"If you don't like them, well, I have others."

If you absolutely needed your principle back, you could always sell the consol to somebody else. The reliable stream of interest income was considered so vital, though, that one sees the advice repeated, "Never sell consols," notably in the the Forsyte Saga.

Once upon a time, the Bank of England sold bonds that *never* matured. The whole point of owning them was to have a stream of interest income that would continue in perpetuity. They were called "consols." The US government sold consols for a while too. While they never matured, they could be called in and repaid at the issuers option, and they all have been.

Famously, "Score: 5, Troll" is possible and has happened.. Slashdot's score display has the label of the last ,moderation applied to the post--except that "Overrated" and "Underrated" mods don't change the label. Thus, a Score: 5 post that is moderated as a Troll, and then moderated as Underrated will show as "Score: 5, Troll". Similarly, a post can be "Score: -1, Insightful."

Chinese sock puppet says, "Forget all, this, look at this lovely distracting Epstein stuff!"

There's one problem: the rights granted a corporation will be determined by the state in incorporates in, but they apply everywhere. This means that it has to be done in *all* the states, or it's meaningless. If the rights of corporation are restricted in only some states, the only thing that will be achieved is that all the corporations will register in the states that don't restrict their rights.

I would submit that its a downside even if you *do* have the competence, because you have to devote effort and resources to cope with it, and that cost is a downside.

They'll be adding support for zippers!

Yes, it has been solved. Yes, the fact that they don't seem to be able to solve it here is an indictment of the project. It doesn't change the fact that it is a difficult problem is a downside to using hydrogen, contrary to the original post.

"Its only downside is density."

No, another downside is that it's damned hard to make the fuel system hydrogen-tight. Other fuels are easier for a fuel system to handle. As this incident has just demonstrated.

It needs to go down the same path as luxury watches. $20K for a watch that doesn't actually tell time any better, so that the owner can brag about how much he paid for a watch.

Fortunately, this is not difficult, since most robots have difficulty keeping their balance.

You can do anything at zombo.com. Anything at all.

Since you just made up a rule that is impossible to follow unless you always drive no faster than ten miles an hour, I can't say that I attach much importance to it.

"Ask the average consumer to name five Android vendor options. I'll bet they'd struggle to name more than three."

Ask the average consume to name five iPhone vendor options.