Why bother with the intercom at all? Just get a dozen cheap MP3 players and give each passenger one. Everyone pick their own song. The sound quality is better because they're all listening from the earphone instead of the intercom. Less distraction to the pilot as well.
Why would the terrorists go through all that trouble? Just book first class and use the complimentary metal knifes. The 9/11 guys didn't need any fancy schmancy liquid explosives; all they used was just knifes.
The phone numbers wasn't released for privacy reasons. What was released (if you bother to click the link) was the UDID, APNS Token, and device name. I really don't see how a randomly generated list can match both the UDID and corresponding device name.
It's been publicly verified. Since the data is public, any iOS user can see if their device is on the list or not.
This whole discussion is moot if it's just junk data. Whether FBI, Anonymous, or some other party collected the data, its very creation means that laws were broken.
Wait, so you're saying there's a con man out there who pretends to be an FBI agent and he somehow has the personal information of a million iPhone owners?
"Still, you'd have to admit that murder is more of a problem than theft. No? Then let's turn the entire police force into homicide detectives and catch nothing but murderers all day."
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
what was supposed to be a 1BTC/$15 USD exchange turns into a 1BTC/$4USD exchange
Out of curiosity, do you have anything to back that up? Not doubting you, but I would have expected it to be a 1BTC/$15 exchange turning into a 3.75BTC/$15 exchange.
Remember the currency exchange on a credit card happens at the time of the transaction...
It's false. Though admittedly most people have this misconception if they don't frequently shop internationally. Both Visa and Mastercard calculate their currency conversion rates on a daily basis:
How does Visa calculate its rate?
Every day—except weekends, Memorial Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day—Visa calculates the rate for the next day's transactions.
MasterCard uses multiple market sources (such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Central Banks and others) to develop exchange rates. These rates generally reflect either wholesale market rates or government mandated rates that are collected during the daily rate setting process. The displayed rates are derived from the buy and sell rates included in the MasterCard daily rate setting process and do not include any charges or markups applied by the Issuer. Please note that due to possible rounding differences, the displayed rates may not precisely reflect the actual rate applied to the transaction amount when converting to the cardholder billing amount. The exchange rate that is applied to a transaction is the exchange rate as of the day of settlement which is the day that MasterCard determines the settlement amount to be exchanged between the acquirer and the issuer. The settlement date is therefore typically different from the date of the actual transaction. MasterCard does not provide the exchange rate when purchases are converted from the local currency by the merchant to the cardholder's currency at the point of sale.
He's right about the bitcoin volatility part though. The current market depth[http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/mtgoxUSD_depth.html] down to $4 is 246010BTC ($1616992 USD); so if someone had $1.6 million dollars worth of bitcoins to waste, yes it's possible to bring the currency down to $4 in a single order.
You're comparing the total number of currently operational reactors with the the number of all historical reactors accidents. You should compare historical numbers against historical numbers.
I don't have the numbers, but I do know that the total number of all past and present nuclear submarine hulls is 509, with some hulls carrying multiple reactors. I suspect the total number of nuclear reactors ever constructed is well over 10000.
But then again the total number nuclear accidents is much higher than just 3.
It was cozy for a little while, but later Hilter betrayed them (surprise, surprise!) and dissolved all monasteries in Nazi Germany while sending the more vocal clerics to concentration camps.
I feel there's a allegory for the Orthodox Church in here somewhere...
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How else are you going warn everyone about the theater fire?
Justice Holmes' exact words were " falsely shouting fire in a theater". Please get it right next time.
Comparing a FOSS game engine and a close-source one, isn't that comparing apples and oranges?
If he's making money he's an industrialist.
If he's not then he's a philanthropist.
I think GP is merely arguing the word choice that's all.
Not for long though. I hear it's being off-shored to China already.
Why bother with the intercom at all? Just get a dozen cheap MP3 players and give each passenger one. Everyone pick their own song. The sound quality is better because they're all listening from the earphone instead of the intercom. Less distraction to the pilot as well.
$99 per year.
Why would the terrorists go through all that trouble? Just book first class and use the complimentary metal knifes. The 9/11 guys didn't need any fancy schmancy liquid explosives; all they used was just knifes.
The phone numbers wasn't released for privacy reasons. What was released (if you bother to click the link) was the UDID, APNS Token, and device name. I really don't see how a randomly generated list can match both the UDID and corresponding device name.
It's been publicly verified. Since the data is public, any iOS user can see if their device is on the list or not.
This whole discussion is moot if it's just junk data. Whether FBI, Anonymous, or some other party collected the data, its very creation means that laws were broken.
Wait, so you're saying there's a con man out there who pretends to be an FBI agent and he somehow has the personal information of a million iPhone owners?
I see several people mentioning it was a Trojan app, but then where did the addresses and zipcodes come from?
Do people actually store addresses and zipcodes on their phones?
Don't forget about grammar.
Anytime you done wrote a complete sentence with proper grammar means the grammar Nazis have won.
Do you not know what false dichotomy means?
"Still, you'd have to admit that murder is more of a problem than theft. No? Then let's turn the entire police force into homicide detectives and catch nothing but murderers all day."
Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution:
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
Now only 8 living humans have set foot on another world.
That number will be zero soon, and might remain zero forever.
what was supposed to be a 1BTC/$15 USD exchange turns into a 1BTC/$4USD exchange
Out of curiosity, do you have anything to back that up? Not doubting you, but I would have expected it to be a 1BTC/$15 exchange turning into a 3.75BTC/$15 exchange.
Remember the currency exchange on a credit card happens at the time of the transaction...
It's false. Though admittedly most people have this misconception if they don't frequently shop internationally. Both Visa and Mastercard calculate their currency conversion rates on a daily basis:
How does Visa calculate its rate? Every day—except weekends, Memorial Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day—Visa calculates the rate for the next day's transactions.
MasterCard uses multiple market sources (such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Central Banks and others) to develop exchange rates. These rates generally reflect either wholesale market rates or government mandated rates that are collected during the daily rate setting process. The displayed rates are derived from the buy and sell rates included in the MasterCard daily rate setting process and do not include any charges or markups applied by the Issuer. Please note that due to possible rounding differences, the displayed rates may not precisely reflect the actual rate applied to the transaction amount when converting to the cardholder billing amount. The exchange rate that is applied to a transaction is the exchange rate as of the day of settlement which is the day that MasterCard determines the settlement amount to be exchanged between the acquirer and the issuer. The settlement date is therefore typically different from the date of the actual transaction. MasterCard does not provide the exchange rate when purchases are converted from the local currency by the merchant to the cardholder's currency at the point of sale.
He's right about the bitcoin volatility part though. The current market depth[http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/mtgoxUSD_depth.html] down to $4 is 246010BTC ($1616992 USD); so if someone had $1.6 million dollars worth of bitcoins to waste, yes it's possible to bring the currency down to $4 in a single order.
You're comparing the total number of currently operational reactors with the the number of all historical reactors accidents. You should compare historical numbers against historical numbers.
I don't have the numbers, but I do know that the total number of all past and present nuclear submarine hulls is 509, with some hulls carrying multiple reactors. I suspect the total number of nuclear reactors ever constructed is well over 10000.
But then again the total number nuclear accidents is much higher than just 3.
It was cozy for a little while, but later Hilter betrayed them (surprise, surprise!) and dissolved all monasteries in Nazi Germany while sending the more vocal clerics to concentration camps.
I feel there's a allegory for the Orthodox Church in here somewhere...
iLoo
Lawsuit incoming in 5..4..3..
I'm sick and tired of all these Windows 8 ads on slashdot.
Patents prior to 1994 were 17 years, not including the submarine.
Damn those submarine lobby groups, getting their industry special privileges. /s
Ooops, my bad. I hope my armchair physicist badge doesn't get confiscated for this.
Since there are only 2 significant figures, it's both 5.5 trillion degrees Kelvin and 5.5 trillion degrees Celsius, hence the joke.
A cold front just passed over your head. Woosh!
Seattle: 69 degrees
Vancouver: 19 degrees
Jesus! Didn't expect 100 miles to make that much of a difference. We sure drew that border at the right place.