From the state that brought you the strong push to teach Intelligent Design. Yeah, I know it's an unfair statement to the U of K researches, but it's the first thing that crossed my mind when I read this.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/08/AR2005110801211.html

Somewhen around 1900...
You want to convert the country to running that silly carriage thing with a loud stinky engine? You want to ship the fuel from wells all the way from Texas to New York, when we've got fields growing hay right outside the city? Furthermore, where are you going to put all those things? Horses fit conveniently in stalls, and you can put several stalls alongside each other and across from each other in a long hallway. Can you do that with your carriage toy? I don't think so.
Furthermore, what happens when you go to another city? You'll need those fuel dispensing places all over the place to prevent your gizmo from running out of fuel.
Take a look at the whole problem...

OK, so I'm screwing around, but if we've already built several national infrastructures (highway system, power grid, cable TV, gasoline infrastructure, cell phone network, natural gas, etc...) why do people suddenly think it can't be done again? Of course it won't get done over night. None if it ever is. But the country woke up one morning and discovered that everyone was driving cars. Provide a cheaper way to use energy and the profit is built in. You use the proceeds from the profit to build out your infrastructure. You know, like has been done many, many times in the past century.

How about the government finds a better way to be a steward of our resources rather than finding more ways to vampire our retirement planning?

IPL :)

NT was going to be ported to everything. MIPS, DEC Alpha (No love for you VAX people), and the IBM Mainframe.
It made it onto the Alpha, I think. Sort of. Now Windows is brought in to the mainframe, but not as a conqueror displacing System/360. It is brought in wearing chains, in a cage, by System/360's grandson.

Of course the retirement age would have to rise.

For starters, taxes paid aren't allocated to whatever wishing well you think they should go into. Federal taxes go into the general fund, so it's not like NASA's going to be getting a check from SpaceX. Secondly, it's not like SpaceX isn't doing a ton of R&D and taking a lot of risks. Thirdly, I hope that SpaceX has a talented accounting team that allows them to maximize their return on investment, including taking all applicable tax deductions. If you don't like companies taking tax deductions, blame the politicians that create them, not the companies that take them.

It's a classic case of bipartisan stupidity. The Democrats pass a law giving the government essentially unlimited power a) to bankrupt you and b) to push an agenda. So when the Republicans next take power, everyone will be required to buy a firearm for home defense. The requirement that everyone should buy and read a bible will fail, however.
When the Democrats take power after that, RU-486 will be required.
When the Republicans take power after that, everyone will be required to take a class in Constitutional Law taught only by Tea Party certified instructors.
Democrats will then seize on the service (as opposed to a good) expansion the Republicans created and require everyone to purchase (or fund) an abortion.
At that point, everyone grabs their Republican-mandated firearms and we descend into direct civil war.

sold at the counter? They know how much I love them now?
I promised I'd never let Barnes and Noble know how much I love those chocolate balls. That was between me and Borders!

  I feel so violated.

I want to up date my G-Tablet with ice cream sandwich. I'll also need some display drivers. I'm looking at you, NVidia.

(disclaimer: I'm a lazy parasite who has great toys because I benefit from the fruits of the labor of others. I don't actually need the source code and drivers, the awesome devs who breath new life into the G-Tablet on a monthly basis are the ones who will need them. Thank you all so much for your amazing efforts).

Lead by example.

There are no coincidences...

I really enjoy Slashdot, and have for years. Thanks for creating a wonderful site, and all the best in your future endeavors.

Every year Sony comes up with some lame bullshit plan to make "Home" your social hub. How does that meeting go? Some new guy says "Wait,

Dead simple solution. End of story. Their DRM will no longer affect you. And if enough people boycott them, the problem will go away entirely. Either Ubisoft will back down, or they'll go out of business. Even if that doesn't happen, you'll still be free of their crap.