I once drove a car down a narrow lane that ended in a blind T intersection - I had to roll down the windows turn off the engine and listen to hear if there were cars coming before attempting to pull out (slowly). A self driving car would no doubt stall there forever if it was sensible and not programmed for this event - surely the driver has an override.

your assertion that there is a lack of scientific evidence for god is completely incorrect. Science has identified god as a spirit of consciousness that exists across a diverse group of humans, all acting as part of a bigger system. In the same way that bee hives have been shown to be like giant minds, so is god. Anyone denying this exists scientifically should be made aware of this fact.

yeah it's usually the birds temporarily drowning themselves to catch fish

His point is that by outsourcing the testing the developers know they don't have to do it themselves so bugs naturally accumulate.

if it's deterministic the casino should be fined, losers should all be refunded, and winners should keep their winnings. i don't think it's hard for casino's to put penalty clauses in to their supplier agreements for machines etc, or to shuffle card decks more often to prevent counting etc.

too easy for someone to get the source and "tweak" it before compiling. Most problems happen on the "inside" - a rogue sys-admin could do anything with open source - no-one is going to be able to prove the binary doesn't match the source or who changed it

probably all it is

hmm sounds like you are knowingly asking them to assist you to terminate your life prematurely, I'm pretty sure there's quite a lot wrong with that.

e.g.: if (incomingMissiles = true) launchCounterAttack();

Um with Electric bicycles pedalling is optional and an average speed of about 20 miles per hour is provided for you by the engine. There is no need to shower if you don't pedal. I commute about 3 miles and park my bike in the corner of the office. Door to door is less than 15 minutes, and thats faster than I can do in a car as I need to park a bit further away and walk. I don't think you can compare normal cycling to an electric bike, as electrics are much faster up hills than most cyclists so can produce pretty good average speeds. Living 20 miles from work is a bit far for an electric cycle, but you could do it in an hour without breaking a sweat.

You just admitted you typed the CD-keys of software into google. Google doesn't do anything to keep what people search for hidden, in fact they go out of their way to publish it. Sure it's hard to find things that are only searched for once, but I'm certain that sharing the CD-Keys with a third party - even google - is prohibited by the license agreement

I sold my car, and bought an electric cycle this year, and I'm pretty impressed with it. I commute on it - charge it overnight once or twice a week, and don't get a sweat up even on hills into a head wind. Costs $5 per year to charge it, and $12 to insure it. Compared to my car it's ridiculously cheap - and because most of the time I'm passing cars that are waiting for other cars ahead, I get to work in around the same time as a car (12 minutes by bike. When there's no traffic I can do it 10 minutes in a car, but a normal morning is 15-20 minutes). I've seen those tuk-tuk's around where a bike pulls a carriage and takes a couple of people in the back. All you need is a carriage on it and a bigger motor and you could go anywhere in the city on it all weather, but to be honest it's not too hot to wear rain gear on the bike anyway as you aren't working, the battery is. I had to go out of town on a bus instead, but cost about the same as petrol for the trip would have or maybe even cheaper. Not quite the same freedom as having a car, but at less than 10% of the cost, I'm happy enough. I would say that within 3 years, at least 30% of the population will move to electric simply because of the cost. And I think it will be bikes not cars that show the biggest growth.

Its not about conscience and what we are doing to our children, its about capitalism - can people make money selling nuclear energy now? the rest is just marketing.

The earth is a closed system - the only energy input in the past came from the Sun or Moon. Solar energy obviously comes from the sun. Wind energy is indirectly caused by the sun warming the air. Tidal energy comes from the moon. Hydro dams are fuelled by the water cycle which is controlled by the sun. That only really leaves combustion and fission as less natural sources. Combustion occurs regularly in both Australia and California on a wide scale with bush fires. The only other notable energy sources are: Fossil fuels, coal, wood fires and fission. If you run a boat engine inside a swimming pool for long enough, the water will heat up. Does that mean boats heat up the oceans? Yes, a little, not much as its so big compared to only a few boats relatively speaking. Fission is creating energy from something that didn't occur in nature, that energy eventually turns into heat. There will be a small effect over time of heat. Enough to matter? I doubt it...

His argument must be about genetic engineering. Some people might assume it's his view that external knowledge being part of evolution is what's different, but it's not - as anyone with any real contemplation will point out - external transfer of information has been happening in many other species for many millions of years. An example would be the documented case of Blue Tits pecking through milk bottle lids on doorsteps to get at the milk. One bird started it, others copied, new generations of birds observed and copied it. Information was passed down. http://www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk/articles/blue-tits-and-milk-bottle-tops.html