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Back in 1963 not even Super 8 mm film was released yet.

And, regarding regular 8mm film: "Common length film spools allowed filming of about 3 minutes to 4.5 minutes at 12, 15, 16 and 18 frames per second." (wpedia) Not to speak of lighting requirements (the material was not very sensitive).

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Never bytes.

(wikipedia): "Historically, a byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer. ... The size of the byte has historically been hardware dependent and no definitive standards exist that mandate the size."

Thus, the size of a 'byte' is rather ill-defined.

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some new arbitrary contraband

Probably not so arbitrary: general purpose computers, or more general, contraptions pertinent to disrupt order.

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addressing the real underlying issues

Solving problems does not create revenue streams. Only if you install what I call an onion system (introducing ever new layers to fix problems) will you generate 'wealth' and 'growth'.

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You haven't driven in the boston area, then. ... You are in a battle. It is as important to move forward as it is to survive.

Somehow reminds me of Brussels (maybe things have changed there).

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Eventually, the politicians should be accountable directly to the people.

For a starter, any type of accountability would do.

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Actually, around where I live lakes & bodies of water are still measured in acre-feet.

Not that that would necessarily be Wyoming, Mississippi or Utah (which was my first admittedly biased guess). See:

"An energy intensive part of the California water project is pumping water to an elevation of 2000 feet to cross
the Tehachapi Mountains near Los Angeles.
Assume that an average household in Southern California uses 0.5 acre-foot of water per year,
0.5 acre = 21780 ft
0.5 acre-foot = 21,780 cubic feet.
Cubic feet and gallon are imperial volume units.
1 Cubic Foot = 7.48051948 Gallons [US, Fluid]
21,780 cubic feet = 2911.5625 Gallons."

(from Yahoo! Answers?)

Mind-blowing indeed, time to shift the bias.

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