TheJunkyard

Shame.

TL;DR - aw.

Firefly at least made an attempt, which added an air of authenticity. But over such a long period of time, it seems likely that language would have evolved almost beyond recognition, similar to trying to read something like the Canterbury Tales today. I always assume that what I'm watching is a "translation" from whatever they're actually speaking into modern-day English that viewers can understand.

A better example for me would be A Clockwork Orange where - over a relatively short period of time - language has evolved a massive amount, yet in an entirely believable way.

The company is offering a service to their customers above and beyond what is legally required of them.

Admittedly they are doing this only to boost their own profits, rather than out of the goodness of their hearts - by persuading customers to shop with them rather than their competitor who does not offer this service - because profit is a company's sole reason for existing. Therefore, you shouldn't care about exploiting the company.

However, many people genuinely buy products and later decide that they are unsuitable for their needs. Being able to return those products is a very useful service to those people. If too many people abused this service, by purchasing goods with the deliberate intention of using them for a month and then returning them, it would begin to cost the store too much money, and they would be unable to continue offering the service.

Therefore, it could possibly be construed as morally questionable to exploit this service for a purpose for which is was not intended, and risk spoiling it for those who are using it for the intended purpose.

You tripled it?!

Then why is ATO 4 so difficult to achieve? It seems like the human on an ATO 3 train is there only to press a button to close the doors, and that sounds like something terrible easy to automate. Is there some legal requirement preventing this final step being taken, or is it a genuine need for a human to be there?