Well trolled sir! You have brought out some amazing responses.

/me bows

I'm just the opposite. I dislike programs that take a while to start up, but don't provide me with any feedback at all. I have no idea if the damn program even launched, and if so, how long it will be before I can do something useful. I would rather see a splash screen of some sort with a progress bar or some other form of visible feedback. To each his own I guess and the solution is simple. Allow a preference setting as to whether a splash screen should be shown at launch or not. Problem solved.

To take this even further, I would expect it to be a hollowed out, high metallic content asteroid. Why build when you can just hollow out an existing rock, using the surplus material for manufacturing of the propulsion and weapons systems? The rock itself provides a large amount of ablative shielding for energy weapons. It can also provide screening for EMP and radiation effects. If kinetic weapons are to be used, the huge mass can be used to offset reaction forces from firing the weapons. For laser weaponry I seem to recall a defensive weapon from the RPG Space Opera (or was it Traveller?) called a sandcaster. Think 55 gallon drums of sand/dust with a small bursting charge in the center. Project the drum towards the enemy then detonate the charge with the force directed down the long axis of the drum.. A deep cloud of particles would do a great job of deflecting/dissipating light based energy weapons.

If we are going to have the sky as the limit, so to speak, then I would expect nanobot disassemblers to be a likely offensive weapon. The nanobots simply disassemble the target ship into component molecules. Don't give them reproductive capability and only a limited lifespan. Project a cloud into the flight path of your opponent and let them fly through.

They also have a fairly low person/backhoe ratio. Wonder how AT&T likes repairing fiber cuts? How about two fiber cuts with 100 feet of fiber missing between them?

The last time I checked, the bar had been set pretty low (think subterranean) on this.

When it comes to mobile apps, I think that if you see the former, you should assume at least one of the latter.

I think this would be a better solution.

Yes. See the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), Part 774 (Commerce Control List), Category 5, Part 2 (Information Security).

What I do wonder with regards to SSL or TLS is if you can get away with using it as long as your limit the key length? Is it possible to limit key lengths used to encrypt the data traffic on an SSL or TLS connection?

Hey, does anyone know if this is available on youtube yet?

So will flight gloves work on the iPad screen, or are the operators going to be pulling their gloves off and putting them back on every time they want to see or look up something?