Your imaginings are silly, that's not how the tire trick is done, nor how tank traps implemented. Another branch of the armed service has put more thought into the matter....

You need to study up on the history of technology and civilization, steady stream of advances were made over thousands of years not hundreds, including the widespread use of written language four thousand years ago.

It does not wipe them out, each civilization reaches a point where its porn and virtual reality are sufficiently advanced.

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you are silly. tanks can be taken out with nothing more than pile of burning tires, when it gets too hot for the occupants, they will die. tanks can be trapped in pits, or the machinery of their tracks jammed. many, many ways to take out a tank without explosives or heavy weapons.

wrong, that number was in last 8 years. Or over 1,200 contributed in the last six months.

no, Microsoft makes you install service packs or you're out of support. same thing here, quit your whining.

a mere 500 meter rock more than three times the distance to the moon, appearing as a speck in any telescope under $8,000.....why bother

You are clueless. Linux kernel has 15 million lines of code but over 10,000 developers for that. You're saying they should hire 5,000 developers to make you happy instead of having customers upgrade?

You are missing the point, you can't do true OO programming with C++

wouldn't it be nicers to see live video from the driver or truck showing your house, or maybe the nice neighbor you trust getting the package?

I've spent over a decade writing C++ code professionally for financial, insurance and CRM systems. So Stroustrup made a half-baked badly designed partially-OO langauge that has set back the evolution of real OO back at least two decades, and he gets an award? A kick in the ass would be more appropriate.

yet I see only four out of dozens that would be a truly piss poor choice for a raft

I'm not saying it was an alien stone duck......... but it was an alien stone duck!

So invent your virtual presence verify/signing/security cam app and make a fortune.

So you obsessively follow my comments like some facebook addicted emo teen of a pop star? Get help now. Also, read up on coal emissions vs. nuclear power industry.

or to keep you from driving picture nail denting and then through duct right behind drywall that you didn't know went to upper floor...