You don't need to have that thing attached to your face at all hours of the day.

Attached to your face? I think I see the problem - you're holding it wrong.

Pepsi loaded all their inventory on a truck moved it 1 foot then did an inventory count each quarter is a classic example.

It's odd that a "classic" example doesn't seem to actually exist. Got a source for that?

You're right, it will be more difficult than it appears at first glance. In my experience, this is true with every non-trivial endeavor*.
It's also inevitable. I don't think the issues you've raised will be major impediments. If there are any, and there always are, it will be something else that hasn't yet occurred to anyone.


*even when you take into account Hofstader's Law (heh).

Unless somehow there were a weakness in Flash, and that page exploited it. I know, I know, it seems almost impossible to believe there'd be yet another Flash-based exploit.

For sufficiently small values of "most". A 1% daily move in a well-traded stock, while not uncommon, is nowhere near a 50% probability. If it were you could make a fortune in options.

A 1% move on an individual stock is not that much

1% in a minute? That's a pretty good annual return. But seriously, anybody fooled into buying by that tweet deserves losing a little cash. Had I seen it in time I'd have sold into it.

Heh. This must be some new kind of energy ...

It's not adding energy, it's avoiding some of the loss. A chair does a similar thing. By using that you expend less energy than by having to maintain your balance by standing.

Well that depends, doesn't it? It comes down to what makes more sense. If the server-dependent games were free, in most cases that'd be better than paying a substantial price for the stand-alone game. And somewhere on the line between free and that price is the tipping point where one a better choice than the other.

Many people will choose to use a driverless cab instead of their own car for the commute

Yes, I think in urban areas it will become fairly rare for an individual to own a private car. There's little need. A taxi will always be nearby, and without the human salary will cost significantly less than it does today.

That was somebody from Apple. They screwed up. They were going for your pancreas.

I doubt it. The pancreas is not shiny at all.

That wasn't a hoax. It's just that when they figured out how to reproduce it in the lab at a small fraction of the cost, spaghetti farming was no longer viable. That's the reason it's not seen today.

I'm pretty sure he was going along with the joke.

As long as there is money to be made by ripping people off over the internet there will be people somewhere in the world willing to spend their time (and money) trying.

No need to type that "over the internet" part.

It's your Bulova that will be obsolete in a few years. There's only so much wrist space. Wasting it on something as impotent as a mere clock will seem downright foolish. And don't even think about it being an "heirloom". Your grandchildren will say "That's, uh, very nice, Grandpa. Now how do I get it onto the network?"

These "race cars" can't go the distance so they have to create special tracks to use them on instead of running them on known tracks.

Is that so odd? Many many sporting activities have facilities designed especially for them.