That's it. Just the subject. Wait...Apple could use that if they ever come out with an iWatch.

Well, they've got that sailboat to support. Those things suck up a lot of time (and money).

Yeah, I didn't quite grasp the big deal of it until the Volvo video. It's a nice way to keep the user interface from being crap, like it is on my Toyota. It'll be familiar and make some sense -- as long as it all doesn't look like iOS7 (just had to throw that in :). The watch thing? Agree. Meh. Oh wait...maybe you'll be able to check your vitals on you iOS In The Car display after an accident before they get the jaws of life fired up.

"When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind. I don't consider the bloody ROI," said Cook. THAT's why their stuff is the most expensive. Now I get it...I think. We had a guy in the office go blind in just a matter of a couple of weeks (blood supply to the optic nerves just went away) a couple months ago and Apple's accessibility crap sucks. All of us trying to set up stuff so he could see things on the screen as it was happening were really surprised at how worthless it all was.

Teach them meditation.

Cool...or maybe not so cool if you believe Hawking and think we'll be used as food if we happen to bump into anyone else, or someone decides to build a highway. :)

So which way is this shifting the Drake equation result? Up or down compared to what we thought the popularity of exoplanets were?

You're right. I would have no problem handing money straight to Bergman/Bogart/Henried/whoever for a copy of Casablanca, but who gets the money now (even though I have two legal, VHS and DVD, copies)? All of the principle actors are dead. No one should keep getting money for their performances. Same for books and this crap revolving around the BBC show Sherlock. Everyone else that worked on the movie was paid a salary. Digitize the ultimate version of it, give it to the Museum Of The Moving Image for free distribution and STFU. I wish as much effort was expended on investigating the party in Benghazi as they expend worrying about this crap. If it's good people will buy it, once, if it's not people won't.

You would think, by now, they would already know to stay away, or go pick up some mines from the Navy and sink a few fishing boats. Maybe it's that 'no opposable thumb/no written history' thing to pass the info along to the next generation.

Oh great. That's called a lavatory. They'll all be sitting in there yapping while a line forms. Oh wait, you're not allowed to form a line anymore. Airline issued stadium pals?

I was thinking what if they had launched the day before the CME? Surely their stuff must be able to handle it. They must be just taking their time.

They did know CMEs occur, right? Maybe they are just being cautious the first flight?

If GM products are so "safe" (as some feel) why do they need to be safety tested? Just curious.

Seem to be showing up everywhere these days.

I direct you to healthcare.gov. :) In my experience there's a lot of it NOT going on. I watch my users like a hawk and learn a lot. On top of just making the program do what the user wants watching them use your software generates a lot of 'I never thought they'd do that!' and 'Why didn't they tell me that was not working!' moments. It's infinetly helpful.