I defiantly clean out all of my electronics, voiding warranties left and right.

Get off my lawn! Grow up and get a job, you over-privileged, crack-addled kids.

I was not being a smart-ass. Google "aluminum lubricant obesity". Nothing of value is returned. I know about BPA. It is not used as a lubricant in "machines that make aluminum soda cans" [sic]. There is no way to for anyone to know just how confused you are and the severity of the misinformation you are spreading without some sort of citation. Now we know.

Citation needed.

The force is strong in this one. He didn't fall for the Jedi mind trick of "false dichotomy".

What is the purpose of national borders if not to protect a nation's citizenry and economy? It seems the groups lobbying for lowering trade and immigration restrictions are those that operate above the level of national boundaries. These organizations have no national allegiance. Their goals are not necessarily in the best long-term interest of the nation. The long-term interests of the nation are not a factor for them.

Really? Do you think that the IPs have not been spoofed? The hard part is tracking down the source of the attacks through all the various agents running on infected hosts -- and finding the sources that do not originate from an IP. Besides, what is the point of doing that? What do you think is the strategic goal of such a scenario?

Most terrorists are human.

I've replaced the battery on every phone I have owned for the passed 6 years because they typically do not last longer than a year before they are degraded beyond usefulness. Yeah -- it's a deal killer.

The question becomes "industrial espionage for whom?" Do campaign donors for the winning party get preferential treatment? That's called "corruption" and it's a leading reason why the U.S. is steadily rising the the "government corruption" rankings world-wide. Secondly, the only beneficiaries will be multi-national companies (yes,all your favorite and least favorite brands), most of whom choose to hide their income and assets in tax havens. The CEOs are more than happy to have big U.S. government -- just as long as they don't have to pay for those benefits.

It's been over 20 years since I worked in a rapid prototyping shop. That's exactly what we did with most of the models. We made a latex mold and cast parts using various resins, typically polyurethane. The chemicals used in stereolithography, including the cleaning agents, were pretty nasty. I would not want that in my house. The urethane resin had to be degassed and the molds cured under pressure to prevent bubbling as the exothermic reaction took place. The commercial vacuum pumps, degassing chamber, compressors and pressure tanks were pretty expensive. Though that cost was nothing compared to the 3D Systems stereolithography machines. Those were upwards of USD500,000 and about USD80,000/yr in maintenance costs.

My first Unix workstation was an SGI Personal IRIS. I would never buy one. It could be emulated on my phone using a few mW of power.

Ask UPS and FedEx how well that model works for them.