I offered a smart gun design to S&W and Glock in 1995 that had a fingerprint system and had diamonds in the chamber that marked the bullet with a coded pattern identifying the gun. They both rejected the design with prejudice.

A few years later I started my own gun collection and discovered why. Getting the gun to fire with gloves on, a band-aid, or a clumsy grip are only part of the issues. Like getting into your car with a fingerprint reader in an emergency with a thug chasing you in an ice storm.

Sure you can if it's flying over your place spying on you. I recommend #4 shot.

Based on base rate plus chained CPI, you will be able to bribe the robot and or the automated magistrate. Just another algorithm...Proceeds go to Home for Orphan Robots.

Typical slashdotters arguing about anarchy. The issue is legal remedies if and when they are necessary. Right now, damn few slashdotters can afford to pursue a legal case on ay form of harm from the internet, let alone defend against one. It's become a stomping ground for government and big data lawyers with size 11 feet.

What we need is an internet small claims court, not DMCA.

Ever hear of a place called Singapore?

Gravity and evolution are related. Evolution involves populations climbing peaks in a fitness landscape. You can't climb without gravity.

I tried not believing in gravity...

Ahmedinejad wants to be their next monkey. He qualifies.

The Premiere of the PRC managed to sock away $2 billion in various banks, including the US banks, in violation of anti-corruption laws in China and the US. All the while, the average rural Chin family cannot afford medical care or education and still works for coolie wages in this Communist paradise. Do you think this might be embarrassing to the Communist Party? They are not hacking to fix the problem. They are hacking to find out who squealed.

Regarding the value of gold as a currency vs. "fiat money", please read:

www.snowflakehell.blogspot.com May 23, 2010, "The Decline of Money"

I review books that I have read from Amazon. My reviews are skewed because I only buy books that I'm probably going to like. If I review a piece of crap, I rate it one star, but then I avoid that genre/author. I also write and some of my books are on Amazon. I can do a better job reviewing books in my genre because I understand what makes a good story in that genre. When I buy a book I look at the reviews and the inside random reading. The reviews are actually more useful. I can get an idea of the what the story is about from the reviews, not just a dumb rating.

Real coders prefer a sugar high, or maybe potato chips.

AGW? No problem. Just raise taxes - that will fix it. Although some people think that reducing energy consumption to stone age levels would be a fine alternative.

What cop? An automated speed trap camera gives a ticket to an autonomous car. The passenger is not in control. One of the two automated systems is in error. Is there any kind of justice involved here at all? The entire concept of justice implies some sort of free will to make a choice of good vs bad decision. There is no operating free will here. What will a rational judge do? He'll assign it to a debugging group to determine liability, if any.

I can see it now: the road maintenance robots lower the speed limit to 25 on a stretch of road. Their comm access is not working, so the the highway comm net does not update the vehicle's GPS system, which thinks this is a 55 MPH zone. Traffic all rolls by at 55. They all get tickets for speeding. The unions call for a boycott on road maintenance, which causes more 'bots to be purchased. Politicians pass a law mandating fines for road crews that do not post accurate speed limits, a standards body to determine safe limits, and a mandate to cops to enforce them. Every so often there is a snafu and a huge pile-up on the highway. People decide to learn to drive again and my old Ford becomes a concourse antique.

Why not use graphics patterns, like Windows 8, to generate very long passwords that do not have to be remembered or typed into a keyboard? It would not be hard to circle all the colors in a picture in spectrum order. The reduction of these finger strokes would yield a lot of data and that, together with a decent binary hash code, becomes the working password.

Why not buy the secret to keeping baked goods forever from the inventor of the Twinkie, now they are bankrupt?