I think you've just discovered for yourself the reason why it makes better sense to do the "capitalistic thing", and let the prices rise until demand matches supply. But, you seem to have a mental block that keeps you from reaching that conclusion.

You are correct, I didn't know that name in the context of text adventure games. I thought the GP was having a brain-fart, mentally conflating the name Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) with Douglas Adams (who had at least 2 adventure games in the 80's that I can recall, namely: Bureaucracy, and HHGttG) In my defense, I didn't play many games. My parents bought me me a TRS-80 Color Computer, but weren't inclined to spend any money on games for it. My exposure to the Douglas Adams games was from a friend who had a Commodore 64.

Or even Douglas Adams, for that matter...

This might be a good way to terraform... might this create a volcanic island?

That joke ceased being funny, 10 years ago...

Personally, I think automatic gearboxes are pointless if you're healthy and not somehow disabled.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to hold onto the steering wheel, work the clutch, talk on the phone, eat a messy taco, *and* have to shift gears manually? Do you *want* me to get in an accident, or something?

Compressed air heats up and you need that heat to stay in the tank or you lose the energy.

Can you explain how that is a net loss, if all your power generation relies upon is the PSI? I do understand that air heats when compressed. But it also chills when decompressed, causing the heat that it released earlier to be sucked back in to the system. ...Is it perhaps that when the heat of compression dissipates out of the system, the PSI has been reduced?

What is the difference between these two outcomes:
1. Realizing you will later be on a bus/train/plane/car/deserted island with no connectivity, and preloading your sd card with content to consume during your adventure
2. Realizing you will later be on a bus/train/plane/car/deserted island with no connectivity, and preloading your device with content to consume during your adventure

?

Or, are you bemoaning the loss of opportunity to swap pre-loaded sd cards with your fellow travellers/castaways? Because if so, you could just do one of the following:

a. Trade devices for a while
b. Swap the files via NFC or bluetooth

It sounds like you have contracted that horrible disease, chronic lyricosis.
The line is:

Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet.

Or, you can claim this was a 'whoosh' moment.

No, Asia was at the beginning. Both the sun's and moon's apparent motion is East-to-West, but the moon's *actual* (monthly) motion is West-to-East. The moon's orbital velocity is faster than the Earth's rotational velocity (in magnitude,) so the shadow's net velocity is still West-to-East.

I have a better proposal. How about: the carriers charge more than the current market will bear, giving an opportunity for cheaper alternatives (such as, I dunno... Facebook messaging) to arise. Then the carriers start to see their SMS business dwindle away. Oh wait, that's already happening. Gosh, and no regulation needed!

That's amazing, I have the same combination on my luggage!

wide screen is good for watching movies, but crap for development work.

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that you are one of those devs who insist that everyone keep their code less than 80 columns?

I used to make arrow-to-the-knee jokes, and then I took a vagina to the penis.

Since no one has-- as of yet-- rewarded my blatant attempt at karma whoring, nor called me out for my grammatical/spelling mistake, I'll do the latter myself: "Should of" should've been "should've". Embarrassing...