And pardon my typos. âoeIt was launchedâ.

Iâ(TM)ve read a handful of articles and all of them talk about Brazil and its space program. . . but this rocket is *south korean*! I was only launched from Brazil, not developed by brazilian scientists/engineers.

Why this emphasis on tying bad news to Brazil? I see this going on on Slashdot for quite some time, and many commenters seem to share this apparent sentiment.

Is Brazil so damn awesome that most slashdotters (mostly US-based, I would assume) have this need of making fun of it?

This is even more portable than cassette tape, the sound quality is better (than tape), it doesn't skip (like CD). I guess it's the best one can get from any portable physical media.

I would dare say that most of the cars manufactured in the last 10 years, even ones with ICEs, can be remotely disabled in a way or another, due to the reliance of modern cars on electronics. For some it would require something like an EMP, though.

I don't do anything particularly dodgy, so if Google wants to know what I had for lunch good for them.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

You can still run NetBSD on a lot of m68k Macs. And I've done this the first time on a Quadra 630 in the 90's.

If by "these days" you mean "for the last 20 years", then it is.

I tend to agree with you. But, looking at it from another side: why must it be like this? As if I was your enemy, like you wanted to take something from me or whatever... It kinda sucks, right?

Have you ever thought that the USA may be considered a âoepotentially hostile nation-stateâ by other nation-states, besides China (and Russia and all the usual suspects)?

I always keep my coolies as clean as I can.

It's exactly video games and typing that got kids with lesser motor skills. So I'm taking your comment as sarcasm.

The way you say it, you probably donâ(TM)t use computers, as pen and paper has always worked very well (and, in fact, it does).

It's nice to be able to crank up the heating without getting out of bed, or turning a light at night with a voice command. Or having something warn you when you need to ventilate your house. Or have automatic zone control on your heating system. It's not just laziness.

And nothing else mattersâ¦

the larger cat doesn't play with anybody, ever. She's quite stoic. Not very kid-friendly, sadly. She has a bad habit of smacking toddlers in the head just for walking past.

Thatâ(TM)s my kind of cat.