Perhaps, but the point is to make a tractor that is 70% as good as a Deere, at less than 30% the cost of a Deere. This project is not targeted at industrial farms, or people who do large scale farming as their primary occupation. The equipment is currently targeted at the "want to grow my own food, and have enough to actually feed my family" more-than-hobby scale, where hand tools are insufficient, and the price of professionally built equipment can be a huge barrier to entry.

When the smallest Deere tractor you can buy costs you over $16,000, and after spending that much you still don't have any implements to use with it to actually get work done, having a cheaper alternative starts to look more attractive.

Also, if you had read the article, you would have noticed that they ARE working on a plan for building and selling enough construction machines to have the farm turn a profit. They're just sharing the blueprints so that other people can do the same.

Not necessarily racist (though that is a possibility), but definitely isolationist.

It is something like a cry of "America for Americans," but without realizing that phrase means shipping all the white people back to Europe.

Insightful my ass!

You sound like the guy in the SUV barreling down an icy road at over 50MPH that ran me off the road, nearly killing my family in the process.

You sir, need your license revoked.

Rights are a privilege, not a right. You need to abide by the requirements set forth by the governing bodies, or find another country to live in. It's really that simple.

/sarcasm

For an Asimovian robot, the correct course of action would be to move the 1 explosive laden human as far away from the 99 humans as quickly as possible to avoid as many injuries as possible to the 99, while in the process attempting to disarm the explosive in order to also save the life of the one. If disarming were not possible, it would attempt to remove the explosive device from that one, accepting the possibility of causing non-lethal injury in the process, followed by itself carrying the explosive device as far away from any humans which might be injured by its detonation. If possible, it would then distance itself from the device, to avoid harming itself, but otherwise would use its own body to shield any humans from the detonation.

The interesting part is when, due to plot contrivance, the robot was entering the warehouse in order to quickly retrieve some goods or device which would be used to save the lives of another 100 humans, and must choose which group to save, as also due to plot contrivance there is insufficient time or resources (or robots) to save both groups.

Of course, the point that Asimov usually makes is: a robot which survives such an ordeal wherein humans are killed usually goes catatonic due to the conflict in its positronic net due to allowing a human to come to harm.

Global warming is a Great thing!

We can provide for endless new jobs over the coming centuries as we have to rebuild literally thousands of drowning cities! We will open up new sea shipping lanes, as previously impassable straits are expanded from rising ocean levels! Previously frozen tundra will become prime temperate real estate!

Imagine the possibilities!

/sarcasm

It seems that the people we need to be watching are the shrimp processing plants. Now we know what they're up to with all that extra chitin laying around.

The moral of this story is: Don't fly with Delta.

They've screwed up every trip I've taken on their airline. Never giving them my business again.

My fellow Earthicans,

We need to take a stand against all the illegal aliens coming to our fair planet to probe for jobs. To this end, we will build a Dyson fence around the southern border of the solar system...

I, for one, welcome our unicorn fart power generating overlords.

So long as the farts aren't in my back yard.

/sarcasm