Steven Wright figured it out in the 80's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Which regime? The current Iranian one, the one running is Israel or the one running the US right now? They are all kinda crap quite honestly. At this point Israel's and Iran's leaders are probably competing for body count. Iran it is is its own people and Israel its the Palestinians, which they treat as scum.

Certainly not Java blood, unless we are talking the blood of the developers writing software or the black stuff that comes from grinding a few beans and adding liquid to them.

I don't want ANY Outlook!

Maybe, but then maybe they shouldn't price it as if it was ownership? I'd even argue that if publishers don't provide a way to self-host a server, then they should be required to keep their servers running for 4 years after the final sale of the full price of the game or refund the "purchase" fee.

What about underwear?

More likely Vibe-hacking.

Wonder if Meta has Case's number on quick-dial?

We are moving to an economy where if you aren't in the 1%, then everything will be a few months wage. This is definitely a case where a US administration was doing everything to increase prices, intended or not. Its what happens when you let a monkey and his buffoons run a system that requires understanding of consenquences.

Keith Richards has already lived through the heat death of one universe.

I was lucky; I lived in a Road Runner test market and my off-campus apartment with early cable modem had unreal speed compared to the fractional T-1 the school used.

Oh geez, they've flooded alt.sex.bald.captains with crappy AI / and it's always Q. WTF?!!

Is nothing sacred?

Everything requires maintenance. Hopefully the repair equipment can be migrated to hybrid and then fully electric in the coming years. It’s going to take years, given the investment, but when oil is politically risky and environmentally risky, then there are incentives to move beyond it.

John Brunner has entered the conversation.

Obligatory:

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

          --Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, January 1849 Les Guêpes Journal