Oh ... we never talk about that, only the shiny bells & whistles, right? No privacy, no purchase, sorry.

So we can mourn with those poor, poor autoplay video ad creators.

Isn't that what Zed called them in M.I.B.? The Internet's version of little kids throwing rocks at the neighbors' windows.

We have millions of undermployed citizens and a future where there are not 300 million jobs. The last thing we need is a growing population. We need to educate the people without jobs to fill the ones that exist, not add more to the population for a future where they don't.

It will be more of a 'space kiosk' than 'space station.'

I switch the default on every install anyway, so ... *shrug*

Limbaugh Syndrome

No, nothing is 100% secure ... did someone say it was? I could just take a fire axe to the door.

By his own admission Snowden is a thief and liar. Whether he's also a traitor, well, I'll wait for sworn testimony at his trial, I try not to prejudge.

I mean, look at what happens on election day ... and people are surprised that critical thinking skills are in short supply?

"You can't really do anything else. You don't have a social life. You don't really want to interact with family and friends because there's just not much context for them. Your world revolves around your startup ..." This is an inherently unhealthy lifestyle, it's hardly any surprise it leads to unhealthy results. Doesn't matter what the business is, a poor integration of your work life into the rest of your life will cause problems.

Well, he married a 35 year old when he was 73, so we have a clue on his theories about remaining young.

Sure, technology could bring the 'singularity' and 20 billion people could live here comfortably. But ... I'm not betting on it. Global warming was caused by a simple thing: too damned many people consuming energy on this rock, and it gets worse every year. Unfortunately, when betting on the future I have to like the odds of Stand On Zanzibar way more than Star Trek. (And let's remember that the Star Trek society only came about after a global thermonuclear war drastically reduced Earth's population.)

And really, congratulations to them and to you for that genetic legacy. On the other hand, I don't know of a male relative on my father's side that made it to 70. Dad dropped within 5 years of early retirement. And watching the agonizing, emasculating way that death took him told me (a) don't wait until too late to retire, and (b) don't fight for that last extra year if it's going to be the most painful, unproductive year of your life. I've had a great life, but I'm only going to keep clinging to it while it's a life worth living. Could be 65, could be 85, but there will be a point when the advantages of keeping this body moving through the days do not outweigh the disadvantages.

But keep in mind that in a world of finite resources, the longer you live the more resource you are using up. The old must at some point die simply to make way for the young, or there will be 40 billion people living an impoverished lifestyle on this planet.