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  1. Re:Won't save most of the 4000 lives on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 1

    I was not aware that just by putting computes into the cabs of trucks they also were going to be able to totally redo basic physics and stopping distance of such heavy machines. Can you please give links to where this is going to be possible?

    If anywhere Trains should be the first freight carrying items that should be automated, fixed paths of travel, predetermined speed changes where this is 99% of the time no other traffic right in front of you doing its own thing.

  2. Re:Cat and mouse... on Netflix Cracks Down On VPN and Proxy "Pirates" · · Score: 2

    Interesting statement considering that U.S. banks don't allow accounts to be set up with PO Box addresses.

    Says who, I have only had my PO box on all my bank accounts for 30+ years, and no not all the accounts are that old

  3. Re:Why NOT bother? on First US Public Library With No Paper Books Opens In Texas · · Score: 1

    They only, according to the webpage, accept government id's with that address or tax bills, no other item seems to be good enough for the New York Public Library.

  4. Re:Why NOT bother? on First US Public Library With No Paper Books Opens In Texas · · Score: 1

    To bad the New York Public Library will only give you a card if your license has a physical address on it for New York. I have lived in the state all my life, but the only address that has ever been on my license is my PO Box, the same address that also is on all my bills as that is where they are mailed to. I also can not give them a copy of a land tax bill as I rent and the landlord pays the taxes.

    Well thought it would have been nice to sign up for all of a minute until I came across those terms.

  5. Re:Future planning? on Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheel Damage 'Accelerated' · · Score: 2

    As part of planning to send people to the other planets, I am surprised that they do not try to figure out a way to get something back from the landers. I would think that seeing how the materials held up to the conditions it went through would be important data to have.

  6. How many services still actually ship through the Post Office, I wish more did as I have a PO box for security and most places will not use it as they only use FEDEX or UPS.

  7. Re:Keyboarding on Chicago Public Schools Promoting Computer Science to Core Subject · · Score: 1

    My son in 11th grade with everything he has to take is already doing his second year of not even getting a lunch break in the school day, hes also not the only one. How are they going to force one more course into a schedule that is already over loaded with the government says you must take this courses?

  8. Re:Where's the kaboom? on Nobody Builds Reactors For Fun Anymore · · Score: 1

    "No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow."

  9. Re:are you kidding? on Spotify's Own Math Suggests Musicians Are Still Getting Hosed · · Score: 1

    My question is how much of a song needs to be listened to for it to be counted as a play, there are at times when I put on Spotify Radio that I skip ahead on a song after maybe 5 to 10 seconds of it being played. Does that get the same amount of payment as if I had listened to the entire song?

  10. Re:Another N.H. advantage on Report Claims a Third of FOIA Requests To the NYPD Go Unanswered · · Score: 1

    The actual New York state law: http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/foil2.html#s87

    The form to submit with its requirements for the NYPD: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/legal_matters/dclm_doc_production_foil.shtml

  11. Why didnt they learn from the Status phone on Facebook Home Flagship Phone, HTC First, May Be Discontinued · · Score: 1

    Also from HTC that was out a number a years ago with a dedicated button to post what was on screen to facebook.

    https://support.htc.com/en-us/HTC_Status_ATT

  12. Re:No. on Is Buying an Extended Warranty Ever a Good Idea? · · Score: 1

    Last day of extended warranty from BestBuy on a laptop that the dog got caught in the power cable and pulled off the desk. Beyond them taking almost 2 weeks to fix it there was no issue with getting work done on it. Honestly they would have made more money giving us credit as it was a 5 year old gaming laptop and the equivalent then was $300 more.

  13. Re:Solved! on WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords · · Score: 1

    Under what I scanned in the article would not even Slashdot fall under passwords you would have to turn over?

  14. Re:When will this apply to medicines? on Supreme Court Upholds First Sale Doctrine · · Score: 1

    New York state now requires, as of about three weeks ago, that a valid photo id is shown when picking up some scripts.

  15. Re:No. on Retail Copies of Office 2013 Are Tied To a Single Computer Forever · · Score: 1

    Is it the beta, I know a few that were in the beta that were not linked to an account.

  16. Re:No. on Retail Copies of Office 2013 Are Tied To a Single Computer Forever · · Score: 2

    All the offices require an account. You cant buy it it most stores and walk out with a disc of any type. All you are buying is a key to type in after you create your Microsoft account.

  17. Re:I am apalled....BURN THEM!!!!! on Apple Wins Mobile Patent On Displaying Lists, Documents · · Score: 1

    How about the field of Apples aka the corporate campus?

  18. Re:Might see re-emergence of "downgrade" ads on Full Upgrades To Windows 8 Only From Windows 7? · · Score: 0

    Already out there started June 1st. By any system with any version of Windows 7 and you can for less then $20US, I forget if its $19,99 or $14,99, get Win 8 Professional. After you buy the system you go to a website that I cant remember right now and not at work to read the sign we got by the computers we sell.

  19. Re:What is the point of gaming consoles? on Most Game Console Power Draw Comes From Time Spent Idling · · Score: 1

    Add in the cost of software to make this PC run as well as the time it would take to set it all up to be functioning as seamlessly as the 360. I know the consoles I have took no more then 10 minutes from out of the box to playing a game. Can you say the same for set up and assembly of these pieces?

  20. Re:I do the opposite on Retail Chains To Strike Back Against Online Vendors · · Score: 1

    Not just small items, last year we were having a small deck built and were in the store in the morning for pricing. Got full quote from one of there "pro-desk associates", but wanted to make sure with the guy doing the build that it was the final materials list since it had changed 2 times already. After getting that confirmation and calling the store back and speaking to the same associate saying yes we wanted that nearly $1000 worth of materials and if it could be gathered for us to pick up in 4 hours, it was said sure no problem.

    4 hours later to almost the minute we walk in and of course that associate was no longer there, the store manager said no we don't hold anything for anyone "we do not have the room to". Then when we asked ok then pull up the order quote we did, they cant do that either as it seems since it was policy to delete all orders if the customer leaves the store. Nothing said to us when we were there initially about this, but we can get it together for you now if you have the list..which of course we left at home since it was in their computer. So 45 minute round trip later were back and waiting 3 hours for them to pull it together.

    That was the day I started thinking maybe they were bought out by Bestbuy and I missed the news, since I have had the same experience there once.

  21. Re:China debuts human rights abuses on China Debuts the World's Fastest Train · · Score: 1

    So perhaps we need to work with manufacturers to create products and processes that are economically viable in the U.S. Or deal with it and see if a sneaker maker exists in the U.S. And one does. New Balance.

    From http://www.newbalance.com/usa/#/factories

    Twenty-five percent of New Balance shoes sold in North America are produced by our US workforce using US and imported materials.

    Even made in the USA is not guaranteed by the company that advertises as made in the USA.

  22. Re:How do people pay eachother? on UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 · · Score: 1

    yea call the bank when my bank charges to send out a transfer to someone else account then the receiving bank charges another fee to accept this transfer...last time I did that I had to add about $100 to cover those charges and get the correct amount in.

  23. Re:'cuz it's worked so well in the past on You've Got PC · · Score: 3, Informative

    The system is not stocked in store but will be shipped to what ever address you give them at the time you sign up for the AOL service. Which is done in the store.

  24. Re:Oh, God... on Beagle II Successfully Separates · · Score: 1

    I still do not know why anyone would want to play a game that is just a recreation of a galactic war.

  25. Re:Yahoo - an apt name on Yahoo Reminds Users That 'No' Doesn't Mean 'No' · · Score: 1

    This is alto the service that it takes 5 days for your options to be made effective.

    Go in to marketingpreferences nad dont even change anything just click save. next screen your settings will be effective in 5 days.