Most linux systems don't have root passwords anymore. Use sudo, don't allow root logins and you are safe from those stupid 'so 1996' kind of attacks.

Apparently not much, judging at the sheer amount of guns in circulation in the US.

Use any webcam or USB connected camera and 'motion' a Linux FOSS tool that lets you program picture taking any which way you want.

It's probably too expensive for robocallers to call from outside.

That. In most European countries there's no such thing as robocalls. They get their line disconnected fast.

Most of them are probably invisible. Good luck finding them. Or placed at the top of high poles/3D towers. Good luck reaching them.

As if the price of medications depended on the techniques used to produce them... Ha, you must be new here.

A tethered blimp that can be winched back. And a pump to fill it with martian air (or deflate it in case of storm). And a heating element to give it buoyancy.

I completely disagree with you. If there were enough people with (rightfully so) suspended licences in the US they would work to improve the infrastructure. You know that there are cities in the US that you CANNOT cross on foot ? Yes, I've lived there.

Another country that has driving peculiarities is France where you can buy licence-less car (voitures sans permis). Small cars that you can drive without license, or with a suspended license. They legally top out to 60km/h but I've seen some beefed up to go 120km/h. When you seen one you KNOW it's driven either by a drunk or by a blind 90 year old. Fuck those people and the car they rode onto. Let them walk or bike.

Install Linux on your machine, browse with GhostScript, adblock plus, flshblock. Use it for everything except the very few tasks where you need Windows.
Then install Windows in a virtual machine. Take snapshots regularly. Don't use any AV. Don't browse the web with it.

Isn't EISA (or ISA) still used on CURRENT industrial embedded systems like PC104 ? I'll soon know, I've just been asked to work on some... In that case it's very good if a modern kernel can support it.

Yeah, but it is only because the cities are so drowned in noise from other cars. Once all cars are quiet, the problem will solve itself (you can still hear them enough when its quiet). But if you mandate noise on them, it'll never happen. A quiet city would be awesome, particularly if you've ever lived near a busy road.

Yeah, those drivers remind me of little kids who go 'Wrooom wroom !' in their pedal cars... While adults secretely hope 'he'll grow out of it'...

Also I bike a lot and I can't believe the number of people who cross the road without even a glance. The sooner those people are out of the gene pool thanks to electric cars, the better.

I agree 100% with what you wrote, but not matter how you slice it, I fail to see how the cover of the latest Charlie Hebdo is in any way rude, mean or nasty. Some people are really thin skinned and should grow up.