Right, but your financial codes and routers have extensive ECC hard-coded into the software and hardware. The CRU code in particular had no error handling, and some errors were not easily detected in the output - like reporting overflow errors as negative numbers for an intermediate value. The real point is the reduction from six to one significant digit, which is a much better measure of the software's efficacy than saying it has errors. People who don't like this will say it will jack up the price of science because you will need professional programmers. And it will. However, I suspect the market will find a good solution that is robust and reasonably customizable, at least within specialties.

Then you take one of the small jet services or high-speed rail that becomes affordable due to increased volume and increased competitor prices. Or you telecommute because you're good at what you do, and your boss doesn't want to lose you or pay for your commute. Don't expect us all to stay put because you lack imagination. I see all these people who are for subsidizing hybrid cars and mass transit and taxing gasoline and against new highway projects and for carbon caps. Why go to all that trouble, when you can solve all the problems by auctioning off the freeway systems? Or maybe you just want everyone *else* to have to pay for their lifestyles while you get a free ride (pun intended).