and hitting on girls a decade young than me in short skirts.

I figured that they already knew I liked checking out all of the hot chicks in the Match.com/online dates.

Maybe some other algorithm already knows that I'm sad and alone. :(

The most efficient form of labor. No employer matching 401k contributions here.

You don't just start with automatic driving cars everywhere from bars to garages.

This system seem rip for highway use only at first. Limited access and long boring driving it what it will be best suited for. I expect to see special automatic driving lanes to take the place of HOV lanes in major cities as a first step.

Obviously plastic means paying for things with credit cards and bank accounts.

Electrons and math means bitcoins and the like.

It was always fall and (american) football.

I'm pretty sure I have used a ghetto botega ATM that used a dial-up in the past 6 months.

Until someone comes up with a single word that means "copied against the will of the code's owner", people will use the word stolen. Get over it.

Are any US states opt-out versus opt-in? Every state I have living in is opt-in. If we made most places opt-out, it seems like it would greatly increase the supply.

When a girl asks me if I have seen her Rabbit, I know it's not going well.

Locks also keep homeless people from shitting in my car.

Still crazy that California of all places was the state to bad same sex marriages.

As to the DOMA, it was still a cop-out by the Obama administration to refuse to defend the law and require the court to overturn it. The AG's office should defend the laws on the books and allow Congress and the courts to decide on the laws.

I assume the idea here is the system is off grid for when you have a system wide failure like Sandy. Obviously Manhattan does not have any above ground wires.

Also, plenty of "towers" in Manhattan are simply antennas bolted to the top of apartment buildings wired to the buildings power with limited batteries.

Agreed. Isn't this the job of NSA, MI-6 and other spy agencies? They exist to spy on other counties, allies or not.

If you have a job of any importance with dealing with money or a security clearance you already have to give your finger prints for your license/clearance anyway.

If they want a swab from my cheek as well, go ahead.