Ask your bank. I got a whole book of blank cheques from my bank.

Additionally, biometrics are subject to change (e.g. accidents, illnesses).

What? A terrorist once rode in a child-molester? What a time to be alive.

Why not? It's a great little hypervisor.

This could be interesting as VMWare are most likely going to have to rely on the GPL being valid as otherwise they are not allowed to distribute that code, only their own code. So, presumably they need to show that the GPL is valid and that they are complying with it (which will be subject to interpretation).

Users don't have to worry about the GPL as anyone is allowed to use GPL code however they like, but it's only when you distribute it that you come up against its restrictions.

There's a whole raft of issues with getting autonomous cars to work how we want them, but I don't think any of the problems are insurmountable. With regards to a blind corner, it would be neat if the first vehicles taking that corner would be cautious (20mph), but as they uploaded information about that particular corner to some kind of driving knowledge base, subsequent cars would be able to take that same corner quicker. Also, if the cars could share sensor information, then it would be possible for a car to "see" round the blind corner if there was another car already round there.

I'd much prefer to share roads with autonomous vehicles, especially when I'm walking or cycling. They have the potential to have much, much better collision avoidance than your average driver. With a decent array of sensors (e.g. infrared, radar, lidar) they should be able to detect humans (maybe other animals as well) and reduce speed to allow corrective actions if necessary.

I'd anticipate that autonomous vehicles would be able to react a lot quicker and of course they wouldn't be distracted (driver distraction being the number one cause of accidents). In the case of an emergency, I wouldn't want the vehicle to be relying on the human to wake up, figure out what was going on and then take appropriate action.

Why would you care if it was a binary or a script as long as it did what you wanted (assuming you know/expect what it's going to do)? When you use chmod +x, you're expecting the file to be executable and both binary files and scripts can be executable.

I don't like hidden file extensions as it hides from the user useful information about what type of file it is. If the OS is going to base decisions on what to do with files based on part of the filename, then the OS should show the extensions.

Is there anything wrong with the way it works or is it just the advertising firm that you don't like? I've been using Ghostery for ages and haven't encountered problems with it, so I'm curious.

Too true. Thai food is another problem - proper Thai food won't have any wheat, but buy it from a supermarket and you get crab cakes covered in breadcrumbs and its ilk. I take the view that if it's in a packet in the supermarket then it's probably got wheat in it somewhere (unless I check).

Funnily enough, I often encounter the opposite - foods that shouldn't contain gluten often have wheat added to them (presumably because wheat is a cheap ingredient). Things like onion bhajis (which are traditionally made with gram flour) in supermarkets are now made with wheat instead. I've picked up packets of soft tortillas that are advertised as "corn tortillas", but they're basically wheat tortillas with some corn added to them. WTF?