I'm not sure they'd really need to bother with this for the anal probes to be justified in their mind.

Now get off my lawn!

The studies involving "hands-free" are flawed in as much as they do not factor out the influence of the conversation itself. Last I checked, no one was advocating for a "conversation" ban, just the mobile facilitating a subset of conversations.

More accurately, if this was an advertised feature of the phone, it would not be purchased.

• 1 in 4 use a cell phone
• 1 in 4 are talking to a passenger
• 1 in 4 are eating/drinking
• 3 in 4 would be eliminated if a modest amount of competency processing rapidly evolving environments while simultaneously operating a vehicle were required to obtain/maintain a license.

It seems reasonable to infer from the intoxicating effects of Bloodwine which is guzzled not sipped from dainty thimbles, that Warnog should be far from lacking in potency and certainly well in excess of 10%. It also dispels your assertion of Klingons being lightweights. I'd argue the flavor choice probably doesn't make much sense either, but I really don't have any canonical references to support that one way or the other.

Zuckerberg must have just got done reading Snow Crash and got delusions of grandeur.

No. This is worse, way worse. While Microsoft has difficulty in executing things, they still maintain a basic respect for their customers. Facebook on the other hand has demonstrated time and again their absolute lack of scruples and moral integrity when it comes to monetizing their users.

This saddens and depresses me. I had such optimistic hope for Oculus.

They're talking about "bad" golfers that miss the well manicured/watered parts and land their balls in the rough "wild" areas outside. The parts with rocks, tall dry grass (remember California/drought), etc.. I think you're also imagining a flint fire steel. This isn't a shower of sparks, but it evidently may well be enough to ignite fires anyway.

Force them to come up with protocols that enable sharing of spectrum and be done with the BS turf wars.

You're looking at this upside down. Congress is interested in pulling funds for that very reason. These rovers already exist, are comparatively cheap to operate, and have very long lives. Existing rovers aren't bringing home the bacon. They're just funding few "mother's basement" geeks.

The DSN doesn't appear to be that terribly over-booked.

BTW: we're talking about Opportunity not Curiosity. Either way, I'm sure university students would love a chance at that thing and wouldn't charge a penny. There's still plenty to be learned from Opportunity, and last I knew it hadn't even reached it's last science destination.

We're gearing up for the cold war with China.

Since when does the quality of customer service become the purview of law? There are no dishonest dealings going on. Customers enter into these purchases fully aware of the requirements of ownership. No one expects Walmart to provide a service center for the electronics they sell, nor a seamstress for their clothing.

This is protectionism and corrupt politics as can only be done at the local level pure and simple.

He is. That's why things are flowing only in one direction while being all backed up going the other way.