What about civilizations that intentionally broadcast "we are here" beacon? We would be able to detect this.

Another point - plastic degrades with UV exposure. It becomes hard and brittle.

We need Flash because it is easy to block. You can remove a huge chunk of Web obnoxiousness by simply disabling/uninstalling Flash while not breaking the rest of the website. With HTML5, this won't be as straight-forward process.

"Google already knows everywhere I go"

You are not doing it right.

Why would anyone willingly buy Chevy Cruze?

They won't agree to this, not because they don't want to sell you a car, but because liability insurance and corporate agreements preventing them.

Your only choice is to get a reliable old car without such features and keep fixing it.

They will be giving out cars for free, right? Otherwise why would any paying customer that has to put down thousands of dollars would be interested in this?

New application for CryptoWall in GB. We have encrypted your data on your hard disk and it is illegal in your area, the password to decrypt it is "password". If you do not pay 1 Bit Coin, we will notify the authorities.

I am a security auditor, and this happens all the time. For non-IT company, If they changed default credentials they are already ahead of the curve.

How do you propose Pennsylvania compete in the global market in 30 years when % of educated professionals drops through the floor? You do understand how labor markets work, don't you? Silicon Valley exists in California not because they are friendly to corporations or have low taxes out there.

The same kinds of checks, outcomes, are equally applied to both profit and non-profit institutions. If one kind shit the bed in the name of making profit off government handouts, while another kind still managed to deliver results, how that government fault? Or do you suggest taxpayer money should go out without any kind of checks and balances in place?

Trammel killed Ultima Online, ever since then the undead husk is trying and failing to metastasize first into EQ, then WoW. How many 3D clients have they aborted? Four? Five?

Now the same guy who killed UO with UO:R, went to kill off SWG with NG is begging for money on kickstarter to get new pay2win project going - Crofwall.

Private for-profit colleges are welcome to continue to operate in any way or form without getting government hand-outs in form of grants and guaranteed loans. The problem administration is addressing is that of outcomes, and it is equally applicable to any type of college. If the job prospects and earning potential of graduates falls below certain cutoff, then the program is no longer eligible for the taxpayer subsidies. It just happen that 99% of such programs are in for-profit institutions. Why? Because in order to maximize profits, these for profit institutions maximized enrollment and reduced the minimum level of academic accomplishments to gain a degree. This also reduced the value of such degree in the job market.

Low profit? Double the tuition! It is not like guaranteed student loans provided to student will turn it down.

This is how we got into this mess - guaranteed loans and inability to discard them in bankruptcy removed all competitive pressures on price.

I am going to get rich by offering Faraday cage wallpaper!