I'm with you guys. I lived overseas when I signed up for Grand Central, which became Google Voice, so I could get a US number for my mom to call me on, that I would route to a skype number (it's harder to keep the same skype dial-in number if you're as forgetful as me at keeping a balance on it).

Now I have Google Voice going to an app on an old iPhone with no cell service, and use WiFi for 99% of my calls, occasionally sending the traffic to any number of 'burner' phones if I won't be near WiFi.

The funny thing is I had never noticed the MMS issue.

When I'm at the computer, I use the Hangouts plugin for chrome to make and receive calls and it works well, where before I had to be logged into the right Gmail account and have the page open for it to ring. If you use Chrome, I highly recommend it.

I do somewhat agree with what you're saying, but actually none of your points are specific to bitcoin. You could make all the exact same arguments you just did for dollars too. Maybe not the physical paper kind, but credit card numbers, bank account numbers etc etc. As for physical paper, there's nothing stopping you printing out your bitcoin wallet key and keeping that securely instead of in computer memory.

A failing in computer security and failing to make backups all amounts to the same potential for loss no matter what the actual form of the money stored on or accessed by the computer is, so citing computer security is not actually a reasonable justification specifically against the use of cryptocurrency (such as bitcoin) vs conventional currency because it is a separate issue that can affect both.

All sounds good, until you need to lug around either a heavy bulky laptop or spend a lot of money for a light one, with the enough battery so you can go around with a full work station for real work. When you are web browsing and running simple apps most of the time. You are better of getting a cheap tablet or chromebook with a Data Plan and have your Linux running on a server where you can access for nearly anywhere.

So if you are going to access your server from a low end thin client. What should your core OS be?

Most phones except for the American Company Apple uses a Micro USB.

Now the question is are these just chargers or do they do more. Would whatever standard they come up with have limitations. So say in the future it could take days to charge your phone, or force the ability for invention of a more convent, safer, or better technology from coming up due to regulation to supposedly save on garbage.
Which is rather laughable. Because almost every phone maker will give you a means to charge your phone, if give you a phone without a charger they will put themselves in the path of complaints about giving the customer a product that isn't fully functional and having to go buy something else just to keep it running.

As a consumer listening to songs I find only a small percentage of work of any single artist strikes that perfect mix that makes me want to put a song on a "favorites" playlist. As you look back at your library of songs, is there a group that you think really are just meh and how many do you still really, really enjoy performing? As a followup - if the songs you perform the most get stale for you as a performer do you look to your catalog to keep things fresh or do you prefer to write new material?

Lets ignore that fact this is is 14/03/2014. oblig XKCD
I just love it when we try to find meaning in something, after we choose to ignore aspects of it.

Ah yes, the spelling ad hom and no actual refutation.
Brilliant!

Why?

Nope.
It's a "conspiracy theory." when you have no actual data to back up a statement. Usually note be the ever expanding circle the conspiracy must encompass when you raise questions about the person uttering the conspiracy theory.

I'm sorry* reality doesn't coincide with your pet narrative. Doubly sorry* you seem to be aware of critical thinking, yet have no idea how to use it or what it actually is.

*I'm no really sorry.

healtchcare.gov was no worse then any other website as complex as it.. oh wait, there has never been a launch of anything the complex on the web.

Tesla can't do the job.

EMP has little to know impact on vehicles.

http://www.empcommission.org/d...

Stop, and I repeat STOP! getting you information form survivalist shows and movies. It's almost always wrong.

Actually, it will. As will most cars.

Please red up on technical shit before sounding like an idiot.

they where cause by improper usage.
To answer your question, presumable they were put out.

Distance. IN a crisis were air travel isn't feasible, it may Need to go 200 miles in a hurry to get to a safe location.
It will need to fill up quickly and in emergency situation form locations it doesn't know in advance.

If you need to charge it in route, there would be very few locations(at this time) so route option would be predictable.

FYI it weighs about 20,000 lbs

and won't go far if it needs too.