Ok, then my new real question is Did Intel refuse because they didn't think the iPhone would be good business for them,
or because they insisted on making it an x86, due to IP pride and such,
which conflicted with Apple's vision.

Would the iPhone still be a success with an Intel processor, given the power consumption of their chips at the time.

Most of which are forced by my employer as means to "protect our IP"
I agree that a lot of patents filed and issued I would not consider a legitimate invention.

The manufacturers have a higher margin from replacement parts than from the car itself. If they make standardized interchangeable components, then after market competition would slash those margins.
They simply like things the way they are now.

I don't know about company (large) numbers, but in a recent project that involves a few engineers, when the company was going to publish a press release, the team size on the email chain has quadrupled overnight.

Can they pay the tax with Bitcoin?

Games may be the first application that comes to mind.
But, combine this with a virtual presence robot, and companies will be able to save millions on travel to conferences and meetings.
There's a huge market for this, if you can get the user experience right.

It's the usual argument. If you have something to hide, you're probably a bad person.
That "may" be true if the authorities are not abusing their power, or trying to gain more power than the people want them to have.
As soon as you have even a potentially oppressive regime, privacy becomes essential.

Please. Pretty Please...

The government is borrowing money from China to pay for jobs of people who spy on China.
I wonder what would happen when this flow of cash stops.

Get with the time. It's no longer a thruster, but a drive capable of quarter impulse.

Embedded car GPS systems are linked to the car speed data, and when entering a long tunnel, will continue to move the position correctly.
For this limited scenario, it appears to the user as if the GPS was active all along.

I wonder if there's a stick there to evade the bad guys.