Considering that a major selling point for the iPad Air is that it's slightly thinner, I wouldn't put it past them to add gift-wrapping as a standard feature on their products.
Not that obvious to me. I imagined that it would be quite simple to have a microcontroller that takes a reading from a GPS module, runs a small calculation on the radius around a specific coordinate, and reacts accordingly.
A broken clock might be missing the hour, minute, or second hand. Is it ever "right"?
Not to mention that I've yet to encounter a clock that compensates for the amount of time it takes for light to travel from the clock face to my eyes, as well as the time it takes for my brain to process that information.
When watching science fiction made a few decades ago, one thing that bothered me was that the technology had a lot of fancy LEDs/bulbs that flashed but apparently did nothing else.
See any console on the original Star Trek, or Al's handheld during the first season of Quantum Leap.
But now it makes total sense. They were notification LEDs! Notifying about EVERYTHING!
Well, if the Asgard are essentially the masters of the Nine Realms (aka universe), and Thor was going to be made king... then the theme would have fit quite well.
If the first car hadn't been stationary at a green light, the accident wouldn't have happened.
Why stop there? Why not just get rid of the lights? While we're at it, why not just get rid of all intersections everywhere and make the road a large, continuous loop? After all, if there are no intersections, then nobody can stop at an intersection to get rear-ended.
It's legally 100% the following car's fault when rear-ending a vehicle, here in NSW Australia, anyway. The reasoning? If there is an intersection and you crash into the car in front, then you were supposed to have seen the car in front and had plenty of time and space to slow down. The driver is likely focusing on the lights and the intersection, making sure that it's safe and permissable to proceed, instead of looking in their mirrors. If you're driving along and you crash into the car in front, even if they braked suddenly, then it's still your fault because you were tail-gating, which is also illegal.
The files show that the National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have broadly compromised the guarantees that internet companies have given consumers to reassure them that their communications, online banking and medical records would be indecipherable to criminals or governments.
As an example to compare against, I chose a major bank in my country (Australia's Commonwealth Bank), and looked around their website. There is a page called 'Security', and the first thing I spot on that page is the statement: "100% Security Guarantee: With NetBank, the safety of your money is 100% guaranteed."
Putting aside the fact that the SAFETY of something is not necessarily the same as the SECURITY of something, what does this news mean to a banking customer? Does the bank have the obligation, under the advertised "100% Security Guarantee" to find and implement methods that hinder NSA/GCHQ access?
And this doesn't affect just Commonwealth Bank (I just chose it as an example). One of the main points of putting money in a bank is that it's SECURE. If a government agency (from another country, even) has the ability to reach into my bank account and make my money disappear in a virtual puff of smoke, then how is the account any more secure than, for example, hiding cash under a mattress?
And THIS is a classic example as to why one should never assume that everyone else uses Fahrenheit. I use Celsius, and I was uncertain as to what unit of measurement was being used here.
I read a lot of webcomics, so I tend to check each one about once a month. For me I open the webcomic's bookmark, read through the archive until I read the present, then copy a permalink into the bookmarks' properties (I keep Firefox's Bookmarks window in the background).
For me, this is analogous to reading a physical book from a marked page, then before I put the book back I pull the bookmark from its previous location and replacing it where I'm currently up to.
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So Soylent Green is... bacteria?
Ew.
It already explains that this matter exists, and is even used by humans: as packing peanuts.
Considering that a major selling point for the iPad Air is that it's slightly thinner, I wouldn't put it past them to add gift-wrapping as a standard feature on their products.
"I've only got a 12 volt battery, captain! I don't have the power!"
Eventually it started locking up every patch Tuesday, so I just killed automatic updates..... problem solved.
Good plan. It's not like it will find any updates after EOL, anyway.
Out of curiosity, is it a crime to refuse to give a password, or a crime to refuse to give the correct password?
Not that obvious to me. I imagined that it would be quite simple to have a microcontroller that takes a reading from a GPS module, runs a small calculation on the radius around a specific coordinate, and reacts accordingly.
Must make moving problematic.
A broken clock might be missing the hour, minute, or second hand. Is it ever "right"?
Not to mention that I've yet to encounter a clock that compensates for the amount of time it takes for light to travel from the clock face to my eyes, as well as the time it takes for my brain to process that information.
When watching science fiction made a few decades ago, one thing that bothered me was that the technology had a lot of fancy LEDs/bulbs that flashed but apparently did nothing else.
See any console on the original Star Trek, or Al's handheld during the first season of Quantum Leap.
But now it makes total sense. They were notification LEDs! Notifying about EVERYTHING!
Maybe Thor recalibrated it when Nick Fury sent Asgard the repair bill.
The minions had minions?
Sounds like a tough career ladder.
An astronaut moves through space.
An aquanaut moves through water.
So does a robonaut... move through robots?
Must be a side effect from using the Bifrost.
Should have posted a sign: "Bifrost travel may be hazardous to your health."
Well, if the Asgard are essentially the masters of the Nine Realms (aka universe), and Thor was going to be made king... then the theme would have fit quite well.
If the first car hadn't been stationary at a green light, the accident wouldn't have happened.
Why stop there? Why not just get rid of the lights? While we're at it, why not just get rid of all intersections everywhere and make the road a large, continuous loop? After all, if there are no intersections, then nobody can stop at an intersection to get rear-ended.
It's legally 100% the following car's fault when rear-ending a vehicle, here in NSW Australia, anyway. The reasoning? If there is an intersection and you crash into the car in front, then you were supposed to have seen the car in front and had plenty of time and space to slow down. The driver is likely focusing on the lights and the intersection, making sure that it's safe and permissable to proceed, instead of looking in their mirrors. If you're driving along and you crash into the car in front, even if they braked suddenly, then it's still your fault because you were tail-gating, which is also illegal.
The files show that the National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have broadly compromised the guarantees that internet companies have given consumers to reassure them that their communications, online banking and medical records would be indecipherable to criminals or governments.
As an example to compare against, I chose a major bank in my country (Australia's Commonwealth Bank), and looked around their website. There is a page called 'Security', and the first thing I spot on that page is the statement: "100% Security Guarantee: With NetBank, the safety of your money is 100% guaranteed."
Putting aside the fact that the SAFETY of something is not necessarily the same as the SECURITY of something, what does this news mean to a banking customer? Does the bank have the obligation, under the advertised "100% Security Guarantee" to find and implement methods that hinder NSA/GCHQ access?
And this doesn't affect just Commonwealth Bank (I just chose it as an example). One of the main points of putting money in a bank is that it's SECURE. If a government agency (from another country, even) has the ability to reach into my bank account and make my money disappear in a virtual puff of smoke, then how is the account any more secure than, for example, hiding cash under a mattress?
And THIS is a classic example as to why one should never assume that everyone else uses Fahrenheit. I use Celsius, and I was uncertain as to what unit of measurement was being used here.
Is it just me that is bothered that they call the ratio 21:9 instead of 7:3?
I was taught that one should simplify fractions. 16:9 is such because it can't be simplified any further. Same with 4:3. But not 21:9.
But being in space and having no atmosphere... perhaps vacuum tubes are involved somehow.
I read a lot of webcomics, so I tend to check each one about once a month. For me I open the webcomic's bookmark, read through the archive until I read the present, then copy a permalink into the bookmarks' properties (I keep Firefox's Bookmarks window in the background).
For me, this is analogous to reading a physical book from a marked page, then before I put the book back I pull the bookmark from its previous location and replacing it where I'm currently up to.
'quark-gluon plasma,' a dense, soup or liquid-like collection of individual particles.
Maybe this is what Star Trek is referring to with its "warp plasma".
Planes don't just drop out of the sky when the engines cease working. They can glide for a short time.
Just say no to drugs!
OS X Soft Kitty Warm Kitty Little Ball of Fur?