I practically died with joy the first time I got to use a pre-check lane. Kept my coat, shoes, and belt on, didn't take shit out of my bags. It almost justified the 8 hours it took me to get a global entry card (drive to boston, wait, talk to beurocrats about how I'm not a threat, drive back to vermont).
I missed the "with joy" part of that the first time I read it. I thought perhaps the TSA goons tried to murder you because you wouldn't take your coat, shoes or belt off.
The banks like having an excuse to deny people loans. Creditors like holding it as a threat against people that dispute fraudulent claims. "You better pay this or we will ruin your credit score and make sure you never own a car or house again."
Oh, do you mean how Experian benefits the actual people? They don't, not in any way whatsoever.
I think, presumably, that an argument exists that Experian would not have had any way of realizing the nature of who they were selling it to, and that presumably, there is a separate argument to be made for Experian having the right to ever sell the information at all.
Then maybe they shouldn't be allowed to have the info in the first place.
Yes, but they already were anyhow. Any organization that uses SSN as an identifier, or worse, as authentication, should be penalized. (I am looking at you, Banks and Government)
At the very least, Experian's board should be held accountable by its shareholders for gross negligence in failing to do its due diligence during the purchase.
Did they make money on the deal? Yes? Then my guess is the shareholders give the board a pass.
Could someone copy/paste the list from that site? I don't feel up to solving exactly what combination of allowing Javascript to run from 15 different domains is required to get the slideshow to work...
The 10th hardest thing: Make their shitty javascript heavy site work.
BTW, in this sense, political orientations can qualify as "religion".
Hey, man, you dropped this. I noticed it on the ground because of how bright and out-of-place it was; I didn't know they still made shoehorns like that anymore.
Is it the kind with teeth? Because you know there's no such thing.
Would I live in a police state? If the police were beholden to the people and there wasn't this mutual fear (police fear citizens, citizens fear police), then yes. Let people who are trained and know what they are doing (and the ramifications of their actions) enforce things. A society needs laws (and enforcement) to function, but on the other hand, the laws have to be made so they don't breed contempt (like the "war on drugs" crap.)
That would not be a police state. That would be a state where the police serve the people and the people work with and assist the police. Neither of those are true in the United States.
Science Fiction is a sub-genre of Speculative Fiction. The idea is to twist a few things from reality and then make a story about it. With SciFi, those twists are usually related to technology or science (speculating on what might happen in the future at technology develops, for example). Fantasy is another sub-genre, where the twists are more supernatural. Of course, I'm making broad generalizations here, but the concept should be about right. All fiction is speculative to some extent, of course, but Speculative Fiction tends to alter something rather fundamental about reality.
So, ask yourself... what exactly did Gravity speculate about with science or technology? "What if we hadn't shut down the Shuttle program" might work, but hardly seems to be enough to separate it into Science Fiction rather than just Fiction.
As an author establishes a new reality, the audience must suspend their disbelief to accept it. I have a theory that the closer the new reality matches real life experience, the less willing the audience needs to be (and the less willing they will be). Thus, Gravity needs to be much more faithful to science than, say Star Wars.
What if every spacecraft (and jetpack) always had just enough delta-V to change into any orbit you wanted?
But to be honest, I agree with you.
I think the issue is that people think "Science Fiction" means "a fictional work that contains science". No wonder people are so confused about science after watching Star Trek.
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Who the fuck uses applets anymore?
The tax could only legally apply to miles driven in Oregon.
I practically died with joy the first time I got to use a pre-check lane. Kept my coat, shoes, and belt on, didn't take shit out of my bags. It almost justified the 8 hours it took me to get a global entry card (drive to boston, wait, talk to beurocrats about how I'm not a threat, drive back to vermont).
I missed the "with joy" part of that the first time I read it. I thought perhaps the TSA goons tried to murder you because you wouldn't take your coat, shoes or belt off.
mak-kachs-hack-ing
You should probably see a doctor about that.
group B coxsackievirus 1
Who the hell came up with that name? I can't be the only one that wants to pronounce that as cock-suckie-virus...
I was thinking more cock-sack-le-virus. Probably something you get from a French prostitute...
The banks like having an excuse to deny people loans. Creditors like holding it as a threat against people that dispute fraudulent claims. "You better pay this or we will ruin your credit score and make sure you never own a car or house again."
Oh, do you mean how Experian benefits the actual people? They don't, not in any way whatsoever.
I think, presumably, that an argument exists that Experian would not have had any way of realizing the nature of who they were selling it to, and that presumably, there is a separate argument to be made for Experian having the right to ever sell the information at all.
Then maybe they shouldn't be allowed to have the info in the first place.
So are all SSNs compromised?
Yes, but they already were anyhow. Any organization that uses SSN as an identifier, or worse, as authentication, should be penalized. (I am looking at you, Banks and Government)
At the very least, Experian's board should be held accountable by its shareholders for gross negligence in failing to do its due diligence during the purchase.
Did they make money on the deal? Yes? Then my guess is the shareholders give the board a pass.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
The first commanding officer of the Zumwalt will be Captain James Kirk (yes, that's actually his name).
Could someone copy/paste the list from that site? I don't feel up to solving exactly what combination of allowing Javascript to run from 15 different domains is required to get the slideshow to work...
The 10th hardest thing: Make their shitty javascript heavy site work.
Yeah, it's worse.
Do you think people who use an antenna are also free loading scumbags?
and then there is this:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
99 cents per episode for a tv series is outrages.
All I got out of that is that Denise Milani wants to date my testicles.
How much will the Slashdot outage cost the economy?
A negative amount.
In fact, I would say I can't live without food. I must be addicted to it.
Also I prefer tasty cookies over cardboard-tasting rice cakes.
I'd be more than a little worried. If he does that with the computer, what the hell will he do with the car??
Perfectly tune it and keep it in working order... then wreck it on a joyride.
If they ever implement a comment edit system, he will be complaining about all the posts lamenting the fact that there was no edit system.
No competition? Tell that to the old AT&T, which got crushed by it's children.
Which competition was only possible because AT&T was split up by the government.
Is your head exploding yet?
BTW, in this sense, political orientations can qualify as "religion".
Hey, man, you dropped this. I noticed it on the ground because of how bright and out-of-place it was; I didn't know they still made shoehorns like that anymore.
Is it the kind with teeth? Because you know there's no such thing.
Would I live in a police state? If the police were beholden to the people and there wasn't this mutual fear (police fear citizens, citizens fear police), then yes. Let people who are trained and know what they are doing (and the ramifications of their actions) enforce things. A society needs laws (and enforcement) to function, but on the other hand, the laws have to be made so they don't breed contempt (like the "war on drugs" crap.)
That would not be a police state. That would be a state where the police serve the people and the people work with and assist the police. Neither of those are true in the United States.
Science Fiction is a sub-genre of Speculative Fiction. The idea is to twist a few things from reality and then make a story about it. With SciFi, those twists are usually related to technology or science (speculating on what might happen in the future at technology develops, for example). Fantasy is another sub-genre, where the twists are more supernatural. Of course, I'm making broad generalizations here, but the concept should be about right. All fiction is speculative to some extent, of course, but Speculative Fiction tends to alter something rather fundamental about reality.
So, ask yourself ... what exactly did Gravity speculate about with science or technology? "What if we hadn't shut down the Shuttle program" might work, but hardly seems to be enough to separate it into Science Fiction rather than just Fiction.
As an author establishes a new reality, the audience must suspend their disbelief to accept it. I have a theory that the closer the new reality matches real life experience, the less willing the audience needs to be (and the less willing they will be). Thus, Gravity needs to be much more faithful to science than, say Star Wars.
What if every spacecraft (and jetpack) always had just enough delta-V to change into any orbit you wanted?
But to be honest, I agree with you.
I think the issue is that people think "Science Fiction" means "a fictional work that contains science". No wonder people are so confused about science after watching Star Trek.
Hockey sticks are weapons.
And now.. I also legally speak for everyone here when I say... "Fuck That"