"make sure it is used for space exploration as intended"

Why do you want NASA to go against its objectives spelled out in The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958?

Have you tried reading National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which spells out the firs eight objectives of NASA? The first is "The expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space".

"they should have the right to admit or bar any horse they want"

But they also have an obligation to adhere to the rules they already established in the contractual relations with its members and its charter.

The very question at hand is whether AQHA actually has a rule that forbids cloned horses, and thus it becomes a matter of contract law.

"in fact it's some corporate task force that abuses the old City situation to give themselves public powers."

While the specifics of the City of London Corporation may be unique, the fact that the city government is an incorporated legal body makes it just like any other chartered city government since chartered cities were invented.

"You're still going to only get the alcohol of a standard drink whether you eat the starchy stuff straight up or put it in a quart of water."

Only if you consume the starchy stuff at a rate as slow as consuming the amount of water you are intended to put it in.

"It builds stuff for consumers."
Tell that to all my coworkers with MacBooks.

"And a sizable percentage of consumer laptop users regularly use HDMI."
My desktop computer doesn't even have HDMI. It has 2 DisplayPort and one DVI. Of the tree monitors I have running at home and tow at work, the only one that even has an HDMI input is the weird knock-off Korean brand. The HPs and Dells have none.

" A sizable percentage regularly use their laptop to charge their cell phone while traveling."
In a situation where you're already using the laptops for for a display you'd would necessarily have an output to plug in a phone charge because you'd need an outlet for the display somewhere.

On the one hand, there is a weakness in my argument in that all I am offering are anecdotes. On the other hand, you are not even offering that much.

There were eight original Foundation stories, but _Foundation_ only contains 5 stories: "The Psychohistorians", "The Encylopedists", "The Mayor"s, "The Traders", and "The Merchant Princes". "The Psychohistorians" was written specifically for the book.

There were eight Foundations stories published separately. The first four with one new story were combined for _Foundation_, the next two made up _Foundation and Empire_ and the remaining two made up _Second Foundation_. The other Foundation books were written as entire complete novels.

Clearly, the NSA has compromised the laws of physics.

" I can't think of anybody I know who doesn't use HDMI with their laptops"

Perhaps that is because you do not personally know everyone with a laptop?

The Lenovo ThiknPad T540P I use for work doesn't have HDMI, only VGA and mini DisplayPort. At my desk I use a USB3 docking station to add 2 external monitors. My perosnal Macbook Air does not have HDMI, only mini DisplayPort. I use AirPlay to an AppleTV to display on my projector.

EU rules mandate microUSB. If you made a phone with a Type C port, you will still need to ship an adapter to comply.

From the article: “We were told that we were not allowed to discuss anything that was not a true fact,”

Why does Florida hate gravity?

"A desktop should be powerful,"
All of my real work is done on compute servers in the data center that is climate controlled with redundant power and networking. I don't care how much local processing I have as long as I can be editing one deck of slides while I have one pivot table open without closing VNC and Remote Desktop.

"have large/multiple screens."
I'm driving three displays when I plug in at work. My main constraints on going to four are desk space to set them down and strain on my neck from turning side to side.

The retailer is not inherently interested in either protecting or violating privacy, so the choice is purely one of net expenditure. You can either raise the costs of violation and hope that you can catch them or can lower the costs of protection.

If obesity is purely a moral failing, then gut flora must be purely a moral failing too.