There are some numbers in this newest comic: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1584

Let drunk drivers drive and they will get themselves killed.

Problem is, they harm others and don't consider this. Just consider someone drunk or angry with a gun in their hand.

Also, this might be the dawn of malware for Linux on the PC.

Haha, imagine you're the one who has to publish that all the dinosaurs were shiny pink!

No, because you also have to consider disk I/O time, and CPU time is relatively cheap, so on-the-fly compression is faster than no compression for many types of data.

AFAIK zlib is still the best if you measure the speed/compression ratio.

Also, more policemen are more effective and cheaper (!) than cameras.

CCTV, unlike policemen wandering around, does not prevent violent crimes. It holds people accountable, but that is not on the mind of these people in these situation.

Indeed, the curvature of the universe corresponds to negative energy, which can make the energy budget zero. See "A universe from nothing" by Lawrence Krauss (talk here) on why the energy budget can be zero.

One aspect in the big bang is that you can borrow energy from quantum mechanics if you give it back within a short time (the time needs to be shorter the more energy you borrow). Combine this with extremely fast inflation and you can run away with the energy you borrowed.

My freedom ends where yours begins. Full freedom means full responsibility for actions. No freedom means no responsibility.

But you can not have full freedom and no responsibility.

If so, we can agree that you shouldn't e.g. store pictures on a computer that is connected to the internet let alone upload it somewhere. However, this has little to do with the issue. People can upload photos of you without your consent, violating your privacy (the right to be left alone).

Just take the flux limit of the telescope you are using. Multiply by 4*pi*distance^2 (the area of emitting sphere), and the duration of observation, and you have the power you need to put in at the emitter (assuming an uncollimated emitter, without any atmospheric loss -- which is acceptable in radio).

Lets assume 15 mJy for the Allen Telescope Array used by SETI, and 1 hour of observation. That gives you 70 MW to emit. The Arecibo Message sent in 1974 was 1 MW, others are at the 150 kW level.

That might happen if Microsoft is split into two companies, one for the OS, and one for the Office suite, etc. That would bring a lot of benefit to the market.

Your yard is a private place, not a public one.

Everywhere in the EU? To be left alone is a human right. In the UK under Human Rights Act 1988 for instance:

Under the Human Rights Act 1988 the use of CCTV in certain circumstances can be seen as an infringement on privacy. An individual who installs a CCTV camera that points on their neighbour’s property can be infringing on the neighbour’s right to privacy. CCTV cameras installed in the home should be used for home security only.

http://www.civilrightsmovement.co.uk/faq-uk-citizens-cctv-privacy-rights.html
In some countries, government and companies are not allowed to point cameras into public space. Your own yard is private, and no-ones else's business. You just can not set up a camera (or surveillance drone for that matter) and point it at your neighbour. Here are the individual countries in detail as a paper

They can? Does the US have no privacy laws at all?