Just under orbital speed, around 7000 metres per second?

Yes this is especially true since they updated Kerbal Space Program manager to 1.02...

Er, today there are far more people still living with their parents than ever. If you want to measure "standard of living" in terms of gadgets go ahead. In the 1950's one man could support his wife and several kids with a house fully paid for, health costs were not a problem, etc. Today? You are a slave to the bank. Don't you or your wife dream of getting sick. Can you afford that baby, and more importantly will mom and dad mind you adding yet another family member into the already crowded house?

And someone needs to go about registering and licensing the drivers, like the law says taxi drivers are supposed to be. Just because you don't "call" it a taxi doesn't mean it's not a taxi. The law already exists and Uber needs to be held accountable.

But do you dislike it enough to pony up for business/first class tickets? No? Then suffer, cattle.

How about illegal worker?

I can do it myself. It's cheaper for me to hire someone to do it. My time is worth more than his.

No, it's seeing people (like a carpenter I hired yesterday for a job) struggle to add 75 and 60 in their head that makes me feel superior. I don't expect them to understand complicated things.

If we all strive to pull ahead the pack as a whole improves. Sure someone will always be out in front, but we'll all be better than we were yesterday. Why do most people accept mediocrity? I could just give in and be mediocre myself - believe me it would be much less frustrating.

Which explains exactly why they are 100% expendable and replaceable. But isn't it a shame that most people have zero interest in something that they spend 25% or more of their time doing, let alone something that feeds them?

This is a problem with you - you have not established clear boundaries with your wife. My wife works from home and I know to leave her alone. She informs me of which calls are important so I take the dogs and keep them in the bedroom with me so that they are quiet if the doorbell rings, etc. Since I work from home too but I'm more flexible I make lunch at the time she agreed to have it (according to her outlook calendar for the day). I only start complaining when I see it's 7pm and she's still working... or when she allows herself only 10 minutes for lunch, but I know she won't change. But tell me - why doesn't your wife work? That way she'd leave you alone.

Maybe if you're a burger flipper. How about developing your skillset so that you're not just another drone? There are people who are highly sought after. My wife for example was made redundant at a Fortune 500 and another large company called her the minute they found out (about a week after her notification) to offer her an even better position. She didn't have time to work on her CV before she was on a plane to do the interviews. Needless to say she got the job. And there is no question of her working from home when she wants to.

Considering that the Brits are now in the dozens of millions of pounds for standing two (2) policemen outside the Ecuadorian embassy for a couple years, I'd think hundreds of millions of dollars. What this really means is that the system is completely broken and money just disappears, which is to be expected in a corrupt nation.

A couple hours spent interviewing someone to hire to set it all up? Yeah, lots of time and dedication. I'm not saying she'd do it herself. She'd hire people to do it for her. You think Paris Hilton personally manages her cosmetics line?

You'd think that someone worth a couple hundred million dollars would be able to launch their own pay-per-download site for their music and cut out the middlemen.