You clearly have no idea how many of nuclear's real costs are passed on to the taxpayer. Did you know damages in the event of a problem are capped at a tiny fraction of any reasonable cleanup cost...with the balance to be paid by the government? It's the only way they can get insurance companies to cover a nuclear generating plant. Not many accidents, but when they happen, hold onto your wallet!
And every nuclear plant I've ever heard of went over budget one way or another. The one currently waving in front of our face in Ontario is the Darlington refit. It's barely started, and it's already 2 1/2 years behind and more than $300 million over budget.
Taking care of the waste isn't cheap, either. Nor is cleaning up the tailings from uranium mining. Mostly, taxpayers are on the hook for that, too.
There's lots more, but frankly, I don't have time to spoon-feed you basic information
Those myths and deceptive half-truths have been utterly blown out of the water by this lady, a Canadian doctor testifying in front of the US Senate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxtGepwXaes
Yes, a Canadian politician went to the US to get a minor heart operation done. He is well-known up here as a loudmouthed posturing idiot with more money than brains. He is now retired and out of our hair, mercifully. Also, you may be surprised to learn that we have more than one politician, many of them quite wealthy. Try to find others taking similar measures when they have health problems.
Not sure. You might want to ask Kim Dotcom if he could answer that for you. Or some old lady in West Trumplandia who ran afoul of the RIAA when her granddaughter downloaded a Disney movie improperly.
A logical person might conclude people who join MENSA are perhaps a little too impressed with themselves, perhaps even to the point of being narcissistic.
So one could argue that such people might well be less stable than people with a 130+ IQ who feel no need to constantly reassure themselves about their putative intellectual superiority.
I am a model of psychological balance, yet I could join MENSA if I wanted to. I have never felt the need.
Besides, our Chairthing said I'd have to give up my seat on the Galactic Council of Woke Beings if I debased myself so blatantly.
A brick doorstop was 100% effective at blocking phishing and socially-engineered malware attacks. It also performed nearly 98% as effectively as Edge at rendering websites properly.
We shall leave aside, for the moment, the question of whether Microsoft's telemetry should be considered "malware".
They absolutely 100% DO change their skin texture. I've seen it myself. And I have no doubt there's thousands of snorkelers and divers who can back me up on this.
"Isn't it astonishing, Smedley, how much that fully-functioning surveillance drone resembles a set of tiles in the ladies change room at the university gym!"
"You have my word, sir, no terrorist shall pass through that venue unobserved!"
There was a time when these dildos were kept under some kind of control. Unfortunately, they're flooding this place, and it's getting more and more difficult to have an adult conversation.
"...I am not saying Microsoft has malicious intent by adding Cortana to Skype; the company could have good intentions."
I realize it was the person posting TFA who said this, not Microsoft itself. Nevertheless, this magnificent remark deserves to to take its place as another star in the firmament of "what could possibly go wrong" comments.
I propose that it be placed just below "Your cheque's in the mail" and "I'll just put the tip in", and immediately above "I won't let go in your mouth" and "We're from the government; we're here to help".
Traffic flow is the problem. Self-driving cars will adhere slavishly to every letter of the law, even when it creates traffic havoc. Imagine a self-driving car doing exactly the speed limit in the passing lane as it inches by a self-driving transport truck doing five kph under the speed limit.
I believe Dennis Leary wrote a song that mentioned a situation much like it.
My heart aches for the people of Texas and Mississippi and Florida and Georgia, whose people have been punished by four hurricanes this year alone.
These states, with churches on every corner and the love of God in their hearts, are being targeted. We must ask ourselves why. Consider Toronto and San Francisco, the two gayest cities on the continent. Neither has been affected by a single serious storm.
It is time to get with God, my friends. He has made His feelings abundantly clear. It is time to make room in your hearts, your homes and your bakeries for The Gays.
You cannot argue with God...unless you want to face His punishment.
And thanks for the tip about Airbnb. I remember seeing some stuff about them, but it's different coming first-hand from somebody you can get more information from, if necessary.
I read quite a few of the comments, and noticed that people here are well aware of the problems with having a browser store this kind of information. And yet, I have a bad, bad feeling that in a few years, it's going to be ubiquitous, perhaps even compulsory. I'm surprised they actually spelled it out so clearly:
"By moving the storage of payment card details in the browser, the responsibility of keeping these details safe is moved to the browser and the user."
That's it right there. The banks and credit card companies have been trying ever since plastic was invented to make consumers responsible for losses due to fraud and theft. This is their ticket to paradise.
So watch for deep discounts. Watch for a flood of trolls masquerading as coolest-of-the-cool tech lords explaining how everybody who isn't a doddering old fool is using it. Watch for laws drafted to force you to use it. Like when you have to renew your driver's license, you get a choice of waiting in an endless line during business hours at a single tiny government office, or bringing your smart phone and an app to a no-wait kiosk in a mall, or doing it from home...ONLY if you use the browser function. Watch for more and more stores refusing to accept bills larger than $10 for cash transactions "because counterfeit" or "because security".
I'm sure there's a dozen more ways, all based around that "well, nobody's forcing you" lie that's been used so often and so well.
Let's hope that for once people get together and shut this down before it gets started. Right now liability for fraudulent financial transactions is right where it belongs. We need to keep it that way.
If there really is such a thing as a free market, at least one of the major manufacturers should keep making a phone with the headphone jack. There have to be millions of people who are entirely uninterested in finding themselves locked into what will probably evolve into a one-station radio, with its own stable of "approved" entertainers, and no doubt a "how often can we shear the sheep" approach to monthly fees.
"Instead, [Kaspersky] implied that the root of the problem was that Kaspersky Lab had correctly identified the hacking tools the contractor was working on as malware..."
Given the circumstances, this may be the best unintentionally ironic example ever of the well-worn meme, "It's not a bug, it's a feature."
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You clearly have no idea how many of nuclear's real costs are passed on to the taxpayer. Did you know damages in the event of a problem are capped at a tiny fraction of any reasonable cleanup cost...with the balance to be paid by the government? It's the only way they can get insurance companies to cover a nuclear generating plant. Not many accidents, but when they happen, hold onto your wallet!
And every nuclear plant I've ever heard of went over budget one way or another. The one currently waving in front of our face in Ontario is the Darlington refit. It's barely started, and it's already 2 1/2 years behind and more than $300 million over budget.
Taking care of the waste isn't cheap, either. Nor is cleaning up the tailings from uranium mining. Mostly, taxpayers are on the hook for that, too.
There's lots more, but frankly, I don't have time to spoon-feed you basic information
Those myths and deceptive half-truths have been utterly blown out of the water by this lady, a Canadian doctor testifying in front of the US Senate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxtGepwXaes
Yes, a Canadian politician went to the US to get a minor heart operation done. He is well-known up here as a loudmouthed posturing idiot with more money than brains. He is now retired and out of our hair, mercifully. Also, you may be surprised to learn that we have more than one politician, many of them quite wealthy. Try to find others taking similar measures when they have health problems.
Funny, Canada has had single-payer for decades, and hasn't pulled this kind of nonsense.
Are Americans such sheep that they'd put up with it? I have my doubts.
When is the last time that happened in the US?
Not sure. You might want to ask Kim Dotcom if he could answer that for you. Or some old lady in West Trumplandia who ran afoul of the RIAA when her granddaughter downloaded a Disney movie improperly.
A logical person might conclude people who join MENSA are perhaps a little too impressed with themselves, perhaps even to the point of being narcissistic.
So one could argue that such people might well be less stable than people with a 130+ IQ who feel no need to constantly reassure themselves about their putative intellectual superiority.
I am a model of psychological balance, yet I could join MENSA if I wanted to. I have never felt the need.
Besides, our Chairthing said I'd have to give up my seat on the Galactic Council of Woke Beings if I debased myself so blatantly.
As anybody knows who isn't so stupid they'd drown from looking up if they went out in the rain, climate and weather are not the same thing.
As long as it's turned off, a battery with a full charge will last for at least a couple of days.
A brick doorstop was 100% effective at blocking phishing and socially-engineered malware attacks. It also performed nearly 98% as effectively as Edge at rendering websites properly.
We shall leave aside, for the moment, the question of whether Microsoft's telemetry should be considered "malware".
How to tell when it's really not your day.
They absolutely 100% DO change their skin texture. I've seen it myself. And I have no doubt there's thousands of snorkelers and divers who can back me up on this.
"Isn't it astonishing, Smedley, how much that fully-functioning surveillance drone resembles a set of tiles in the ladies change room at the university gym!"
"You have my word, sir, no terrorist shall pass through that venue unobserved!"
There was a time when these dildos were kept under some kind of control. Unfortunately, they're flooding this place, and it's getting more and more difficult to have an adult conversation.
It's not a good idea to pollute the ocean like that.
It would be like raising the price of a shit sandwich.
It's currently optional.
Should I assume you are unfamiliar with the story about the camel getting its nose into the tent?
Should I also assume you have faith that even if it remained optional, it would never be activated as part of an update?
Thanks for letting me start my day wearing an "Isn't That Cute" smile.
"...I am not saying Microsoft has malicious intent by adding Cortana to Skype; the company could have good intentions."
I realize it was the person posting TFA who said this, not Microsoft itself. Nevertheless, this magnificent remark deserves to to take its place as another star in the firmament of "what could possibly go wrong" comments.
I propose that it be placed just below "Your cheque's in the mail" and "I'll just put the tip in", and immediately above "I won't let go in your mouth" and "We're from the government; we're here to help".
Traffic flow is the problem. Self-driving cars will adhere slavishly to every letter of the law, even when it creates traffic havoc. Imagine a self-driving car doing exactly the speed limit in the passing lane as it inches by a self-driving transport truck doing five kph under the speed limit.
I believe Dennis Leary wrote a song that mentioned a situation much like it.
...no, I will not be buying any Apple product with Face ID.
"Microsoft Exec Says Windows 10 Mobile is No Longer a 'Focus' "
So for the first time since the Universe was a pup, Microsoft and users actually agree about something.
Truly, these must be the End Times.
My heart aches for the people of Texas and Mississippi and Florida and Georgia, whose people have been punished by four hurricanes this year alone.
These states, with churches on every corner and the love of God in their hearts, are being targeted. We must ask ourselves why. Consider Toronto and San Francisco, the two gayest cities on the continent. Neither has been affected by a single serious storm.
It is time to get with God, my friends. He has made His feelings abundantly clear. It is time to make room in your hearts, your homes and your bakeries for The Gays.
You cannot argue with God...unless you want to face His punishment.
Thank you.
Well said.
And thanks for the tip about Airbnb. I remember seeing some stuff about them, but it's different coming first-hand from somebody you can get more information from, if necessary.
I read quite a few of the comments, and noticed that people here are well aware of the problems with having a browser store this kind of information. And yet, I have a bad, bad feeling that in a few years, it's going to be ubiquitous, perhaps even compulsory. I'm surprised they actually spelled it out so clearly:
"By moving the storage of payment card details in the browser, the responsibility of keeping these details safe is moved to the browser and the user."
That's it right there. The banks and credit card companies have been trying ever since plastic was invented to make consumers responsible for losses due to fraud and theft. This is their ticket to paradise.
So watch for deep discounts. Watch for a flood of trolls masquerading as coolest-of-the-cool tech lords explaining how everybody who isn't a doddering old fool is using it. Watch for laws drafted to force you to use it. Like when you have to renew your driver's license, you get a choice of waiting in an endless line during business hours at a single tiny government office, or bringing your smart phone and an app to a no-wait kiosk in a mall, or doing it from home...ONLY if you use the browser function. Watch for more and more stores refusing to accept bills larger than $10 for cash transactions "because counterfeit" or "because security".
I'm sure there's a dozen more ways, all based around that "well, nobody's forcing you" lie that's been used so often and so well.
Let's hope that for once people get together and shut this down before it gets started. Right now liability for fraudulent financial transactions is right where it belongs. We need to keep it that way.
If there really is such a thing as a free market, at least one of the major manufacturers should keep making a phone with the headphone jack. There have to be millions of people who are entirely uninterested in finding themselves locked into what will probably evolve into a one-station radio, with its own stable of "approved" entertainers, and no doubt a "how often can we shear the sheep" approach to monthly fees.
"Instead, [Kaspersky] implied that the root of the problem was that Kaspersky Lab had correctly identified the hacking tools the contractor was working on as malware..."
Given the circumstances, this may be the best unintentionally ironic example ever of the well-worn meme, "It's not a bug, it's a feature."