The last word needs to be something like "Analysis". I'll admit, my goal here has nothing to do with helping people or better representing the technology. I just want people to be able to say "SANTA told me I have cancer."

Have there been any studies regarding the climate impact of solar installations themselves? Cities, with all their concrete and glass and whatnot, affect their local climate. It seems like adding a crap ton of shiny things across huge swaths of land would have a similar impact (or, when in an urban area, exacerbate the effect).

I'm neither a climate scientist nor particularly familiar with the research on the effects of urban areas, and while CO2 emissions have a global impact, I'd be interested in the tradeoff of a lessened global impact alongside a stronger local impact.

I tried a supermassive diet, but it didn't work out so well. Turns out metabolism doesn't work that way.

That depends on whether the plastic in the oceans retains heat. It could count as an assist.

It's just different grammar than you're used to.

Apple and Blackberry at Tanagra. Darmok and Jalad, their cellphones wide.

Does it also simulate how viruses propagate amongst passengers? Can you simulate the scenario where all the toilets clog and the decks are awash with filth?

I demand realism from my simulators!

Which is exactly why Batman would win.

I call conspiracy. This all sounds like what the intelligent computer overlords would want us to think.

I for one welcome them.

This may not be what you intended, but I really like the idea of a modular solar farm. I pay up front for one or more solar panels to be installed in a desert somewhere, managed by a third party, then get dividends from the power that is produced and sold. I'm not directly affecting my local power bill, but I'm contributing to a solution and offsetting my bill from the power generated. It would work a whole lot better than trying to capture sunlight during my 6 months of winter (or fighting the neighborhood covenant that believes all solar power is an eyesore).

Notably, depending upon how HCF is implemented on any given hardware, this also addresses the underlying question of whether the robot could decide to kill the human. In this case, we apparently default to true.

Based on his prolific works on Slashdot, I'm wondering where frequent contributor Bennett Haselton is on the list?

1. Make bad game
2. Add landfill waste
3. Simmer on low heat for 30 years
4. ???
5. Excavate and sell to collectors (Profit!)