The America that people around the world generically use to refer to the United States of America. It might have something to do with America being the largest word in the country's name. When Iranians chant 'death to America', they're referring to the USA. Not Canada. Not Brazil. Not Mexico. Just the USA. Everyone gets this reference except people who have to ask 'WHICH America? North or South?' They're so fucking dense they go around wondering if Iranians want death for all countries in the Americas or just in North or South America. Maybe if Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, or any other major country in the Americas had America in its name there might be some confusion. But they don't, and there isn't.

I've never owned a Scottevest vest or jacket, but I do own a great travel vest with more zippered, buttoned, and velcroed pockets than I've ever counted. It's got zippered pockets inside of velcroed pockets. I love the thing for traveling. When traveling everything has a place and I know where each item or type of item is stored. When I sit down in my seat on a flight I usually roll it up and shove it under the seat in front of me. Since it's got all those pockets everything is nice and compartmentalized and I can quickly access something if I need it. Yeah, when fully loaded it does tend to give me a nerdish look, but so what.

One of my first thoughts when I saw the video was a ground based drone.

Think about the amount of care pack animals requires on a day to day basis and you'll start to see the advantage of a robot like this. It's not like there's nice pasture and clean water available where ever there's a need for something like this.

When not in use pack animals still need to be cared for. That means feeding and watering, cleaning the area they're stabled in, and veterinary care. I assume when these robots aren't in use they just need to be stored in an appropriate container. My guess is that it would be easier to get one of these robots into a remote area by air than a pack animal. And if a leg goes bad on one of these robots only the leg needs to be replaced. If a leg goes bad on a pack animal it probably needs to be put down, and then you have to bring in a whole new pack animal.

The guy is a citizen of Hungary. He did the illegal intrusion and attempted blackmail while in Hungary. He was arrested when he arrived in the US for a 'job interview'. Hungary's economy is more fucked up than the US economy, and they did it all on their own.

Outside of the oil embargo of 1973, through good times and bad, the Saudis have kept the oil flowing to the west, and that's the ball game that matters. The gulf oil countries didn't care too much about Al Qaeda before 9/11. At least they really didn't seem to care very much if their private citizens funded it. Since then, and especially after 2003, they've come down pretty hard on al-Qaeda, associated organizations, and their supporters.

How close can they make it to Apple's products before they get a letter from Apple's legal department to cease and desist because they infringed on Apple's perceived IP?

Since large supermarkets need to run 24/7 regardless of whether they serve shoppers during off hours, why not keep a checkout lane staffed to service those people who prefer shopping in the wee hours of the morning? In my area all the large supermarkets that are open 24/7 have a skeleton crew at night that does things like maintenance and restocking that are best done when there are fewer people in the store. Since the store is needs to have lights on and heating and cooling running for all these activities, why not have a checkout lane available for people who want to shop during off hours? In my experience there's usually only one checkout lane open, and when the person staffing it isn't running a register they're performing some other task in the register area that's best done when there are fewer people in the store.

Around where I live (central NY) you pay more than what the insurance companies pay. The insurance companies negotiate special rates with all the in network providers.