Holden: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down...
Leon: What one?
Holden: What?
Leon: What desert?
Holden: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon: But, how come I'd be there?
Holden: Maybe you're fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you...
Leon: Tortoise? What's that?
Holden: [irritated by Leon's interruptions] You know what a turtle is?
Leon: Of course!
Holden: Same thing.
Leon: I've never seen a turtle... But I understand what you mean.
Holden: You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon.
Leon: Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden? Or do they write 'em down for you?
Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Leon: [angry at the suggestion] What do you mean, I'm not helping?
Holden: I mean: you're not helping! Why is that, Leon?
[Leon has become visibly shaken]
Holden: They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response... Shall we continue?
By the time we're able to harvest diamonds from other planetary bodies we'll have perfected laboratory synthethis. Actually, we'll perfect that LONG before we start mining other planetary bodies.
I've always respected construction zones until I saw the abuse in Alberta. They put their signs up days before they do any work. They put them way too far before the real work. When they're working very close to the road they'll not put signs up at all. It's just a clusterfark. A construction zone sign pretty much means nothing because the construction workers have abused the system so much.
I've used one for years. I primarily use it on my phone but it's backed up and synchronized across all my devices. I use a VERY long password but I can type it very quickly. I can quickly log into anything, even if it has been a year since I've logged in. I can also store important personal items such as insurance and health information.
There's a good reason I'm not a brain surgeon or a professional hockey player. Have you ever tried explaining even a 'hello world' example to someone who can't handle strict logic and math?
EMP pulse? What dystopian Matrix-like world do you live in? All of the electronics I have are just fine near microwaves, cell phones, car ignitions, etc. In fact all of those devices CONTAIN computer chips that seem to work fine right where they are.
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Ink will cost more than a divorce.
Read/Write. This isn't simply printing.
Holden: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down...
Leon: What one?
Holden: What?
Leon: What desert?
Holden: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon: But, how come I'd be there?
Holden: Maybe you're fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you...
Leon: Tortoise? What's that?
Holden: [irritated by Leon's interruptions] You know what a turtle is?
Leon: Of course!
Holden: Same thing.
Leon: I've never seen a turtle... But I understand what you mean.
Holden: You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon.
Leon: Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden? Or do they write 'em down for you?
Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Leon: [angry at the suggestion] What do you mean, I'm not helping?
Holden: I mean: you're not helping! Why is that, Leon?
[Leon has become visibly shaken]
Holden: They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response... Shall we continue?
You can't call it the 'device'. It must always be referred to as the SHIELD Tablet.
I think it's great when they do that with a product with a long name.
By the time we're able to harvest diamonds from other planetary bodies we'll have perfected laboratory synthethis. Actually, we'll perfect that LONG before we start mining other planetary bodies.
I have NEVER seen or heard of a company that had the policy of forbidding relationships between co-workers. That is not in any way normal.
Mount Nyiragongo is probably the next volcano to cause large scale destruction.
I've always respected construction zones until I saw the abuse in Alberta. They put their signs up days before they do any work. They put them way too far before the real work. When they're working very close to the road they'll not put signs up at all. It's just a clusterfark. A construction zone sign pretty much means nothing because the construction workers have abused the system so much.
You pull out your phone, look up the password, and type it in! It's REALLY hard.
I've used one for years. I primarily use it on my phone but it's backed up and synchronized across all my devices. I use a VERY long password but I can type it very quickly. I can quickly log into anything, even if it has been a year since I've logged in. I can also store important personal items such as insurance and health information.
See the movie. It's pretty good and is a perfect portrayal of slimy salesmen.
Any company that can save millions from something this small is so big that millions don't mean anything.
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RTFA. You're supposed to turn the traction control OFF in icy and snowy conditions. There's usually a button for that.
Boarding a plane with some toothpaste isn't allowed but this guy can drive drowsy for thirty years.
Imagine a world without derptards.
Everytime I go to Costco I'm impressed with the quality of what they sell. I guess it's because they can tell the difference between shit and quality.
There's a good reason I'm not a brain surgeon or a professional hockey player. Have you ever tried explaining even a 'hello world' example to someone who can't handle strict logic and math?
And sarcasm detectors.
You can worry all you want about this stuff. You can also worry about alien abduction. It still doesn't make it likely, or even possible.
Thankfully you still can't get pregnant when you use the back door.
EMP pulse? What dystopian Matrix-like world do you live in? All of the electronics I have are just fine near microwaves, cell phones, car ignitions, etc. In fact all of those devices CONTAIN computer chips that seem to work fine right where they are.
There's currently no technology used in medicine because of the constant fear of it 'being hacked'.
We don't have for-profit hospitals in Canada.