'That close'?
I skimmed the article and nowhere does it say how big this area would be.
If it is supposed to counter listening in with spy antennas and drones, then it must be quite big.

'humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time'?
If this is really how they presented the question, then I dare say that a good amount of those 33% did not understand what was being asked here.
Someone who has no preference on the topic, or in science in general, would not necessarily make the connection to evolution, or even biology with such an abstract wording.

Assuming that the OS in question is often Microsoft Windows, what makes you think a virus/malware is required in order for the NSA to compromise it?

This is about communication, so yes, you are forced to use something that the other side also uses. Because communication involves at least two people.

Sure, the UNIX nerd from 1980 can sit alone with his box and hack away, so all is fine. Typical slashdot reaction.

Too bad a single setup of meta material typically only works for a very specific wavelength.
So, it could be helpful with applications using a defined wavelength (for example soundproofing an array of many ultrasonic transcievers from each other to reduce interference), but it won't mask you from a wide array of sounds.

They used a camera.

I always thought this was a very bad idea.

Sure, it may protect him from those who do not want the information released.

But for those wo do want it released, they might feel motivated to force it...

Oh yeah?
I pronounce howling and rolling the same!
Your move.

You are joking, but that is pretty much what I'd expect from a working voice command interface (minus the misunderstandings!):
To be able to make conversation about the narrow field of $device_purpose.

So yes, a voice operated radio should be able to tell me what radio station I am listening to.
And it should understand common keywords that have to do with music, news, sound and such things.

If the system needs clarification and this requires the driver to inspect the screen, isn't that a problem with the implementation?

Clarification should be requested and should be given in voice alone.

Anything else defeats the purpose of the voice interface, doesn't it?

Hey, my first project with a microprocessor was also to make an LED blink.
This guy is off to a good start!

This is not true.

You will get a better stopping distance from rolling off the tires very close to the limit to sliding (in static friction) than from blocking the wheels and sliding to halt (sliding friction).
They will produce much more grip that way. Once they start sliding, you lose a lot of that.

Depends.
Was the tested subject time machines, or temporal magics?

They went and collected a random sample of clamps out of the million(billion) clamps down there, and one out of their sample happened to be over 500 years old.

How do you see the chance that they randomly picked the oldest clamp on the planet?

By the laws of large numbers there are a lot of clamps still down there, that are older than this one.
So rest asured, the oldest animal on the planet was not killed (I would have said 'is still alive' but that's circular logic).

For starters, no picoturtles.