Several bad assumptions were caught -- however one that I've not seen (yet) is the assumption that all the cell phone are "smart" (aka latest tech features form and function). I for one don't want one (if you gave it to me I'd quickly sell it before it was stolen). I also know of many people that don't want one. Many of us like our old desktop/laptop/server. I'm also not into the idea of sharing my phone when I want to watch TV.

So far --- most solutions require yahoo+ (I don't want to pay yahoo to leave yahoo!)

Found a way to connect to gmail, but that has issue (gmail doesn't sort right)

Might need to break down and pay to get my data.

With the 'new' (sucky) web client -- I've started to move away from Yahoo. Bad news: Not gone yet. Biggest problem: Getting my old email messages out. (Need them for several reasons -- including legal)

Time to move out of Yahoo... (adding another buzz kill!)

1. Frozen eggs fertilized eggs (yes, they all can be female).
2. As the ship will be generational, the new children will do as taught, as it is all they will know since birth.
3. Labor? Prefab houses, meals ready to go. What is left?

Don't need males for the first 30--35 years. Use pre-selected (female) embryos for the first 35 years.... then allow males to enter the general population.
(Wow, just realized: for hundreds of years, no one will have seen a male!)

They wouldn't need to all be born at the same time. Also, the initial population should be all female (obvious reasons). Time the release of new-born to allow for the most genetic diversity. (They may not be happy hatching others eggs but... hey, they've got a new planet to populate!) After the first ~10 births per woman (assuming 150 to start with, starting at age '18') working they 'norm' mortality (adult/child) after about 30-35 years you are looking at a population of about 10K, which could be sustainable.
After arrival 150...
Year 1: 150 woman give birth to 150 children. Population 299.
Year 2: 150 woman give birth to 150 children. Population 447.
Year 3: 150 woman give birth to 150 children. Population 595... (you get the point)
...(year 11 through 17 look amusing).

...again, after about 30--35 years, males could then be permitted, and one would no longer need embryos.
(side note: tweaking the spreadsheet for this is interesting.)

Not to long ago, I watched as someone was texting -- walked into an intersection (crosswalk) against the (pedestrian) light. The on-coming traffic (with a normal engine) had to stop as to not hit her. As she approached me -- I told her "you just walked against the light and forced that car to stop" ... to which she replied "I'm sorry" and continued what she was doing. (Hey, I'm not the one that is going to get plowed into by not paying attention). Darwin candidate?

The point being: If someone is not paying attention - and walks into the street, engine noise (or lack of it) is not going to make a lot of difference, only an excuse for lawyers after the fact. (He knew his car was quite -- he should have watched out for that pedestrian!)

And just how many times do *you* crash into two walls and a tree at 110 mph (while drunk)? The risk of this happening is so SMALL, why would this a factor with a decision to not buy?
-- If my gas powered car would let me walk away after this type of incident -- I would buy that car again. Oh, wait...

The 90's ???? This concept was proposed in the back in August 1970 in Popular Science. article "Super Flywheel to power Zero Emission Car".

I also remember a same concept article talking about buses (mass transit) when I went to school (don't remember the magazine though).

Can someone post enough info .. to generate a Streisand effect? Would love to know what they have to say.