Perhaps I was too vague; I wasn't saying that THIS was an ELE, just that I would prefer to be told in such a case.

If it was known that an Extinction Level Event was headed our way and had a fair to high chance of actually happening, I'd want to know... however, I fully understand WHY we wouldn't be told.

This... this is akin to having Excalibur. Kim Jong Un has a freakin' UNICORN LAIR. No wonder he's in the lead for Man of the Year.

I totally misread "A Former NSW Chief Judge" as "A Former NSFW Chief Judge".
I need a break from the internet.

... read Vogon poetry.

... that this eventually leads the the banning of such legal automation.

I doubt it will, though.

In Role Playing Game (RPG) parlance, an NPC is a Non-Player Character. Anything beyond the scenery and objects that is not directly controlled by a player, in other words. A 'city' is just that - an in-game hub of sorts, which, I think, is usually represented by a dedicated server in online games. Or the other way round. *shrug*.

Whether or not there's any actual role-playing going on in these online games is a different matter.

Actually, with so much rudeness online I'm extremely appreciative when people take the extra steps to be considerate.

How does this compare with Proggy Fonts, particularly the slashed-zero bold punctuation variant? That font was superb for legibility at a small font size, great for an at-a-glance overview of code without having to scroll.

... of cheap MiFi 3G routers from sw-box or brando, or use cheap but reliable brands like TP-Link or Huawei. I don't know where you are but these can be had for as little as $15 in Indonesia. You don't need fancy firmware and in-depth features, just connectivity over a short range.

Just use this network for an informative "Oh that's nice" role - nothing mission critical, but everything mission 'helpful'. Don't use it for live comms; but using it for advanced notification (before they get there and ask) in order to negate the need for live comms should be okay. Don't use it for anything at the scene, conditions will most likely be WiFi-unfriendly anyway.

With 2 on vehicles and 1 on each person (dump the casing and put the contents in more convenient/robust containers on a belt or something), with select 3G capability on each vehicle, you should be able to make a sweet logistics net.

Oh, make sure the enclosures for all your toys are fully waterproof. Things could get embarassing otherwise.

... all the genome edits are open sourced.

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I run a small computer lab with 30 workstations. All internet traffic goes through my machine, to Proxomitron which caches using Proxy+. The good thing about Proxomitron is how customizable it is - I have categories of web sites which can be toggled on and off at will; for example, when all the kids have finished their work, facebook gets enabled. Unfortunately the author died and it was closed-source. Also unfortunately the various attempts at a replacement have all failed in one way or another. You can filter specific content on any web site: eg,

I disagree. I'd say 'cheap' is the key ingredient here.

That's right, start their education young.