Yes - the first thing after a car accident is to jump out and immediately start blaming yourself. Great advice!

Those are all damn lies! And am I not mistaken that Lithium can be used in the manufacture of Methamphetamine, a Schedule II narcotic - do you have an agenda here that we should be aware of dismissing lead-acid batteries so callously?

I wasn't trying to be offensive, nor was I demanding you have a PhD in any field; what I was trying to make was a logical point - 500% battery life of the nearest competing smartphone would mean absolutely nothing if, say, an exclusive carrier of the nearest competing smartphone had simultaneously pumped $500 million…

"Excessive adjectives and adverbs"

"If any smartphone had 500% the battery life of its competitors, it would have close to 100% market share in its category."

If the result of this project is a lead-acid battery, I'm gonna be pretty pissed...

What's wrong with the lead-acid battery? We got lots of lead, we got lots of acid...makes sense to me....

Looking up the precise numbers doesn't put my mind at ease, nor show that bonds are a good investment... Real inflation will outstrip all the potential increase you might seem to be making - the government is notorious for under-reporting inflation rates; they would never let the world know officially how bad they're…

Humanity always underestimates advancements - sure the public watching the Jetson's developed some strange ideas and other science fiction has its influence, but the scientific community was and is very conservative; namely, because they are usually looking at the future from their one, isolate viewpoint...

I think you should actually do some reading of Kurzweil (or re-reading) because you grossly misunderstand what he and his fellow futurists are espousing. Also, since you're diving deep into "science" here, no (quality) scientist would ever say definitively you will not live to 200 years old. No scientist should even…

This is a goddamn plot for all the Ham Radio operators of the world to take over.....think about it; who the fuck even has a license anymore, or even knows what one is...? ...scary shit...

A savings bond...? The market is teetering on edge, making government debt obligations a precarious investment - the Fed has reached a point where it is buying the obligations it creates because no one else will go near bonds. If I got one, I'd run to the bank as fast as I could the day it opens to cash it and then…

you forgot taxes - you screw that up, especially if youve recently deployed an LLC or any other corporate entity, your credit can take a hit - your business too, obviously...

Every security feature you just mentioned can be very easily defeated by pretty much anyone with enough know-how; even 10" steel walls are nothing and they wouldn't even need dynamite - no explosives necessary...

I've seen quite a few opened via one's teeth without damage...it's a risk, but it depends on just how damn bad you want that beer...

The question of whether they were already closed or not is one that should be asked; no doubt about it. And, through the courts, those questions will be answered (if it comes to that). The $250 billion might be exaggerated by the French, but we all know that any loophole that can be exploited by a corporation will…

Step one would be to select leaders with the willingness and political bravery to approach these issues...unfortunately, every electable politician that turns up on the ballot has been thoroughly bathed in cash by the system and, in their own interest, chooses to only speak and debate on social issues utterly…

Unless France demands payment via non-fiat currency - $250 billion in pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and any leftover discontinued dollar coins (and I would do it, dammit)... Then, no rectangles...

If legitimate wrongdoing has occurred, then the timing of discovering and rectifying the wrongdoing should be irrelevant... Most national economies are in the tank; why the sudden backlash against France for closing corporate loopholes utilized only to usurp the law anyways?—We should be doing the same damn thing…

Agreed. She was long gone physiologically....unless shrunken brains are proven to be fully aware; then you'd have an entirely different hypothetical on your hands...