You are aware that the old studies that purported to show that gun owners are more likely to get shot than non gun-owners have been completely and thoroughly debunked, aren't you? Your statistical likelihood of being a victim of gun violence has everything to do with your lifestyle.

No.

If I ever gain access to your car, for the 20 seconds it takes me to plug a controller into the canbus, I can control things on the canbus.

Also, remember the central maxim of computer security: Attacks always get better. And these targets are very hard to patch -- it's expensive, time-consuming and hit-or-miss, because the automakers haven't planned for software upgrades, so defenses will not get better, or will at best improve only rarely.

I think Stalin was able to shift the blame to ideology and the "good of the people". A king might find that more difficult.

If you want to look at it in kWh, a 640 kW reactor running 24/7 will produce 640 * 24 * 365 = 5,606,400 kWh per year.

640 kW from my Personal Reactor? That's enough for me.

Interesting point. I suppose the difference arises because with a monarch someone is responsible in a fairly undeniable way. The king may be an ass, but only a true sociopath is willing to be solely responsible for the deaths of tens of millions. In more democratic structures there are ways to spread the blame, and especially to pin it on ideology and the "good of the people" (not including those killed, presumably).

I don't see that such a perception exists. Investors fully understand that growth stocks aren't growth stocks forever. At some point growth declines and they become something else. Those that continue being reliable generators of income, often by diversifying, become blue chip stocks. Some decline. Some become cyclical.

Of course, once it becomes clear that a company is no longer in its growth phase, investors looking for growth stocks will leave, and those looking for income or wealth preservation will come in, depending on the characteristics of the company. This isn't because those growth investors believe that perpetual growth is possible, but it is because they're looking for ways to grow their money. At 40 years old, that's certainly what I want my retirement investment portfolio to be doing, growing! Isn't that what you want?

Of course not. That would be ridiculous. My investment goal isn't to build better companies. My investment goal is to get a good return so that I can live comfortably when I can no longer work. Other investors have other goals, but none of them are focused on benefiting the companies.

Nonsense. Well, certainly there are some who are focused on flipping. HFT, day trading, etc. But long-term buy-and-hold investors who are looking for growth are also going to buy companies who are growing and get out of them when the growth slows. Not because the investors are stupid, but because they're smart and want their money in stocks that match their goals.

Apple is up 5% today.

Go to work for a place that pays peanuts and treats you like crap. They're always hiring, and have pretty low standards because people don't stay long. You don't have to stay long, either.

This is how I got started. It's not so bad. You only have to work for the really crappy place for a few months, maybe a year. Then you can step up to the semi-crappy place. After a couple more moves up the scale you should be able to get a good job if you're decent.

Bah, I have no problem being critical of Google products that I dislike, and there would be no repercussions whatsoever. Google isn't that kind of company, there's no blowback for criticizing -- in fact good criticism is more likely to garner kudos. And identifying me is trivial.

I'm glad you're entertained.

Actually, I find cloud print to be very convenient. I print to my home printer while I'm at work and printers at work (my office and remote offices) from home, I have printed to my mom's printer and my father-in-law's printer from another state (easier than sending them a document and helping them print it). It's also zero setup when I get a new computer... as soon as I'm logged into Chrome I can print and it just works. No fiddling with drivers because that was already done once.

Bah. Common sense is usually neither common nor very sensible. But what do I know? I work for Google :P