They need to ensure that the Big Guy gets his 10% first.

When they finally open the shrink wrap and pop their collectible CD into a player, all they will hear is Rick Astley.

So, these people hired as digital escorts are vetted for security clearances, right? Because they will be handling "sensitive data". And as a part of receiving that clearance, they will be informed of their duties and responsibilities when handling said "sensitive data". Or no?

That's what we call a necessary condition. Not a sufficient condition.

Four. But it keeps popping out of second.

Not with an injured knee. And not all intersections are built with a convenient downward slope.

Git gud.

I tore my left knee up skiing years ago (torn ACL). The ski area first aid people put me in a temporary brace and asked me how I was going to get home. "Just take me out to my car and I can still drive it." It's an FJ40 (stick). Fortunately, there are only a few lights and stop signs between the parking lot and my home about 60 miles away.

Down shifting isn't difficult. Just pop the stick out of gear and you can feel when the synchros want to slip into the next lower one by nudging the throttle. Stop signs aren't a problem either. Just hang back so you don't have to stop/go repeatedly. Then when it's your turn, you shut off the engine, put the car into first gear and then hit the starter. I did that a few times when the cable clutch linkage on my old VW broke. No problems getting it back home.

It's a technique they actually teach in some countries when your engine dies and you've got to get your car out of the way (like off a railroad track). You can actually crank a car for a hundred feet or so on the starter to get out of dicey situations. I'll pay for a new battery and starter rather than getting run over by the 3:10 to Yuma.

Try that with an automatic.

This.

Give me a Lenco or a Unimog shifter forrest and I'm happy.

That and a choke knob.

Wait! What?

I just used one this morning.

NRO satellites are busy looking for illegal weed farms and people wading across the Rio Grande.

Nobody needs a fully semi-automatic vehicle.

The roads would be a lot less crowded if all cars were stickshifts and those who couldn't handle one just took the bus.

My dad bought a new truck years ago. The family tradition was that new vehicles always went to my mom and he got hand-me-downs. So he said, "I'm keeping this one for myself. I'm buying a stickshift." Problem was, my mom is a better manual transmission driver than my dad. It was the "no power steering" that sealed the deal.

That mistake led to the development of the most successful version control system in history. I wish my mistakes were 10% as productive as that.

Are you asking if Linus was right about something outside of the kernel

Until they release systemd-kernel. You can say I'm being ridiculous but they already have their own bootloader (systemd-boot). At this point, the kernel is just about the only thing left for systemd to consume.

If you can find out which device my data is on, fine. But it's probably not on the same hardware or subnet as your filthy little game is.