Not as important as the drive storing the data incorrectly because of a faulty transistor. There is device failure you never get to know about outside of a lab because error correction protocols make sure it doesn't cause data loss, and actual, perceivable device failure that could affect you and your data. These failures rates are now better than platter hard disks.

Yep. but you will never get a bureaucrat to understand this. It's like in our hospitals - you can never convince administration that you actually WANT empty beds - because that means the population is healthy and empty beds are a sign of success of the health system. No, that won't fly. It's all about bed turnover per day, and bed occupancy rates.

The computer world moves fast. You'd better keep up. Write limits, lol.

I thought file formats were not patentable anyway. And why hasn't this expired yet?

Er, Red Dwarf. Nerd card revoked.

Either that or distance is being seriously compressed!

oblig: "Well the thing about black holes, you see, is that they're black. And the thing about space is - that it's black..."

You're right - they probably already have!

It's only a negative externality when you have cable companies charging for bandwidths they have no intention of providing (ie lying or committing fraud), other than in short "bursts". Otherwise it's calling "getting the most for your money" because you paid for it. If you paid for 5Mb/s I promise you that you will never accidentally get 10Mb/s from your ISP, whether you watch Netflix or check your e-mail.

Meanwhile, it wouldn't hurt to have a bit of a side conversation with someone in legal (for a start), then escalate it to formal conversations with them via email (again, print those suckers off) should nothing get resolved.

You don't have to approach them as if you are blowing the whistle on your boss. Just tell them you are concerned about your personal liability should you get caught breaking the law.

"Blow" a circuit breaker? No see the thing about circuit breakers is they're not like fuses which you used to have to replace. They trip before any of the cables heat up too much (assuming your building is wired to code). If Mr. EV tripped the breaker then there would no longer be any electricity available for him - he'd unplug and call it a day. As for the "problem" it consists of flicking a switch. This is probably less that 5 cents worth of effort on the part of some maintenance guy.

Not really, because the more people in prison, the greater the drain on those resources by inefficient government and the prison system. You're not eliminating the competition, only changing the side he's on.

What if, what if, what if... The problem with "what if" is that it didn't happen, except in your head.

Tesla? Why not Porsche (Paul Walker)\? Or Ford (140,000 cars recalled because of fires)? Why pick on poor Tesla?

Er, the desktop market shrank by 20% last year. That's not a lack of growth, that's an actual decrease in size.