...and if you only have part of the key, why should you devote resources to protecting it? Let the other guy worry about that.

Kind of like immunization...

...and, frankly, I don't have a problem with that.

If you want to incur the hassles of off-shore workers in different time-zones and all, that's fine. You will probably find an appropriate balance between on-shore and off-shore environments. I know some companies who have QA teams off-shore, for example, so that they can basically get 24-hour coverage. The developers make the bugs during "the day", QA finds the bugs during "the night", developers come in the next morning and find a load of bugs waiting for them to fix.

It really depends on what you're doing. It can be tough to afford to pay someone to live in southern California or The Bay Area or New York City. If you can find someone who can live and do the work in Harlington, Texas, or Argentina or Cambodia or Portugal, more power to you.

I have a problem with you bringing someone over here to do the work at the cheaper prices.

I'd imagine there might be an issue if you filed a claim and they looked at the data and said, "Hey, you weren't even in the car!"

"Of course I was! Look at this broken arm!"

"Not according to our data."

"Well, I turned off the phone..."

"Ah! That's against the policy--the phone must be on if you're in the car. We don't have to pay a cent! Whoo hoo!"

Which would have turned into calls about how the government is wasting money building infrastructure that will never be used.

All things are obvious with 20/20 hindsight.

This is actually interesting.

When things get tough, you want a human being with experience. The problem is, as the computers take over, having a person in the cockpit doesn't really mean anything. Sure, I can fly an airplane. But you wouldn't want me behind the stick if we're dodging thunderstorms. You'd want someone with experience flying in that area in those conditions.

That's the interesting angle. Which would you rather have on the stick? A computer or an inexperienced human?

That struck me, too. Forget the terrorists and evil-doers. One good thunderstorm and suddenly your plane has no pilot.

I gotta admit, that caught my eye, too.

Not necessarily. Industries and governments are famous for two-faced policies.

If the insurance company says that they were manmade, the government can say, "No, they weren't, but this is a civil matter and we can't interfere." And nothing will happen. Worst case, it will be tied up in courts for the next 20 years. By then, those people currently in charge will have made a ton of money and be retired somewhere outside the US.

It's kind of like the music industry claiming that a 30-second ringtone is enough the song that consumers must pay royalties while, at the same time, claiming that they weren't so they didn't have to pay the artists royalties.

I'll admit, whenever stuff like this comes up, I always think of this...

Hey! I like Miss Piggy!

Fine. "Business Owners."

Besides, it would seem that Gynecologists have no problem helping male patients...

I'll ignore the first one as being ridiculous.

The second one, though, is an exception to the rule. "Clubs" can choose members based on pretty much any reason. There can be a club that is only for women, meaning you can't become a member. They are not claiming to serve everyone--only women.

This is somewhat different than a bakery that refuses to provide a service for certain people. Conversely, if they became a "Christian Bakery Club" and charged a membership fee which you had to pay in order to join the club, they would be within their rights to deny membership in the club to homosexuals, divorcees, muslims, jews, and any other people they deem as sinners. And they wouldn't have to make cakes for those people.

Actually, as I understand it (and, no, I don't own a Tesla, but I keep checking their website in the desperate hope that there'll be a roadster there), they don't have "dealerships." Instead, they have "showrooms" where you can go look at the car and get a test drive. But, as I understand it, you can't go to one and drive away in a brand new Tesla.

Remember the old Gateway Stores? It's kind of like that.

...or you'll end up singing folk music.

Maybe if we put down a giant monolith...