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  1. I wonder if the Kindle driver could be pointed at to blame. Some drivers use "undocumented" and unsupported entry points to simplify programming. Maybe the jump point that the driver expects no longer exists.

  2. Re:Not sure Microsoft is to blame on Windows 10 Computers Crash When Amazon Kindles Are Plugged In (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    So Microsoft should test ever version of every device that made in the last haw many years that could plug into a PC? That would be thousands of devices and take months to do. This is a well known double edged sword. Windows is open in that manufactures can make drivers but that means that manufacturers can make some bad drivers.

  3. Re:Recorded history on Every Month This Year Has Been the Hottest In Recorded History (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Saying "recorded history" to be 137 years is like sticking your hand out the window and saying we are in a record drought because it has not rained in the last 15 seconds. There is nothing to compare with those 137 years.

    To use your analogy. if you flip a 120 sided coin 315,000,000 times and the last 15 comes up 120 is is not actually significant.

    By the way warming does not equal wide growth rings. They could be narrow due to drought even though the temp is higher.

  4. Recorded history on Every Month This Year Has Been the Hottest In Recorded History (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    To NOAA recorded history is 137 years of record keeping. In the terms of since earth had been habituated by mammals, 315 million years, that is an extremely short time. It does not compare with what happened hundreds, thousands or millions of years ago.

  5. Re:Laws are for little people on The FBI Recommends Not To Indict Hillary Clinton For Email Misconduct (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Found it. And here is the full quote you cherry picked from;

    Comey also said that investigators had used forensic analysis to uncover "several thousand" work-related emails that were not among the group Clinton turned over to the State Department for recordkeeping purposes in 2014; however, he said, there is no evidence that those emails were hidden intentionally rather than simply having been deleted in the normal course of business or simply missed when her lawyers were sorting her emails into work and personal files.

  6. Re:Bloody F!@#ing Idiots. on Historic Route 66 To Feature Solar Road Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Therefore your statements are baseless. Thanks for clearing that up.

  7. Re:Laws are for little people on The FBI Recommends Not To Indict Hillary Clinton For Email Misconduct (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Comey also said that investigators had used forensic analysis to uncover “thousands” of work-related emails that were not among the group Clinton turned over to the State Department

    Where does that quote come from. It is not in the linked article.
    This

    Clinton has since released the bulk of the emails sent from the private server, although watchdog groups found 160 emails missing from the public release.

    is the only reference in the article to missing emails.

  8. Re:"No reasonable prosecutor" on The FBI Recommends Not To Indict Hillary Clinton For Email Misconduct (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    From the article;

    "All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information, or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct, or indications of disloyalty to the United States, or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here."(emphasis mine)

    Swartz downloaded 20 million documents. I would consider that "vast quantities of materials".

  9. Re:Of course not. on The FBI Recommends Not To Indict Hillary Clinton For Email Misconduct (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    On July 2 Lynch stated that she would follow the FBI's recommendation on whether or not to prosecute Clinton. The FBI is recommending no indictment so none will occur.

  10. Re:Bloody F!@#ing Idiots. on Historic Route 66 To Feature Solar Road Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Care to reference any of these claims?

  11. Re:Worse than senseless on Historic Route 66 To Feature Solar Road Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you realize that to melt a volume of ice take the same energy as it would to raise 0 degree C water to 70 degrees C? That is a lot of electricity. Also the power to melt the ice would have to come from somewhere else as the ice would interfere with the electricity generation.

  12. Re: This should be interesting. on Historic Route 66 To Feature Solar Road Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you ever heard the term ad hominem attack. If you have a problem with his finding then refute the findings. Attacking the man just means you have nothing useful to say.

  13. How about this one from Uber's site? $1029.79 is a good haul for a week.That is over $52K/year.

  14. When the cab's tag gets pulled it is a big deal. The driver license is a minor inconvenience.
    Here is a list of accessible taxis in Phoenix.

  15. I guess where you live cabs are pritty bad. Where I live it is very different.
    I used to drive cabs so I know a few things you don't. I had to take the cab in every 6 months for inspection at an approved shop. Our company had to have a designated number of accessible cabs on the road at all times or we were fined. You didn't see an accessible taxi because you didn't ask for one. Yeah we were tired at times but were not allowed to work 16 hour shifts. I also notice you didn't mention the license that could be pulled for violations.

  16. Except that the newspaper didn't run adds like this. Making $24.41 an hour sounds pretty good.

  17. Lets go back to the no regulation time where the following occurred;
    1. No inspections to ensure safe vehicles.
    2. No licenses to pull in case of violations.
    3. No accessible vehicles for the disabled.
    4. No employment standards so exhausted drivers are on the road.
    5. Rampant discrimination so certain groups can not get a cab.
    6. Low insurance so accident victims are not compensated fully.
    etc.
    Do you have to wait an hour every time you call a cab? Doubt it. Do you have to wait an hour on the few high usage nights like Halloween and New Years? Probably. No business can carry the number of cabs all year to deal with those two nights and that is not an excuse for killing the business the rest of the year.
    Regulations built up through the years to deal with bad actors. They exist for a reason.

  18. Uber has zero regulation burden while cabs have a lot of regulation they must comply with. Regulation compliance costs money which is why there is a lower margin for cab drivers.

  19. How many "jobs" let you decide you don't feel like working this week with no consequences?
    How many "jobs" let you decide on the spur of the moment that, because your plans fell through, you're going to work for an hour and make some extra cash?

    Every self employment "job" has those aspects. There are consequences for not working. One does not make the cash and may not be able to pay the bills.

    Uber isn't a job. It's a way for people who have a stable income to pick up a little extra cash.

    I agree with you that is the original design of the service but there are many drivers are working 60+ hours/week and Uber is their only source of income. If they truly want to go back to the "extra income" model they need to limit work hours. The problem is that Uber would not have enough drivers.

  20. Old News on PayPal Dumped Cloud Company After It Refused To Monitor Customers' Files (fortune.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Paypal has been doing this for a long time.

  21. Re:Efficency? on Ultra-Thin Solar Cells Can Be Bent Around A Pencil (computerworld.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I don't see any mention of efficiency or spacing in any of the directly linked articles. Can you link the one you are referring to?

  22. Re:How about... on Hacker Taunts Blizzard After Knocking Gamers Offline (csoonline.com) · · Score: 2

    Can you tell me why single player Diablo 3 needs to be connected? Especially considering that the connection, which only updates the chat, keeps going down so often. I can play WoW, WoT, STO, etc all day but get kicked off of D3 regularly.

  23. Way to cherry pick an argument. You dropped the "subjects of the criminal investigation". That can mean anything from drug traffickers to car thieves.

  24. So a car parked on a public street is fair game? I don't think so. There are still property rights even when something is found in a public space. That is why it is the law that found things are turned into the police and if not claimed they are then returned to the finder.

  25. Type in "richard nixon cri" and see what you get.