That's exactly what I bought in Europe, and I experienced no problems in doing so. Why would they refuse it?

For example, in the immediate vicinity of a magnetar, the strong magnetic fields would deform electron orbitals to the extent that life chemistry with complex molecules simply might not work.

So...you're voluntarily paying for something you don't actually need and don't use it on purpose?

That should have read "obviously no deficiencies", of course!

I spelled out the "obviously no efficiencies" part, haven't I? How much up to date are you with your Hoare lectures?

Because they'd have to change their whole direction? As I said, compact things fell out for fashion in the SW arena.

And what about managers who steer the development effort in a direction highly likely to produce buggy code, those won't get measured?

Because small software fell out of favor some time ago. And it doesn't do HTML5 yet. :-) (It may not be actually easy, but compared to the man-years needed to create the 100MLOC behemoths of today, it doesn't seem such a far-fetched prospect to me! Especially if we're talking about specialized secure computing systems, where one might be expected to be willing to do a few sacrifices...)

No, it's because BT doesn't like this.

Except for Oberon... (And other similar designs in the spirit of "obviously no deficiencies")

What has that to do with the things I was writing about? FYI, we *did* have bread queues in the 1980s.

Well, I've never disputed that. Nor does it contradict anything I said on that. ;) Personally, all this seems alien to me, though (and I've been there, and haven't done that).

I'm pretty sure that if Hamas knew about Israelis posting vertical videos on the Internet, they'd get even more enraged and motivated to wipe out the abomination!

You're talking about radar-guided counter-battery fire. Well, Israel could most certainly do that, but prepare for the shit hitting the fan it they ever do that.

Except the ANC "won", and they were still labeled as terrorists afterwards. That doesn't sound like "winners writing history" to me. That sounds much more like "the truth will prevail".