a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft". It doesn't say you have to "add" to the mission.

"You can't sue someone for legally complying with the law."

Wrong!! For starters, you can sue someone for anything.

Secondly, there is no law that I can't have slippery floors. Yet, if you came to my house, slipped, fell, and hurt yourself; you could possibly successfully sue me for damages.

"The term "Surface" is an actual word, used beyond computers. It is really a dumb name to use for trademarked device."

You say that as if Radio Shack didn't successfully get to own the word ""Shack" and force Auto Shack to change its name to Autozone. There wasn't any real similarities between the stores, yet they still got to own "Shack." Fast forward a few decades and now Radio Shack has a metket cap of 83M while Autozone is around 17B. I bet if the batted happened now, Autozone would buy Radio Shack, take the name, and close the stores just to show who's boss. If they held any grudges, now would be the time for payback.

Is a 6 digit user ID a sign of an account being old?

Those terrorists don't value freedom like we do.

Like, the freedom to watch a video and get arrested for it.

Mind control is good and all, but brain control is where the real power is. ....
And I release you!

I have both read and seen World War Z, and see no problem with this.