By "behaves similarly to 'real meat' " do you mean it stands around and goes "moooo" or "oink"? because I don't think that's what they're planning.

Will require a robot that can fall asleep.

This design flaw was baked in before they wrote the first line of code. Before throttle-by-wire, the brake pedal had two independent kill mechanisms: an electrical switch to open the solenoid circuit, and a vacuum valve to dump the vacuum to the throttle servo. Either was sufficient to defeat the cruise control. Now it's all single thread. I don't want to go back to coil and points, but some control systems should have multiple override.

Disappear! entirely! from! all! human! memory!

(Score:6, Spit-coffee-all-over-the-monitor-Funny)

Never ask anyone if they're from Texas. If they are, they'll tell you. And if they aren't, there's no need to embarrass them by asking.

We're gonna' need that more and more!

Plausible deniability: Foil lined wallet. Microwave your cash every night. Wear a floppy brimmed hat and stoop when you buy the newspaper with a $20 at 7-11. They may scan the bill, but the cameras can't see your face. Your change is off the map. Purchase items of value (guns, jewelry) from private sellers with this cash. Sell the same way. Money laundering is a continuum, from a Cayman Islands corporation to painting a friend's house for cash.

Set right what Ben Franklin got wrong: http://www.xkcd.org/567/ A giant of 18th century science, but he got one thing backwards, and it has driven us EE's crazy for two centuries.

Let me piss on your raining on the parade. As the load walks off / is offloaded, water ballast or fuel is pumped aboard. The US Navy figured this out 80 years ago. What may be a problem is that airships were never just tied down at night and left alone. They were actively flown at the mast. There was always a crew aboard to adjust trim and ballast as the temperature or atmospheric pressure changed. This could be automated, but you still can't just turn it all off and let it sit.

Put the laptop on your lap and monitor the tilt sensor while viewing p0Rn.

Agreed! 40 years ago, I had mutton-chop sideburns, shoulder length hair and polyester flowered shirts. Suppose those things had all been permanent? (Oh the horror!) Clothes can be thrown away, hair can be cut, or will grow back, piercings will heal over. The tattoo will be forever, or actually, will just look more blurry as the years go by.

You're holding it wrong. You have to grip it by the husk.

Heel and toe braking. Downshifting for a corner, if you just drop it into the next lower gear, the engine inertia causes the rear wheels to lose traction while the engine is sped up. You'll go sideways on the entrance to a corner. You have to blip the throttle while shifting to raise the engine speed to match the next lower gear. Left foot on clutch, ball of right foot on brake, heel of right foot on throttle.

Eat enough corn and... Roundup Ready people!! Mmmm Yummy Roundup.