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That should be US and Canadian military command. You'd have a pretty hard time protecting all of North America without Canada's vigilance in the North, you know.

You can see from this photo that Canadian military command means business:

http://mypullzone.orangepopmed...

I've seen other map software fail in major ways too. Take Waze for example. I was having it direct me to a large baseball park where we had a game. There is a 4 lane highway that passes over the park on a very long bridge. Waze took me onto that highway and at the point when we were crossing over the park on the bridge it said I had arrived. That was a pretty epic failure.

Here's an image in case you care... http://1igh9a4a8a743z7yjj3tnc6...

This. Look at this one, or that one. This is the reason.

According to Apple's documentation they seem to be using AAC at 256kb/sec. That's considerably lower than aptX at around 360kb/sec.

Of course you can argue over which sounds better but since most headphones don't support AAC it's really more of a choice of do you want shitty Beats/Earpods, or do you want some good headphones in which case the lack of aptX support in iOS is a bit of a problem.

ORLY? Amazon would beg to differ:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=n...

and for the headphones:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=s...

That took all of about 10 seconds, including typing in the amazon url and the search-term.

According to Apple's documentation they seem to be using AAC at 256kb/sec. That's considerably lower than aptX at around 360kb/sec.

Of course you can argue over which sounds better but since most headphones don't support AAC it's really more of a choice of do you want shitty Beats/Earpods, or do you want some good headphones in which case the lack of aptX support in iOS is a bit of a problem.

> Cryptocurrencies are currently the bubble du jour

Indeed. Anatomy of a bubble

>They're currently enjoying lax regulatory oversight

There is _no_ oversight. The US government did NOT create the Cryptocurrencies "coins" -- the have ZERO authority to tax them. Bitcoins are private property. PERIOD.

The IRS doesn't tax my World of Warcraft gold either -- because they don't own it.

If there were any documented weird sexual practices in Trump's past, as opposed to vulgar locker room bragging, it would have been shouted from the rooftops and a 24/7 news item during the campaign.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Bw1rSF...

https://i1.wp.com/s-media-cach...

http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/...

http://15858-presscdn-0-65.pag...

Yes, because everyone wants to eat a couple of crackers, a piece of cauliflower and a few slices of meat. Which is considered a complete lunch under the Obama nutrition standards. I don't know about you, but when I was in school I would have been hungry again in about 45 minutes with that little food.

Is it really that expensive? I know some people who had run a small startup automaker that raised 30-something million. They were about 3 months out from first commercial deliveries (having made a couple dozen prototypes to various degrees, ranging from empty shells to full builds), with about $10m still left in the bank - when the board decided to bring on a guy from Detroit (Paul Wilbur, the guy responsible for the Chevy SSR, and a bunch of other train-wrecks-in-car-form), who then proceeded to run the company into the ground.

Are aircraft that much more expensive than cars, that you can't even build a demonstrator for that kind of money? To be fair, the automaker's vehicle was technically classified as a motorcycle, so their regulations weren't as onerous as for most cars (but they still did full crash and crush tests anyway, voluntarily). But, I mean, they just churned out prototypes one after the next.

http://thewindowsclub.thewindo...

Because the lighting is very simple. One infinite directional light source with a single channel CCD sensor and a single colour surface:

Ice cream moon sculptures have more detail:

http://www.foodiggity.com/ice-cream-moons-by-doshi-levien/

No they aren't. From the major gaming forum:

WARNING: Don't update your NVIDIA drivers, breaks memory speed, more
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/sh...

Nvidia 372.54 drivers are bugged (video, games, textures, etc)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/sh...

Nvidia drivers 375.70 killed HDMI
http://neogaf.site/forum/showt...

Is the latest Nvidia Driver still fucked?
http://assets.neogafllc.netdna...

the latest:
NVIDIA drivers are disappointing.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/sh...

You've got to be kidding me. The media were colluding with her campaign, they weren't reporting anything!
1. Lying: Benghazi was a spontaneous protest caused by a youtube video. Proof: See Wikileaks, she knew the night of the attack that it was a terrorist attack.
2. Unscrupulous: When Bill Clinton was done his 2nd term, the Clintons took over $100,000 worth of White House furniture and decor. They were forced to pay or return it.
3. Corrupt: Read Clinton Cash for a long list of examples.
4. Unlikable: See any of the likeability polls that were run in 2016 about Clinton. She's got the lowest numbers ever for a Democrat presidential candidate.
5. Arrogant: See the video she gave where she wondered how she wasn't up by 50 points over Trump.
6. Harpy: harpy image 1, harpy image 2, harpy image 3. The fact is, there are numerous accounts of her throwing huge tantrums when anything doesn't go her way. Cursing and swearing, throwing objects, smashing things, firing people. She's just a horrible person.
7. Only Accomplishment is marrying Bill: Hard to prove this one either way. She has zero accomplishments before marrying him. Would she have been elected as a Senator if she wasn't the wife of a former President? Impossible to say for sure, but probably not.

That's a great map. Wanna see another great one?

This one.

The Dems have a problem and until they admit it we're going to see the Right resurgent. Making excuses isn't going to help.

I think you're being disingenuous. We not only don't want someone picked on the basis of their skin color, we don't want "liberal" justices, and we're not going to fall for this bait-and-switch.

And did a quick skim through his Wikipedia entry and nope, I don't want Merrick Garland either, I don't care if he's black, white, green, or plaid. Go find someone who judges per the Constitution, not from the regulatory POV.

Thomas Sowell:
http://thefederalistpapers.int...

There's a bunch of stuff out there, but with luck these will help out.

http://1un1ba2fg8v82k48vu4by3q...

Have you seen what AMD is putting into its next server processors? http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna... Tldr: It encrypts a guest's memory with a key that the hypervisor does not have. In theory, it should make a guest VM inaccessible to the hypervisor.

Zayner unwrapped a brand-new syringe and filled its barrel with the brownish liquid. He grabbed one half of a gelatin capsule, pushed the syringe’s plunger, and filled the capsule with the fecal slurry in inconsistent spurts.

I found a picture of the guy:

http://2d0yaz2jiom3c6vy7e7e5sv...

See this chart about lifetime sales, and how the PS4 is selling at a faster rate than the PS2 did. http://2zeobl3ojpj43evvq11p5yo...

Regardless of how Common Core is portrayed by the advocates, it IS a methodology of teaching that requires students to adhere to that methodology.

If that wasn't the case, you wou;dn't be seeing this. or this or this or this.

Etc. Etc. Etc.

3 consoles = XBOX, PS4, Wii U.
The graphic isn't clipped for me (I'm using Firefox 44.0.2). The axis is labeled from 2009 to 2018. Here is the raw image if you want to look at it that way. Your confusion probably stems from not seeing the axis. The graph shows both historical data and projected data. Since the discussion is about the historical data, you can debate if the future predictions are "made up" or not, but it makes no difference to the point at hand. The AC I replied to was saying that PC gaming is dying, which didn't match my experience. So I found this chart to see who was right.

There's nothing wrong with different colours. Most European currencies have different colours, and they don't tarnish like the Sacajawea dollar does.

Odd-number polygons are better, so the coins can have constant diameter. That's easier for a vending machine to detect.

Changing the metal can be useful for more valuable coins. The £1 coin is quite thick, and makes a satisfying "clunk" if you tap it on wood, which the "copper" [plated steel] 1p and 2p don't.

http://2bh3fjfwtb1h68dqai6uooj...

Something to do after installing Windows 10 is to chuck off Internet Explorer.

/Oblg. Windows 1 vs Windows 8

Losing instinctive fear and replacing it with cold rationality seems like an improvement for species survival

It's fine in the short run, but in the long run you're screwed.

You can't pin items to the main list directly above the start menu, like you could in 95, 98, Me, 2k, NT, XP and 7.

Like so. Notice how the user has grouped similar items together.

This image seems to be of the technical preview of 10, but you can't have it like this any more.

This is the final Start Menu in 10.

You can't get rid of Places, the contents of the Most Used are completely beyond your control: you can't manually add items or reorder them, so if you had a palette of tools you had arranged in a nice order in any other Windows, you can't have that any more.

You can pin icons to the right pane by dragging it out and selecting Pin to Start Menu on them, but they have seriously ugly Modern/Metro boxes behind them. The All Programs (now called "All apps" because Metro apps and programs obviously don't require any kind of distinction RIGHT.) has a similar cascading to the Windows 7 Start menu but the icons all have the block coloured square background behind them, which makes some icons difficult to identify, the spacing between items is greatly increased which makes managing large Start Menus difficult.

In 95 you could completely customise the font used to display the start menu items and their size, and thus have a very dense menu if you wished.
In XP and 7 you could at least add and reorder them as you wished.

Spot on 100% !

Functionality got tossed out for bullshit Form.

i.e. Windows 1 vs Windows 8.1

* http://gaspull.geeksaresexytec...

/sarcasm I mean who would want a consistent Windows Control Panel -- let's fuck with it every version and move shit around because we're too lazy to do it right the first time.

Yeah, Windows 10 looks like shit. /Oblg. Windows 1 vs Windows 8

* http://gaspull.geeksaresexytec...

A screenshot from Windows 10 itself:

http://thewindowsclub.thewindowsclubco.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Windows-10-TP-Rollback.png

Feeling dumb yet?

Easy to spot; here's what they look like.

How sick in the head do they have to be to want to satisfy their sexual needs without submitting to a long process of jumping through hoops for the potential for sexual gratification?

Bingo.

This is the real reason many feminist wish to either control or eliminate porn. It's not enough to protect themselves, they want to control men's sexuality and manipulate it to their own end.

The great thing about being a man over 35 or so is that you can be honest with many in your close circle of friends about such things. I'm in my 40s, educated, make a good living, had been married once for fifteen years and have no kids. I've been told by numerous female friends (many of whom I've either dated or they've *tried* to date me) that I'm a 'catch'. Then they get really indignant that I'm not currently going out with anybody, to which I've replied 'why should I put up with the demands of a woman in a relationship when five minutes of porn and five minutes of alone time with my hand will do the trick?'

No joke: they hate it. I'd rather be hanging out with my dogs, rebuilding an engine for my project car, writing code, or rehabbing another house than sacrifice valuable time playing their games.

Did anyone else think of the "Annoying Orange" when they saw the Young Tales of the Old Cosmos cover?

My own pet peeve is when the author uses the standard foot-mark apostrophe and inch-mark quotes instead of "curly quotes." Those are ASCII shortcuts to make typing easier, folks! Take the time to do it right!

Looking at the graphs in the study a more accurate report would be:

Of the dedicated devices the "Fitbit One" and the "Fitbit Zip" where super accurate, but the average for dedicated devices was brought down by the abysmal performance of the "Nike Fuelband". The various apps tested gave a reasonable performance, as did the other dedicated devices tested

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0.0.0.0 genuinsman.phpnet.us
0.0.0.0 phpnet.us
0.0.0.0 auto2116.phpnet.us

* Those entries added to your hosts file will blockout domains/hosts this malware uses, included are sinkholed domains/C&C etc. (which *may* only be 'sinkholed' @ the DNS level in the USA only, as was the case with other malwares, courtesy of the FBI for US folks only - NOT overseas...)

SOURCE ARTICLE = http://www.net-security.org/se... & source of domains/hosts to cutoff via hosts is on that page as THIS .pdf -> http://25zbkz3k00wn2tp5092n6di...

APK

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0.0.0.0 sourcecodecenter.org
0.0.0.0 supportforum.org
0.0.0.0 updatewifis.dyndns-wiki.com

* Those entries added to your hosts file will blockout domains/hosts this malware uses, included are sinkholed domains/C&C etc. (which *may* only be 'sinkholed' @ the DNS level in the USA only, as was the case with other malwares, courtesy of the FBI for US folks only - NOT overseas...)

SOURCE ARTICLE = http://www.net-security.org/se... & source of domains/hosts to cutoff via hosts is on that page as THIS .pdf -> http://25zbkz3k00wn2tp5092n6di...

APK

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Seems like they're not even trying anymore.

Oh, they're trying alright, but how many ideas for movies can there even be? By the time I was 6 (I'm from the 70's) I knew that eventually movies wouldn't be a thing as they once were. I figured that one day movies and games would merge. When I first saw that game "Dragon's Lair" I thought it'd begun. I was obviously wrong.

It seems like people take movies less seriously than they used to, and there really aren't that many ideas for movies that'd be very interesting. The result is that movies are stuck either trying to please the older crowd with sequels/prequels (where's "E.T. 2"), or will end up being about something that takes so much consideration that the movie isn't fun to watch ("Primer" anyone?).

I'm not a tea party member, so maybe I shouldn't speak for them, but I'm pretty sure they are AGAINST having the government outlaw competition like this.

Here's the 10 Senators who signed a letter to the FCC Chief (PDF)
Republican:
Deb Fischer
John Barrasso
Pat Roberts
Lamar Alexander
Tom Coburn
John Cornyn

Tea Partier In Bad Standing:
Ron Johnson

Tea Party:
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
Tim Scott
Mike Enzi

FYI - Some of the Republicans on that list are being actively targeted by Tea Party groups in the mid-term elections.

Sounds like nobody wants to live there. Wonder why that is..

Yeah, I wonder... it's so awful here:

http://www.peterurbanski.com/d...
http://www.michaelyamashita.co...
http://vtsports.com/wp-content...
http://summit.jacksonwhelan.ne...
http://mediad.publicbroadcasti...
https://img0.etsystatic.com/00...
http://www.usappleblog.org/wp-...
http://www.discoverkillington....
http://qcc-vt-photo-media.s3.a...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...
http://girlgonetravel.com/wp-c...
http://www.bangngangan.com/ima...
http://www.discoverbristolvt.c...
http://www.waterskiingvermont....

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lptV...

But this is what can happen.

http://www.milanofixed.com/wp-...

But Zylon makes great spokes though, covered in thick vinyl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z...

http://brimages.bikeboardmedia...

Bitch to tension, and hard to re-spoke too. Spinergy taking 6 months to send out replacement spokes isn't great either.

This is ridiculous. He did not deprive the owner of their property

No, he deprived them of their right to control copying. And that's why he's been charged with violations of 18 USC Â 1832, "Theft of trade secrets" which basically applies to any unauthorized duplication (or theft) of any proprietary information.

But don't bother to look up the complaint, and the law, or anything. That would be too much effort.

....Will look like a certain well-known Black Cube, and come with a Magneto-Optical drive.

Also this will help you prep yourself to fit in....
http://2eq9hztv2wc1k6odx469m9znq0.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/valleyvseattle.jpg/

Goodbye Sony! So long nintendont! Shudder in the face of the BEST gaming system in HISTORY!

Fucking Awesome. I got mine and it ROCKS.

This one was aimed at Microsoft, but HP certainly deserves it too.

http://2eq9hztv2wc1k6odx469m9znq0.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2012-11-06-at-10.53.18-AM.png

Basic math. It's like complaining that your friend takes out a bigger loan than you, but you neglect to mention that he also has a bigger salary.

No it's not basic math. It's deficit economy spending on an over inflated fiat currency system. It doesn't work. It never has worked historically and we are headed for the same repetitive bullshit because of idiot/delusional thinkers working on the same vein of semantics which have dreamed up this fantastic kaizen system which (like many) you've bought into.

Here is a little graph to wrap your head around.

http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/purchasing-power-of-the-us-dollar-1913-to-2013_517962b78ea3c.jpg

Your debt has a little thing called interest which augments the overall value and preserves it's debasement. Your income DOES NOT you must rely on the things like CPI to keep your overall value on par with the debasement of the value of the dollar.

You do remember what a bank note actually means don't you? It's supposed to represent an IOU. Now it represents an IOU with a "shelf life" of value.

Since I will not pay to see the paperI looked up maps of magnetic pole shifts. They all looked like this one. Since the turn of the century the North Pole has been moving toward Russia and is still going in a straight line. The article talks about a course change in 2005 but that is not shown on the map. Why is their information so different than the information available to the public?

The second point is that there are only 400 years of data to look at. We have no idea if this kind of change in the speed and direction of polar shift is a common occurrence and this time just happens to correlate with ice loss. Notice the major shifts in direction in 1700 and 1850? I don't remember any reports of major ice loss around either of those times. So why did the direction shift so drastically? This points to the shifts be more random that the authors of the paper believe. Correlation is not necessarily causation.

This looks like another study by climate scientists who look at changes in the earth and then look for a way to link them to global warming. By not looking at alternative explanation they are decreasing the validity of their study. To me, suspect studies like this do not strengthen the global warming case but weakens it as I am always suspicious about theories supported by suspicious science.

It's not hipocracy,

No it isn't: Hipocracy is the right to look cool while doing it. (Or not.)

Isn't it kind of odd that veteran's benefits aren't part of the defense budget? The military costs taxpayers more than you give them credit. http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/death--taxes_50290d63431c4.jpg

Close.

The first time an app wants to access my contacts a popup comes up and says something to the effect of "App A wants access to your contacts. Allow? Deny?" or "App B wants to access your location. Allow? Deny?"

That choice is remembered but can be changed in the settings:

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/privacy.jpg (iPad)

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Privacy-iOS-6.jpg (iPhone).

I can't give you any further cites beyond the fact that that's how my phone and iPad work. I'm sure they're out there if you care enough to look.