I assume the Jews had no reason to worry when Germany started invading the people's privacy... As of now, your statement may be true - but what happens in the future? And what is there to stop it once it is cemented into law, particularly if it greatly benefits a government that the people largely oppose? Voting…

Law is great and all, but markets speak much louder than any law. No business would or could ever do this - (1) it doesn't make good business sense if litigated against to have no documentation, (2) most States and the Federal Government have record retention laws that cannot be superseded by a business' privacy…

I think there is something to be said about the tangibility of owning something when one purchases a movie or Blu-ray or video game. This has to be a strong consideration when deciding how games will be delivered. Apple has certainly been successful with the app store, but those are, on average, only a few dollars -…

In fact I immediately thought drugs would be on the list...but the article has a positive spin & is more self-help

11)Unfortunately a lot of much harder drugs than alcohol; heroin comes to mind...

Half-cards are trendy, but you have to consider the ways in which people will store your card; if whatever they might be using is designed for standard sized cards, I imagine you will be overlooked quite frequently...

lol; they might need to fix that...but what the hell do I know about selling business cards?

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...