It's a small club.

Just go all the way and name it the XR4Ti...

Using qualifiers such as 'can't easily do that' or 'makes life harder' reinforces my complaint. This doesn't prevent anything, just makes it hard for the little guys. States can still apply resources and break in if they want.

One of those words does not mean what you hope it means.

Forcing HTTPS on every website is the current scammage. For this, I get to go out and buy a cert, mess with the server, and all for a Joomla site that doesn't have any internal security issues fixed by HTTPS.

What is this fixing, again? Wordpress add in vulnerabilities, or certificate authorities revenue?

As if 'nobody' conspires with the Postal Service to do the work in the sorting center.

Smart people get rich at an alarming rate. Maybe we need to stop them from being so smart? Or at least so industrious?

Seriously, where do you go to school, Columbia? Bates?

Huh.. What DO batteries do?

Population growth as a global threat is entirely discredited. Point to some nation where pop growth is noticeable, and you'll find a nation where food supplies are hampered by war, dictators, or racial strife. Food on our planet, even in Africa, can be produced in abundance. Getting it to those who need it, especially in refugee camps, is the first problem.

And Africa seems to have more than its share of strife. The UN has certainly punted on that, and the US should rethink its policies. The list is long enough to find at least one conflict to address.

Pop growth is an old and cheap canard. Stick to global climate change. That scam is pretty much still being pushed hard.

So I calculate the opportunity cost of investing in backup supplies, vs, you know, opportunities to use those funds and storage space in other ways.

Of course, the planning intervals, usage patterns, etc. lead me to stock more of paper products, less of cleaning supplies, and take advantage of sales and discounts when I perceive maximum benefit.

For Amazon, if I am impelled to subscribe to Prime and avoid shipping for all these purchases, then Amazon has to calculate the profit. Mind you, Prime probably renews automatically, so I am probably going to be hooked for two years even if I loath Prime - I'll stand a 40% chance of missing the first renewal and cancelling on time. Wired could learn from this, but they seem to be intent on killing paper subscriptions, so maybe they are deliberate in annoying their oldest and most loyal subscribers. Amazon is not. Yet.

And I'm still not convinced this isn't a joke, so I'm speculating here. I will pass until I see this differently. Costco is too close for Amazon to compete for my business.

User distrust is bad.

User dissatisfaction is bad.

CA fraud causes the above.

Any questions?

If the State searches through records of geolocation, toll gates, even street cameras, these are searches. They must meet the limits of the Fourth Amendment.

The State SEARCHED...

What part of this is at all unclear?

80 knots uninterrupted across an ocean is pretty attractive.

Especially for cargo slightly less valuable than most air freight, and much less volume than a boat can justify.

When you can see past spellchecker errors and the effects of the miserable Slashdot mobile pages, then you will be able to engage in meaningful dialog. Until then you will be dismissing contrary opinions for no good reason.

Other than that, your island seems nice.

Really well? They seem to be losing the lead in the sea pirate business.