There assembled in the Earth's atmosphere and every so often a satellite falls out of the sky.

I was just about to agree with you and quote http://xkcd.com/538/....

But then I though 'Frist World Problems'. If you smuggling sensitive data chances are that that its into or out of somewhere repressive where the internet is slow, locked down or even non existent ... Satellite internet is an option but a bit on the slow side and worse but you have smuggle the modem into the country.

I think you were right the first time, RAID6 on microSD (though I'd also encrypt the files:-)

It would be easy enough to heat the polymer to 85C using solar, geothermal or waste heat from a power station... subsequent compression and sequestration is still an issue though.

I've wondered if would be possible to create an app that would tell you which squares to colour in so it redirects a QIR somewhere else

Who says were just (re)sequencing the Human genome? There are plenty of Model Organisms in the pipeline. Then there are the things like the Human microbiome project

The internet needs to catch up first.

At my Uni I can get ~80Mbps download 40Mbps upload speed. One high throughput sequencer can generate ~700GB/day (1) so it would take 1.6 days to upload 1 days worth of data. For a small lab it may just be possible in improve the upload speed enough to get by on. But with little to no margin of downtime.

(1) this data can be discarded after analysis but needs to be retained for at least 2-3 months in case a reanalysis is needed

It can be hard to break into (but well worth it) alas I can only provide a UK perspective but I suspect its valid elsewhere

The main problem is finding people to game with options include

• finding a (physical) games shop and seeing it it has a players wanted board
• googling for phrases like 'games day' 'games fest' 'games convention' 'games club|soc|society'
• if there is a local university, collage or similar see if they have a games soc.

one really radical solution is to start your own games day!! I go to one that was started by a guy who wanted to play games but didn't have any so he advertised a games day. For the first few meets you need somewhere free but with luck you have an entry fee and hire a hall.

The main thing to remember is that you may need to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your perfect group. There are a lot of styles of play from the hyper stimulationist where they endlessly discuss agrarian economics and the effects that low level magic usage would have on it, to group that likes to hang out and crack poor quality jokes

try reading GM of the Rings and Darths and Droids to get a idea of different play styles (I'd give my eye teeth to be in the Darths and Droids group!!!)

Its not much better...

"So Son thanks to MrAngryForNoReason, You can keep your toys, but there locked up in that cupboard over there. If you want to play with them you will have to pay a week and a half's pocket money to get at them and you must give the key back after a month."

I don't browse Gizmodo any more:-(, they keep redirecting me to the UK site which gets perhaps 10% the comments that the US site gets.

As a parent the subscription shouted "MMO money sink avoid". I'd guess my son would play furiously in the first month, heavily in second, then sporadically after that. It was the final phase that worried me. "Oh Dad I'm still playing it and if you pull the plug I'll lose all the virtual toys that I've built up". I think he has a point he has worked for it(1) why can't he keep it? Basically it would become a White elephant in the purest sense...

Much better to buy him one of the excellent LEGO <Movie Title>: The Video Game series, which can be kept and played more or less indefinitely.

(1) in some way shape or form at the very least the investment of time.