I do remember the days of real-time text. I don't want it back. I make too many typos and other such mistakes. I'd rather not let others watch me type.

If they win, I'm going to start using and patent and trademark the letter e. Then sue anyone who uses it.

Way

I agree. In fact, I'm wondering how much this sort of thing costs and how light it is. It might be worth looking into taking it on camping trips through the desert.

Good. That means the people who used to sit on phones all day can now go and do something productive and help increase the wealth of the nation.

Why not? Someday germs might love getting drunk.

if they pointed it back towards Earth, it could be used to spy on us.

I agree. Don't fuck around with situations like this. Losing a loved one can be very painful for some people and to have shit like this going on only makes it worse. Unfortunately, the way the justice system works, nothing will probably happen besides a couple of news articles.

UAVs or even artillery shells?

This is so true. Notice even slashdot has gone green. Just look at their color scheme.

Looks like that's changing.

We are fighting sand people for christ sake! Why not just use a pocket calculator for all our computing needs? That's far more powerful than anything they have.

I don't meant to be offensive, but we really do overpower them by so much we really don't need to be spending a crap-ton of money to overpower them even more. I'm sure there's something here about diminishing returns.

Problem is, I see it changing. As taxes go up and our freedoms go down, companies are going to be moving out. The only thing keeping us in the lead is the fact that other countries are also getting worse.

I can't wait for this feature!

When they hit the market