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  1. Re:Imagine how it would work on AT&T and Comcast Helped Elected Official Write Plan To Stall Google Fiber (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Data obtained from Maryland utility
    companies indicate that constructions costs for overhead utilities range from $0.62 million per mile to $1.02 million
    per mile and underground comparable service ranges from $3.3 million to $8.3 million per mile.

    From: http://www.roads.maryland.gov/... (pdf)

    It is a bit more expensive...

    I did find this line pretty funny though:

    Underground installations reduce vehicular
    crashes with poles and possible fatalities, reduce the exposure to electromagnetism fields reducing health hazards,
    improve the aesthetics of neighborhoods and may increase the assessment value of the nearby properties.

    Since when did we prove that electromagnetism causes any health hazards, and when did burying somehow start mitigating these issues? Perhaps it is more about perception, but that line is utter crap.

  2. Re:Why not fix maps first? on Google Launches 'Google Trips' Personalized Travel Planner (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It might even be old enough to run on an underpowered phone without much in the way of changes. It used to run on 256 MB of ram on XP after all, that is way less resources than even the crappiest phone around now.

  3. Re:If only you could tell Google '..via..' on Google Launches 'Google Trips' Personalized Travel Planner (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    But, the real question is, why would you want to come down here to Baltimore, it is so much nicer up there in CT. :)

    Personally, I use the GW on that path, but the Tappan Zee works as well. I have family up in Springfield, so have driven that path often enough to almost get it without Maps on the Cell, but I always get confused in New York, and it always seems that the GPS drops out right there too.

    Fun times.

  4. Re:The USA wont follow this on UK Standards Body Issues Official Guidance On Robot Ethics (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    South Korea seems to be ahead of everyone else in this field.

  5. Re:wow, completely clueless... on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Outlook is easy. Unfortunately, there is nothing called Outlook Server, so perhaps you mean Exchange?

    I have to say though, most of those things he asked about are trivial, all of them should NEVER be done.

  6. Re:just one thing to say on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    You know, I'll bet there are people who won't get that your post is sarcasm.

    http://www.realclearpolitics.c...

    I do find it amazing that Johnson is polling in the double digits, if only he could get the magical 20% so he gets invited to the debates. That would make for some entertaining television.

  7. Re: just one thing to say on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    As opposed to Bill Clinton that just had a chat with the AG before all charges were dropped against Hillary?

  8. Re:just one thing to say on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because committing federal felonies (incorrect destruction of official records) is totally cool!

    https://www.archives.gov/about...

    The fact is that she used a private server to facilitate the destruction of official records, because she didn't have enough control over the State email servers to implement the same there. This is a major felony, but I guess you don't really care, and would just rather not have politicians who are accountable.

  9. Re: just one thing to say on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    As someone who lives in Maryland, which has gone Democrat by a wide margin for many years, my intention is to vote Johnson. I am not voting for him because I honestly want him to win, frankly I don't want any of the candidates to win, I am voting for him because of the effect it will have on the next election. It is possible that if a third party gets enough of the vote, that the next election will have three parties at the debates instead of two.

  10. Re:just one thing to say on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Clinton has released something like 60,000 emails

    Funny, what I read said she only turned over 30k emails, and the FBI found many more emails in their investigation that were not turned over.

    So, how does it feel to be paid by the Clinton campaign to astroturf for her?

    The funny thing is, when you work in government office, those aren't your emails, they are official records. Therefore, setting up a 60 day retention would be highly illegal, but let's just give her a pass for trying to cover up all her crimes.

  11. Re:They disarmed him? on Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The fact that you point at that as some kind of miscarriage of justice just shows how wrong you are. You do realize that that one was ruled self defense, and that every witness except the kid's friend said that Wilson was defending himself? I suppose when your view is so slanted, even justified self defense looks like murder, but I suppose you think that someone who assaulted a police officer, tried to take his gun, and discharged the firearm within the car somehow was innocent?

  12. Re:They disarmed him? on Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps that is different people acting in different ways and different situations dealt with in different ways.

    How many white people have been killed by police? How many of the black people were in the process of committing a crime? How many were justified self defense? You act like every time a black person dies by police, it is all about the police being in the wrong. Do you expect that the police aren't subject to the same justice as a citizen?

  13. Re:They disarmed him? on Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Because of course, certain isolated incidents are now the normal and indicate that this is what the police are supposed to do?

    These incidents happen with white people all the time, but because they aren't black, it doesn't even make more than the local news. Supposedly being a police officer is scary, but maybe if we removed those officers who are proven to do the wrong thing, things will start getting better. However, trying to hold police to some kind of higher standard when the shootings are justified...that is just silliness.

    You start out with two incidents where kids pointed non guns that looked quite close to guns at the police and were shot, now you are totally off on a tangent about an incident where police officers will likely go to jail. Do you have a point in here somewhere? The police get locked up too when they do the wrong thing, acting like they always get off, and are all bad doesn't solve any problems, but that is what the media has been doing recently.

  14. You mean like this warning?

    http://www.express.co.uk/life-...

  15. They implemented that as well, the phones indicate a problem with the battery on reboot and charging if it has the bad batteries. It is more than a red X or green check though, it actually explains the issue.

  16. Re:They disarmed him? on Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    What does that have to do with the particular incidents you talked about that I responded to?

    Pulling a gun on a police officer in a threatening manner often will lead to your death, even if the gun turns out to be a BB gun designed to look like a handgun.

  17. Not nice to talk about his wife like that...

  18. Re:My favorite from TFA... on Valve Bans Developer From Steam After It Sues Customers Over Bad Reviews (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe those people should grow the fuck up and stop acting like teenage shitlords.

    You do realize that even teenage shitlords have internet access?

  19. Re:Wacky? Maybe, but at least he's got vision. on Elon Musk Scales Up His Ambitions, Considering Going 'Well Beyond' Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean a maniac who has created more conflict in foreign policies than any candidate before vs. a candidate supported by money.

    Which is which? Both of the top candidates could be described by both of those...

  20. Re:Wacky? Maybe, but at least he's got vision. on Elon Musk Scales Up His Ambitions, Considering Going 'Well Beyond' Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So, register anonymously with an email address that doesn't tie back to you?

  21. Re: Like suing McDonald's for hot coffee on Florida Man Sues Samsung, Says Galaxy Note 7 Exploded (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    From the second link above:

    Plaintiffs' expert, a scholar in thermodynamics applied to human skin burns, testified that liquids, at 180 degrees, will cause a full thickness burn to human skin in two to seven seconds. Other testimony showed that as the temperature decreases toward 155 degrees, the extent of the burn relative to that temperature decreases exponentially. Thus, if Liebeck's spill had involved coffee at 155 degrees, the liquid would have cooled and given her time to avoid a serious burn.

    A full thickness burn is another term for a third degree burn.

    The exposed muscle was from what I was taught as a Boy Scout, this page seems to show it pretty well:

    http://know-your-body.wonderho...

    The blisters and skin can fall away exposing the musculature underneath as the whole skin covering has been damaged beyond your body's ability to repair it. They can even be fatal as bleeding will proceed pretty quickly if it is not treated properly. Take a look at the pictures in that article, the one with the white hand is the third degree burn.

  22. Re:They disarmed him? on Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Pulling a BB gun that looks like a handgun and pointing it at police should be expected to result in that action. Would you rather the police instead got shot if it were a real firearm? Do you expect the police to be able to distinguish between a firearm and a BB gun designed to appear as a firearm?

  23. Re: Like suing McDonald's for hot coffee on Florida Man Sues Samsung, Says Galaxy Note 7 Exploded (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It is hot enough to produce third degree burns in a matter of 2-10 seconds according to a burn expert used at the trial.

    http://www.healthline.com/heal...

    Third degree burns extend through all the layers of skin. It is a very bad burn, and requires hospitalization to properly treat.

  24. Attractive?

  25. Re:Like suing McDonald's for hot coffee on Florida Man Sues Samsung, Says Galaxy Note 7 Exploded (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts
    http://www.lectlaw.com/files/c...

    Coffee hot enough to produce third degree burns is too hot. Third degree burns is past blistering, past melting, all the way to exposed muscle. This isn't a little burn, it is quite extensive. McDonald's was warned repeatedly, and decided that the number of burns (700) occuring wasn't worth doing anything about. They knew the issue existed, and refused to settle for $20,000 as the woman offered (which was the cost of treatment, no more).

    Everyone involved in the case, except those paid by McDonald's, felt that McDonald's acted willfully and with knowledge of the issue. They intentionally caused the issue knowing that it was lead to significant burns if someone actually tried to drink the coffee.