Some private contractor (probably recommended by Chertoff) will deliver years late, over budget, and after a terrorist gets through, people will discover that the light always turns green.

And that private contractor will most likely be named Dr. Gaius Baltar.

Things like this make me so happy to know that Congress is forcing NASA to use these same components/contractors for their new heavy launch vehicle.

Oracle sells versions of their database that run on Mac OS X. All of their database configuration tools are Java-based. I would think that's enough of a financial incentive.

"It is sad that two cars, both with designs to benefit people, have either been destroyed or had their reputation destroyed so no-one would contemplate building anything that even looks like it or has safety features."

Make that three cars - don't forget the GM EV1 model destruction.

A common misconception. The "20,000 Leagues" refers to the distance the Nautilus travels under the sea, not the depth.

OS X already has a version running on ARM for the iPhone and iPod Touch. They could release a full MAC OS X ARM port quite quickly if Microsoft announced they were transitioning to ARM.

They aren't ranked, so the numbers don't mean anything. It's just a list of 25 chips in no particular order.

ST:TNG was distributed entirely in syndication to different local stations. UPN didn't exist until much later -- ST:Voyager was one of the shows which started the network.

The company which handles my loan payments sends out important info using encrypted PDF documents. Not sure how secure those are, but it seems like an easy option.

That's on a state/local level though. Prohibition was federal. I'll admit that it's extremely difficult to get rid of something the government has adopted, but it isn't impossible.