A lot of the " more and more stuff that has nothing to do with an init system" that is "included" in systemd has nothing to do with systemd itself, or the systemd developers.
Example: Gnome. Why is gnome adding dependencies on systemd libraries ?

Who the fsck embeds OLE objects in PowerPoint.

I have enough trouble getting text to display.

Investigative journalism costs money. It's a far greater risk, in terms of expense, than simply regurgitating bullshit - from whatever source.

Mass media exists to make a profit, not enforce journalistic integrity.

divide the distance traveled since the last time they filled up by the number of liters/gallons

How funny

miles/gallon
kilometers/liter

(that being the USofA) is to worry about how far we can go on a tank of fuel. This is a throwback to the days when trips of any significant distance could easily leave you stranded between fueling stations (which used to be as much as hundreds of miles apart)

In that case, knowing distance per unit of fuel is more important than fuel per unit of distance.

In Europe, where distances are SIGNIFCANTLY shorter it is much more interesting to worry about the cost of the trip, especially when public transport options are close competitors in price. In this case the unit of fuel per unit of distance makes a much easier comparison.

I generally agree with the sentiment above. Although I think I would change the emphasis from knowledge to perspective. Sometimes the issues at hand are less about facts and more about thinking clearly about the facts, and what they really imply.

...I am just leaving the office for the Munich Oktoberfest.

I'll do my best, but usually 5 Maß is my limit.

...the first true AI will be able to churn out billions of lines of code ...

Let's hope not. I'd be satisfied with it only generating a few dozen, as long as they were truly bug free.

Given a billion lines of code, the correctness would have to be above %99.99999999 in order to have a chance of being error free. That's a pretty tall order, even for automata.

OK, so you're crazy, or stupid, or both.

It's OK, we have places for people like you.

Them: Hello, this is Microsoft. We have detected a problem with your computer.
Me: Really?
Them: Yes of course. Do you see your "start" button?
Me: No
Them: It's in the lower left corner.
Me:The lower left corner of what ?
Them: The lower left corner of your computer.
Me: The lower left corner?...........when viewed from where ?
Them: From the front.
Me: OK, let me see.....All I see is a little sticker that says Intel Inside on the lower left corner.
Them: I don't understand.
Me: The computer has a little sticker on the lower left corner. but no start button.
Them: No, I mean the lower left corner of your monitor.
Me: Wait I'll have a look..........I don't have a start button on the lower left corner of my monitor either. I do see a little sticker that says "Infant Optics" (it's a baby monitor) Them: click

Except we there is so much we do know........ for sure

There is water on the moon, and mars.

Gravity is real, ok !

The proportion of people who regularly watch hour long HD streaming video channels is probably pretty low.

Maybe that's because their ISP is providing inadequate service so they know better than to attempt it.

I fail to understand why everyone assumes that drones will be flying over their property.

I automatically assume that delivery drones will be required to fly not far above existing roadways. I guess that this probably increases rather than decreases the likelihood of injury should the drone fall out of the sky; but let's face it, Roadways are already damned dangerous, so adding to the danger increases the excitement level.

What's wrong with driver-less 1-wheeled vehicles ?

Now, what's wrong with zero-wheeled vehicles, ah, wait, that would be too similar to a drone to fit into your world view.

I sneeze at this:

http://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/pollen.gif