We'll also assume you're not interested in continuously updated images of empty ocean.
 
I think the families of Malaysian Flight 370 might have something to say about that.

One concept- on station floating wifi.

1939-1945

I'm not the one who is anti-conformist.

There's absolutely no reason left not to do it.

"No, the ideal is the abandonment of man's authority over man."

Which is still conformity to an ideal.

"Then let's make sure everybody is treated the same, under the same rules."

That's an ideal I can get behind, but you can't- because that would be CONFORMITY.

" I was simply being a bit more pragmatic in a world where people who see equality as a threat to their privileged status and lifestyle want to take us back to the dark ages."

The Dark ages weren't so bad, but then again, as a post modernist, you can't possibly defy the conformity of your own prejudices to admit that.

What's so hard about "If GPS or Cell Phone Tower location reports speed greater than 20MPH, turn on car mode"?

It's rank conformism to an ideal, and thus is against your ideal of anti-conformism.

I do. Actually, slightly higher at the moment.

Having said that, one specialty in programming and Software Engineering would benefit greatly from CSci students having some experience with help desk work: User Interface Design.

Everything I know about User Interface Design, I learned in my first two professional jobs where I had direct contact with end users.

Any nuclear fuel that is dangerous- is also nuclear fuel that is still fuel, that is, still giving off energy. What we really need is a way to recapture and recycle that energy.

You mean cut off from *cheap* road transportation. The correct response to such a problem is to develop new technology.

What is wrong with ocean farming? Kelp is a wonderful food source.

I find it equally interesting that "less than a 1% chance that current global warming could be simple fluctuations" is somehow being translated as "less than a 1% chance that current global warming could be natural". The two statements are not equal. The possibility still exists that the cause of global warming is something we don't understand yet. All they actually did is prove that global warming is happening, they failed to prove that it is caused by man.

Actually, Siri can't. There is a well known phenomena that there's a lack of published articles online that were published between 1960-1990 Articles before 1960 are considered historical and interesting, articles after 1990 were when the early digital services that were the precursors to the web were competing for content. Someday we'll get around to digitizing the magazines that contain the information you seek, but not soon, because there's no money in it.