I know this is a really radical idea, but perhaps instead of a bunch of government regulatory czars making technology decrees that they are hopelessly unable to comprehend, maybe, just maybe, we should let the market sort out the winners and losers rather than mandate them up front as a fait accompli. Just sayin'...

(Oh, and although I firmly hope to never have to drive an electric car, I think the mere existence of the new "Frankenplug" EV connector proves my point...)

I don't think that's the point. I believe the point is that a dictatorship or single party rule is more efficient than a democracy or group run system.

Or it could be that the US is more in bed with the interests of businesses and is more likely to agree with them.

In any event, your reading of that isn't necessarily the correct one.

Show us on the doll where the priest touched you.

You put it in, and it doesn't fit, so you turn it over.
You put it in again, it doesn't fit, so you turn it back over.
Now it fits.

And if it's like the one on my daughter's Kindle, that's because one of those insertions bent the shield enough that the connector can be inserted the wrong way, so that very soon, you'll break the little plastic piece inside the connector, essentially rendering your Kindle trash.

Ironically, this boneheaded government mandate will lead to far *more* e-waste than actually letting companies and their customers decide what works without the divine wisdom of a bunch of socialist lawyer potentates in Brussels....

No thanks, EUroweenies, I'd rather be free to choose a connector that actually works. I certainly would love to never see another microUSB connector again, as it's probably the worst power connector on the planet. (And it took some doing to beat the monstrously clunky UK power plug...) The *only* decent application for micro USB is for devices that are never unplugged, like some small consumer electronics equipment/appliances - it's *completely* unsuitable for anything that needs to be plugged or unplugged frequently.

I checked the temperature this morning at 8 am it was 18 degrees outside.
At 10 it was 24.
At 12 it was nearly 30.
By noon tomorrow it will likely be 174 degrees outside!

People who are 'not stamp collectors' generally don't form clubs around their 'not stamp collecting'. Or discussion groups about 'not stamp collecting'. They generally do not try to convince stamp collectors that they should not collect stamps. Etc...

Did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night as well?

Looks like it could be something called "Code Name: Barracuda or Johnny Nero"

Clearly the steel in the staples negates the effect of the tin foil.

"Providing aid and comfort to enemies" can be interpreted pretty damned broadly.

Stan Lee is a douche who ripped off more than his fair share of writers and artists. You'd make a stronger point if you cited Steve Ditko.

I doubt he'd survive the pictures of him in the tutu.

I carried a 2007 MacBook Pro on a tractor trailer for six months. Still using it five years later. I wasn't particularly careful with it.

Yeah, there can be problems delivering medicines to people by drone, such as theft of the product near the delivery point, but you can reduce some of that by having video cameras in the drone.

Of course, this being San Francisco, the obvious "medicine" that'll be delivered is weed.