What do we want?

SLIGHTLY LARGER SHELLS!

When do we want them?

WHENEVER THREE OR MORE OF US CONGREGATE!!

Observation doesn't mean that an intelligent agent sees or gains knowledge of the state of the system. A photon is enough of an observer to determine the cat's state. The fact that you could do it with a physicist is mind-bending to consider, but has no importance to the question of what counts as observation.

Sane: Our metrics told us that no one was using the Start menu. Interesting.

Fussy: Our metrics told us that no one was using the Start menu, so we removed it completely!

Absolutely Insane: Our metrics told us that no one was using the Start menu, so we removed EVERYTHING BUT THE START MENU AND THEN CHANGED THE WAY IT WORKS TO MAKE IT UNRECOGNIZABLE ANYWAY BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

I can't actually think of any other things that are invisible, only partly understood, and evoke a sense of mystery. Do ghosts count? I don't think ghosts should count.

What about us little-endians, you insensitive clod?

Yes, on behalf of we the people. But who is "created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights?" All men. The US Constitution is an expansive and radical document. To interpret it differently is to try to get away with something.

Why will you have nice accomodations? Do you own a company that either builds or can rely on robots? I don't, so I expect to live in squalor when robots can do 90% of all jobs. Of course, there will be a violent revolution once 90% of us are living in squalor, but we'll be fighting against an army of corporate killbots, so I don't see it going well.

If by "pipe dream" you mean computers were synthesizing speech five years before Star Trek came out, then sure.

"after that initial result, all further appeals cost the parent to prevent helicopter parents from abusing the system."

I think you meant to say, "to allow only wealthy parents to abuse the system."

I deal, on a daily basis, with people who are using hotspots and cellphone connections as their primary connections. Netflix, Hulu, torrents, all cramming their way through some poor little Android; the laptop, the console, the iPads and iPods all feasting on its misery. I think the speeds currently being offered just shouldn't be available. I don't think "4G" is a product whose time has actually come, and telling people it exists results in them using it as if it were a real connection. Don't ban FaceTime, just sell people the awful connection you can actually afford to sell them... The one that sucks too much to use FaceTime.

Seriously. "Abnormal"? I don't think I'm doing it wrong. At least, I've never gotten any complaints... *rimshot*

On the other hand, my circumcised penis has been greeted with relief by a partner who found the natural look repulsive.

It's like the white male of penis states... it isn't "superior", but it can be advantageous.

I've heard they don't use anaesthetic for some strange baby-physiology-based reason, and that horrifies me. I don't know if I could bring myself to have it done to a son; but I'm glad it was done to me.

As a test of speech rights, I'd say that anything that could conceivably slide in song lyrics should slide even when it isn't lyrics.

So while you can generally encourage people to shoot the police either in song or text, you can't use either medium to say, "I'm going to kill Officer Joe Blow," and expect to be left alone. Nor can you say, "Officer Joe Blow leaves home at 5am. Shoot him as he pulls out of his driveway."

Can I credit you with The Count of Monte Cristo?

But it's exactly like having twenty police officers on every single street corner hand writing voluminous logs of every plate they see, along with the current date and time.

Since that could be done without warrant, this is obviously perfectly fine, and not even worth thinking about.

I think they agreed to commend efforts to promote and enhance public safety and consumer awareness on the proper bonding of yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing.

I mean, it's not like they're just dicking around over there.