It was noise that forced it to fly only over the ocean, crippling its utilization.

Interesting that a portable generator was picked as a demo...during WW2 there was a man-portable generator that ran on a Stirling.

https://xkcd.com/2385/

Well, yeah...not unlike today.

Part of my long-ago introduction to the Internet was encountering people who were convinced robot soldiers were impossible because Asimov's Laws were actual physical laws, as real as F=ma. Their last line of defense was usually "You calling Isaac Asimov a liar?"...

One ping.

OK, if correct, that does put a different light on it.

Let's see if I get this right, from a position on the outside looking in with no more than transitory interest. Facebook furnishes you with a peripheral at a price below comparable products from other sources, in return for you letting them collect your personal data and advertise to you and your friends based on the results. Not a deal that I'd take, but at least there's a quid pro quo.

What am I missing?

Tell me that was a spell checker.

And I can have a drink. Or a joint.
And my feet don't stick to the floor.
And if I don't like the movie, all I have to do is swivel my chair and screw around on the computer, and my wife's pleasure isn't spoiled.

Oh rats, the screen isn't as big. Big deal.

They've invented the Coke bottle.

For the sake of perspective: Hydrogen is not an energy resource, because it's all been burned up. It's an energy transfer medium that lets you move energy from a resource to a consumer. All the environmental impact takes place in unburning the hydrogen by adding energy extracted from the resource.

If the resource is a reactor, you effectively have nuclear-powered airplanes.

Wonder how big that effect is with games like Candy Crunch. Free to play, but you can buy extra moves.

Ejection seats require a high level of physical conditioning and training to give you even a chance of survival. Military ejections at low altitude are fifty percent fatal.

Make that 70 years.