Then only security, responsibility and privacy remain an issue.

Comcast has about 22.5 million subscribers. So if they only steal a penny a day from each one, that is $81M per anum.

To be a bit more fair, it is a streaming video service / Internet / and VOIP.

That amazes you? In a country that elected Bush 2 twice, and Obama twice? You seriously think we have an over abundance of rational people?

Wait a sec. You two are fighting over which outcome from the same root problem is worse? Are you are you both that shortsighted? You are on the same side. Solve the excess CO2 problem, and both out your issues resolve.

I hope he absolutely crushes Sony. And the 2.1 Million (not-well-varified number) class of people who purchased the game get some non-single-digit payout. It was a selling point for the P4, also made by Sony. They don't really have any wiggle room on any misstatement. Should he get 5MegaBucks, probably not.

How about computer code that sends an encrypted "able to turn on" signal to the affected systems?

They are already paying for the premium package.

Was your encryption device strapped to the side of a transmitter?

Your looking at the wrong side of the encryption issue. The hardening of systems, the seperation of information and the certainty that it will fail safe (without intervention) if compromised (in the air, on the ground or after certain types of crash, but not from combat damage.) are significant issues.

I beleive they should have been, but delaying a weapon system by 2 years during a time of war was not a tenable choice for those who got to decide.

If every drug failed on the final steps of approval, and the triple net profits weren't about 7 times higher then average, maybe. Sometimes there is a moral impartive that any person (read as Corporation in this context) should take a non-maximal position in-order to limit the pain and suffering of others.

Until there is some external pressure. Ice Age, Gamma Ray Burst, Super Bug.

Provided they have the capital, can find appropriate unsigned talent, negotiate around any contracts put into force with the backing of monopoly power on other bussiness that support the industry, and survive the assult on all fronts by the incumbant.

It is important to note that base pay for that major is probably less then half of their total monetary compensation, and a large portion of that compensation is tax-free. BAH could be several thousand a month all by it's self.

A quick google search showed average compensation is about $101K/year

I feel the 0-4 is certainly worth it, in many respects.

Because you can employ that million dollars to receive a larger return.