It's true that if a virus had never been written, then the entire global computer infrastructure might be wiped out by one released now. But "that which doesn't kill you" certainly does not always make you stronger, it can actually make you a permanent cripple with a debilitating disease which destroys your quality of life. I guess being confined to a wheelchair does give you stronger arms...

So robots can have babies, now?

I've been marooned to die on Earth for many years now.

You don't think they can x-ray and OCR handwritten letters?

Why would someone write malware that dumps money into some unrelated stranger's bank account?

This one should be pretty easy, no? Which premium numbers benefited from the text messages?

Wow, you really did your homework! Except they actually did exactly what you claim they should have done. (well, except for the MS part)

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77152.html

Excellent idea! You could add to this the requirement that companies adhere to pollution standards, environmental standards, resource consumption, even CO2 footprint. Compliance would be by a certification body, paid for by the company, and any violations or local complaints would be investigated and resolved immediately.

Nobody's noticed, its M. Othman? As in MOTHMAN?

Seriously? Our ambassador to aliens is named M.Othman? Like the MOTHMAN?

Just a guess but I would assume that the weapon monitoring systems either stopped working, indicated the weapons were malfunctioning, or else showed some anomalous readings. You don't need a launch to have a malfunction...

The proposal is to use the launcher to get up to the speed at which a scramjet can ignite, not Mach 10. The scramjet will then take you to Mach 10.

Yes, speaking of bad physics, why can't you coast to orbit? If an object at 10 ft altitude is moving at a high enough velocity, it sure as hell is going into orbit unless something gets in its way, without any additional propellant.

It seems just stunningly obvious that

1. This is a deceptive scam.

2. They are stealing people's money via easily proven fraud

3. The perpetrators should be easily identified by whoever cashes the cheques

What am I missing here?