^^^spoiler alert

The interface is half the story; the controller must be able to take advantage of its bandwidth. Dell is vague about the performance of the SSDs it sells with the M3800. I'm assuming they're the older ones that top out at ~500 MBps read/write. Newer SSDs can easily double that.

I believe the Dell M4800 compares more with the W540, including support for 32GB.

It's a decent refresh of the M3800 model, but I think I will hold out for a Skylake model with a PCIe SSD. Fall timeframe sounds about right.

If the drone is a hydrogen filled dirigible then I'm betting quite a while.

Start with a Tesla Model S chassis and mount one of those Tea Cups you find in amusement parks. That would be interesting.

Or someone is running low on funding.

Any chance the topology of space-time can vary independently of gravity?

Despite its flaws, let's use the rubber sheet analogy. Except in this case, suppose there are two rubber sheets: one atop another. Say ordinary matter (planets, stars, etc.) indent the top sheet as expected, but only black holes can over-extend the first sheet and influence the shape of the second underlying sheet.

Now suppose this second sheet deforms over greater distances than the first, which in turn influences the shape of the top sheet overlaying it.

Thoughts?

It's not inexpensive, but poorer places than California are interested in it.

How about thorium-based nuclear desalination? Any progress on that front?

Cronyism, lack of competition, and lack of sensible regulation make capitalism much worse than it should be. And it's nothing new.

Not just copper thieves. We're likely talking meth heads here. Which are sorta like a precursor to zombies, and everyone knows they can be a real PITA.

I'm thinking more of a dimension (brane) that underpins the fabric of space; one whose shape can change independently of the presence of ordinary matter/gravity in our dimension. Only a black hole would be capable of exerting an effect.

...You have... (20-second awkward pause)... 2,147,483,647 seconds to comply.