"Or maybe they were just eating rat?"

People were keeping coins in the mouth, harder for pickpockets to get at, so at every transaction, you got the pest for free.

"Is there a market for used or stolen Tesla cars or parts?"

Not very likely. Even the radio is dangerous for the ears, since the volume goes up to 11.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...

"I have to imagine that the climb to that level of 3D printing (assuming we ever get there) will be so gradual that society will have plenty of time to adjust."

Yes. All those Chinese kids who make the world's shoes will do something else instead.

"Why wouldn't sleeper ships have radio beacons, and if later ships developed better propulsion tech, they could catch up to the older ones, update their engines or transfer their crew. Why would you simply leave the older ships out there, knowing they're eventually going to catch up with you at the destination?"

We can't even find a Boing on Earth who had radio beacons.

"this. Augmented reality is about interacting with the real world. Virtual reality is about being cut off from it."

Just add a camera to Occulus and you can walk through a New York without the rats, where crazy and homeless people are moving pieces of art, the subway cars always brand new and so on.

Unfortunately without an Nosolus Rift, you'll still have the smell of pee.

"They just added karma to xbox accounts?"

Yes. If thieves and rogues steal too much from Paladins, they get a record.

"If that were the case I would point them to the refining process for gasoline."

Just take any modern Diesel and run it with Canola oil.

It will be the one that the Colbert Nation votes for.

"The Apollo artifacts left on the moon remain the property of NASA and by extension the US Government "

Or it could be considered an abandoned ship, so even without a letter of marque it could be considered a prize for the taker.

"ie. radio?"

Newsletters (the twitter of the nineties)
I got emailed 'periodic content' daily, weekly, monthly, over the 'internet', you could subscribe an unsubscribe via email too.
Some of them run to this very day.

"Well, obviously a lot of Turks don't agree with their government's idea of "legal".

Not to mention that they still occupy Northern Cyprus since 1974.
Both of them Nato members and Cyprus actually being in the EU.

They Cypriots don't understand what's so special about the Crimea.

"With all the fees and licenses and cost of ammo, it is infeasible to hunt for subsistence in this era."

Those who need to hunt for subsistence don't bother with fees and licenses.
As for the ammo, they are re-loaders.

"Mod this up. The ATM industry is INCREDIBLY cheap."

Can't be. My ATM has always money to spare.

Back to the Moon in 4 years.

Back to the Moon and back, 17 years.

"While Watson can come up with answers much faster than a human, as demonstrated by the Jeopardy showcase, I wonder if it can come up with more accurate answers over a longer term vs. a team of researchers and scientists."

Sure. It also has not the slightest nightmares about malpractice insurance, also no hangovers, ex-wives lawyers harassing them and it works 24/7.

So long-term, no problem.