If they're going to include fictional characters such as Jesus and Mary then they need to open it up to all other fictional characters: Dr. Who, Zaphod, Oz, etc.

Is there a current model year car in the US that will run without computers today? Engine management, automatic transmission, RFID key systems, remote/button start, airbags, traction control, collision avoidance, backup cameras, auto headlights, the entire instrument cluster, the entire entertainment system.
I'd guess each and every car in production today in the US has at least 20 computers in it, doesn't that seem sufficiently "computerized"?

Understand that the processors in the computers are highly specialized to use the least amount of electricity and be the most reliable they can be. Has you engine every shut off because of a computer failure? The power usage is one that people don't seem to fully grasp. Your car generates its own electricity via the engine drivel alternator. IF you start tossing in high power general purpose CPUs and computer in the car you will increase fuel consumption for the added weight and power draw. It MAY be that the computer could offset those variables with added intelligence. Electricity use is one of the major reasons manufacturers are moving to LED lighting systems.

This is a VERY GOOD precedent to set. As soon as "the people" can't hide behind "just following orders" they will start to affect change.

So stop complaining that we did the wrong thing and tell us what we should have done. Put up or shut up. There's a LOT going on politically behind the scenes with ambassadors and such chatting in isolated rooms.

There are three options I can see:
1. Ignore it and let the EU sort it out
2. Sanctions and hard rhetoric, some military posturing in the region
3. Invasion to reclaim the occupied lands. we (US, GB, etc) invade, China assists Russia, India assists us, Pakistan, Iran and the reset of the nuclear nations join in short order... see where this goes?

We chose the middle ground, what's your plan?

Thunderbolt moves that many bits, you can argue useful throughput vs bitrate vs data rate all day, but TB moves the bits. USB has overhead as well which lowers the throughput in the same way but it will never sustain 400Mb/s in any way shape or form despite the "up to 480Mb/s" claim.

That we keep talking about the two in language that exactly describes the two, but we completely ignore the language?
EVERY spec for USB refers to the "up to" speed and quotes the maximum theoretical burst transfer rate that is sustainable for only fractions of a second in host to single peer communication.
Thunderbolt's speed is the speed. period. 1 peer or 16 peers doesn't matter. You get 20Gb/s every second after every second. USB has never and is likely to never achieve that.

This was true of Firewire vs USB as well; USB claimed "up to 480Mb/s" but could never sustain that for any human sense-able time. Firewire 800 was flatly 400Mb/s. Firewire didn't advertise a theoretical maximum speed that you could get once in a while; it was a real-world measurable throughput when you were copying files.

So as long as people are ignorant enough to fall for marketing hype instead of actual useful data then USB will continue to dominate (and people will continue to purchase cars based solely on HP ratings)

The parent was referring to his state's law enforcement personnel. They may well provide the scanned data to another provider, but the police themselves can't just randomly run license plates in the states I know anything about, they must have probable cause. You can, of course, debate that they can "make up" probable cause but I don't think you'll find a police officer that runs a plate without seeing something that they can cite or arrest for.

They aren't looking up the owner info, just keeping track of where the license plates are seen.

If you are going to detain people under the laws of the United States then those people should have all the protections of the laws of the United States. Equality under the law is a core principle.

The people in Guantanamo are not terrorists. They are accused terrorists. Send them to the international criminal court for proper trial.

You put the car in neutral, not shut of the engine.
No engine = no power brakes or steering.

Or you stomp on the brakes. Every car in the US that rolls off the assembly line has brakes that will stop the car even at full throttle. Intelligent cars (VW, Audi, Porsche at least) sense you are on the brakes and put the engine to idle no matter the throttle position.

I tell you unequivocally: in a properly designed car it is simply impossible to have a "run away" due to stuck throttle if you have ANY sense as a driver.

Holy shit... what do all these signs on the road mean? I better just drive as fast as possible to get where I'm going and ignore all the intrinsic features of my method of travel.

Education is ALWAYS a better option that obfuscation.

As well as the meaning of the word "militia" during the time of the writing of the amendment.

Likewise, the 1st amendment guarantees freedom from government sponsored/imposed religion. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,..."
ANY god is certainly an establishment of a religion yet Congress has passed laws respecting gods by putting oaths to them on our money and forcing school children to acknowledge such existence in a government mandated daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. These are both act that the founding fathers were against.

Why is it that the same people who will go to the ends of the Earth to uphold the 2nd amendment are usually the first on line trying to erase the 1st amendment?

Yes, the USPS is exactly that. It is an independent agency of the federal government but completely funded by its own operations.

What do you think it is if not a a government entity?

And explains why those activities are not sports.