Can I plug my Tesla into this? Cars that require no "refueling" are the future. Is this the start?

Install a non-ribbony version of MS Word

Bugs can be ancient. anyone remember that Windows VDM bug that affected every version of Windows based on NT? How is this bug different?

Bugs have to be found, you can't expect every bug to just be easy to find. That's how things like Heartbleed, and the VDM bug don't get discovered for years. I'm sure there's probably bugs almost as old as Linux itself in the kernel, and i'm almost certain there's bugs in Windows affecting everything from 3.1 up.

But yes, i'd be very suprised if this bug was reported 5 years ago. It's not unheard of in the Linux world, but it really shouldn't be happening, and thankfully happens rarely (and when it does, Slashdot has a field day)

And the lawyers won't take fees unless i win!

They're not always poisonous, but it's often a good place to start. Look at the many psychoactive drugs, which are chemically similar to neurotransmitters.

If it's similar, but not the same, chances are it will fuck you up.

Will people stop putting "harmful" in front of the word "pesticide", please? It's just stating the obvious.

And then those predators will start eating livestock, and the hunters are going to have to shoot them to stop the farmers losses...

Sure, you can get the same security by isolating modern machines from a network and loading code using USB's or CD's and DVD's, but why fix something that's not broken? These systems only have one job, and they were a significant investment when they were installed, and the still do their job pretty effectively. The US therefore has little to no incentive to upgrade the systems already in place.

The other thing worth mentioning is the simplicity of these systems. Older hardware is suprisingly easy to service, modify and alter purely because they're so primitive. Sure all those discreet components might be less reliable, but when something does go wrong, it's often a case of a bit of solder and a new component, instead of buying and installing a whole new SoC or daughterboard.

Loving the sarcasm, but seriously, these antiquated systems are probably a lot more secure than many modern systems. After all, it's next-to-impossible to hack one of these missile control systems if they're not connected to the internet and code must be loaded on 70's era floppy disks (which are next-to-impossible for Joe Bloggs to get hold of)

Sure, it's terrible energy-inefficient, and the support costs must be through the roof, but i'm more comfortable knowing that the missile control systems are running on pre-internet (and even ARPANET?) systems. It means the many enemies of the US cannot just hack into the missile control systems and start armageddon. No internet, no hacking, no problem.

Farmyard animals only exist because of the farms. Take away the farms, and you take away the farmyard animals. There's plenty of dying breeds of cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens as it is, these "meat substitutes" only worsen the situation.

This. Wild venison only has upsides. The wild deer population has to be controlled by man, otherwise the population will skyrocket, and every truck driver will have a deer crash once a week. Of course, shooting these wild animals means disposing of their bodies. what better way than disposing of a dead corpse than it ending up on my dinner plate! This comes from someone who has eaten venison donated from a "pest control"* friend

*Pest control, as in farmyard pests, such as deer, foxes and rabbits (rabbit stew is AWESOME)

I don't know... If everyone in the world switched from eating meat to eating vegan substitutes (which is more environmentally friendly), you're going to end up with a massive animal welfare crisis on your hands. All those cows, pigs, sheep, chickens etc are no longer going to be wanted by mankind. What this means is many thousands of years worth of natural and artificial selection will be wasted, most animals domesticated for meat will die out, and us as humans will lose a large chunk of what makes us "human".

TL;DR good for environment, not so good for the billions of animals domesticated for meat.

I follow the same idea. Who's going to steal a shit car full of shit and covered in shit? I also follow the same rule with most portable electronics. My macbook is covered in dents and scratches, not on purpose of course, but it still helps bring it's resale value down. Of course, i'm buggered when i come to sell the thing, but i'm pretty confident i could leave it in a Starbucks and no-one would pinch it.

Repellent to dirt != repellent to rednecks

But instead of getting flakes of teflon in your dinner, the guy behind you gets flakes of paint on his windshield?