They should auction the ISS to the highest bidder when they get ready to decommission it. I'm sure some rich idiot would want it.

Call me when a quantum computer can factor RSA-1024.

> If this 'ban' is somehow enforced, how is this dude supposed to support himself if he isn't allowed to do what he's good at?

Then he can go to prison with all the thieves who aren't allowed to do what they are good at.

He was there when I was in grad school in the early 90's.

Sorry no time to comment, I have some daily quests to do.

It's not about price. It's about selection. If the powers that be want to kill piracy they should all get together and offer reasonable online purchase and and rental of ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING EVER MADE. If people knew everything was available from a reliable source for a reasonable price there would be no temptation to pirate. But they won't do that, because they all want to try to squeeze out the other guy and think that will some how magically give them more money. So piracy continues because people want what they want.

Starting in 7th grade I learned to code from Calcu-letter articles in Popular Science, my "programmable" TI-55 calculator, the description of BASIC from the back of my Algebra 1 book in 9th grade, BYTE magazine in the school library, my dad's Fortran programming assignment from a college class he was taking (punch card era). Problem was I didn't have a computer. When I was a junior in highschool I got my first "real" computer a Sinclair ZX-81 with 1k of ram. When I was a senior in highschool I was able to take a programming "class" with TRS-80 Model III computers. The teacher was a history major. He learned more from me than I did form him. After that it was Pascal as a freshman in college, VAX-C on a VMS system as a sophomore, and finally C on a Unix system as a Junior. I took a networking class as an undergraduate, but had no internet connection until I was in grad school.

One would have to buy up all the stock and take it private.

How much sleep have you lost over the engineering decision to make trains so large and heavy that the simply CAN'T stop for pedestrians and other vehicles. Yeah, I thought so. People will kvetch about how self driving cars are programmed right up until they become every-day objects an after that they'll be just as accepted (benefits AND dangers) as trains are today.

Cisco's code definitely includes back doors for legally authorized interception.

I'm sure submitting false information on those forms is illegal. So, make sure all the people responsible go to jail.

They revoked his license and then arrested him for driving on a revoked license.

...but it's hard problem.

People still have windows in their houses even though they aren't strictly necessary. My guess would be that there will be fewer, more understated windows. Police are gonna be pissed that 1) they can't make money writing tickets anymore because the cars all do what they're supposed to and 2) they can't see inside to see if you're black or not.

Use the money you're making while you still have a job to cram your 401k and IRS full of at least a few hundred k and preferably a million or more. Invest it in interest bearing bonds or dividend paying stocks. When your job finally gets off-shored, set up "Substantially Equal Periodic Payments"(google it) and live off that and do what the fuck you feel like doing. You might have to move to a smaller city if you get a late start, but it beats working even the coolest job. Hardest part is pitching it to your wife. You may have to replace her if she can't stand the idea that you get money without having to work.