How about doing a bit of real research - and you'll discover that the US is classed as a Constitutional Monarchy - a 'KING' voted in by the constituents through the electoral college system, and offset by the congress (representatives and senators) while being judged by the supreme court.
Talk about a tempest in a teapot - - - Twitter is so totally open, with it's datastream virtually wide open, that this issue is basically just a 'news bleep' that just isn't news. Give me a break - so the CIA (or whomever) can access the 'firehose' at Twitter - well, so can just about anybody else. Besides, Twitter not only gives access to this data, they also data-mine the stream for advertising and sales purposes.
ANYBODY using Twitter (or any other 'social media') that expects any kind of effective data security is so totally out of touch with reality that there is just no realistic communication with them. With the openness of the social media craze, I have very little sympathy for any of that crowd that gets hammered with loss of password / name / credit card data / etc from breaches in the social media's systems - since the social media orgs are basically setting themselves up as targets for any script kiddie that wants to 'give it a whirl' using any of the vast number of hacking / cracking tools available off the web. When you get to the level of state sponsored intruders, the social media orgs are just plain old 'low hanging fruit'.
I would have tagged this as flame-bait, troll, or just total BS, but the thread is way too long, and I don't have infinite karma points to nail each post.
I guess it's just part of the crap we all live with in an open forum like/.
I liked the article, enjoyed the insight into the usage of novel material in a new film, and would like to see this trend expand into future works of movie productions.
ANY electronic communication device has variations in it's internal electronic / emission-producing process of generating an output, which are device-specific - - - but still decode-able with the proper software / tools / information. If you generate a data stream, the hardware produces variations which are emitted by the electronic circuits, and those variations can be intercepted and decoded with sufficient information about the generating equipment. This electronic 'leakage' cannot be dealt with unless you barricade your 'source' devices behind a Faraday cage and good encryption. ANYTHING electronic used for communications inherently has variations in it's internal electronic emission patterns in the process of producing the transmitted data, otherwise the data-stream would just be 'null-data'. If you expose the generating electronics to the world-at-large, then expect your source-electronics' variations to be intercepted, decoded, and read by any agency with sufficient knowledge of your communication device and it's electronic characteristics. On the same (more or less) issue, anybody using a COM device in the open (WiFi, Cell phone, Texting, - even copper-link telephones), should expect the information to be intercept-able ( and intercepted under the wide spanning sweep of our snooping intelligence agencies).
Remember, if your source is protected (emission shielded), then your best friend is ENCRYPTION - - - and even if it is breakable, it still serves a purpose - - - it makes the 'snoops' spend time and resources to decode your "pizza order sent to your brother for Friday night's poker game" - - - rofl
This may well be MOD'd as off-topic - BUT Eliminating any religion / cult / whatever does nothing effective to remove their influence, it merely drives them underground.
Try this on for size - TAX the churches. It doesn't have to be much - say 10% of their 'take' as a reasonable start, since that is the same amount that the churches want in tithes. Imagine the benefit to society as a whole from this enormous wealth redistribution. As a side benefit to society, there would be fewer 'churches' scheming for church-status exemptions if they knew from the get-go that they WOULD be taxed, and that the rate could be set by whatever govt agency is responsible for taxes in their country.
Granted, it could, and probably WOULD, be abused by certain govt's to suppress some religions, but, face it, there is abuse already rampant in all organized nation's governments.
Here we go again - a 'private' institution garnering information and expertise from the PEOPLE's funds - NASA and other 'public' funded agencies - - - and NASA explicitly states that they release their information on a "NON-EXCLUSIVE" license - in other words, ANYBODY can ask for, and GET, authorization to use their research. WHY in the hell is this information locked up behind a pay-wall ? Best guess - money hungry, and with no morale compass.
Actually, when laptops are creeping - rapidly - into the desktop market, and smart phones are slamming the tablet products, it's no real surprise that this niche product (the TABLET) is in terminal decline.
MY real joy is that current desktop / server / workstation models are rapidly invading the 'super-computer' realm of only a decade (or less) ago.
With fast (USB-3 & USB-c) external links to really fast drives in the multi-terabyte range, and memory capacities in the 30 gig ranges, along with octal-core CPUs and super-fast GPUs, and multi-processor-slot motherboards (blades) - a decent priced desktop system ($1,000 to $2,000 range) can outpace most of the cluster-super-computer systems of the 1990's and early 2000's.
Go,GO,GOOOO MOORE'S LAW - - - which is really just a pragmatic observation of the transistor utilization / shrinkage being driven by the semiconductor industry.
Actually, the results of my RickySlash survey DO have an indication of this nature - - - but it's ONLY because they SEEM to live longer, because of all the time spent / wasted / invested in keeping up their Facebook pages, comments, links, etc.
Remember the story about the old codger that quit smoking, drinking, and running around? He didn't actually live longer, it just SEEMED like a MUCH longer time -lol-
Sorry folks, too lazy (and too many beers) to look up the correlations - but it only stands to reason that if you damage (drill, extract, frack) the foundations, then the results invariably will lead to ground resettling for the area(s) above these operations i.e.earthquakes in the areas being destabilized by drilling (cracking / shattering the foundation with the bore-holes), extraction (removing substantial parts of the foundation materials), and fracking (literally fracturing the foundation to release hydrocarbon elements bound into the rocks).
I'm going to have to go with the 'greeners' and the environmentalists on this issue.
OK, so it isn't the fartherest - but the Voyagers couldn't get a 'peek' at Pluto due to the planetary alignment as they did their 'grand dance' of the outer planets.
Here's a point for you - the middle ages viewed an eclipse as a portent of evil tidings / a demon eating the sun - ALL because the DATA hadn't been evaluated.
Another issue I have with you is that your comparison is like delegating this mission to the equivalent of the rocket exhaust shutoff puff as a 'fart' in the lunar missions. MASSIVE amounts of data have been acquired about Pluto / Charon, and even more will be received as the mission continues through New Year’s Day 2019 as it passes another Kuiper belt object.
Here we go again . . . Solar (really good - but expensive) being touted as the wave of the future.
SURE it's good - - - Sure it's Green - - - Sure it's the future of small-scale (home) power
SURE IT's EXPENSIVE
When it drops in cost to the 'average' wage earner level (becoming lower every year) then it will be the right thing to do. Until the rapidly shrinking 'middle class' can budget this technology into their lifestyle, then it's just gonna' be another "Look - I'm Green and Mean" showcase issue for the 10-percenters (not much larger than the 1-percenters), since the income earners are outpacing the 'poor old average Joe' by several percentage points every quarter.
With banks crediting savings at 1 percent (or less), but charging 10 percent (or more) for loans - it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the middle-man is just totally screwed !
Really kinda' sucks, but that's life in the world we live in run by corporations / bankers / institutionalized graft.
Incredible - - - the greatest feat of NASA's efforts to observe - close-up - the last planet (ooops, planetoid / whatever) - and the highest rating the comments get is a "FUNNY".
This ranks right up there with the first moon landing, the first Mars Rover, and the Jupiter and Saturn missions.
Come on, people - this is SLASHDOT - where there are "PURPORTEDLY" semi-intelligent people reading and commenting - - - even the editors deserve a kick in the ass for trivializing this stupendous feat !
REALLY ! ! ! - Imagine if Trump got to select a 'compatible' running-mate. At least Pence is someone that could deal with the mess leftover from Trump when someone 'takes him out' - tongue-in-cheek.
SORRY Secret Service / Big Brother - - - just speaking my mind. NOT advocating wiping out a sitting president (or candidate), but the US political system has dropped from a 'pretty boy / girl' running candidate to - not even the least of 2 evils - but only worth voting for "NONE OF THE ABOVE".
Actually, sir, this is EXACTLY what NASA was initially designed to do, and still does in many areas of research. Basically, govt / public funded research to develop technologies that can then be passed to the private sector for utilization (and, yes, even exploitation). I would mod you down (ignorance / flame-bait), except I cannot post and mod the same article.
One major issue with nuclear usage is the long-lived residue of the current Uranium-based reactors. The storage of the radioactive 'trash' got scuppered by a 'tree-hugger' substituting an organic filler (cat litter) for the inorganic (again cat litter - but just dry clay pellets). This led to the bursting of a drum of material that has - so far - completely closed operations at the waste storage facility in New Mexico.
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- http://www.theverge.com/2014/5... - - -
from the article - one of the radioactive shipments was mixed with organic instead of inorganic material. "‘Green’ cat litter," he writes, is "made with materials like wheat or corn. These organic litters do not have the silicate properties needed to chemically stabilize nitrate the correct way." The result: "solutions can ignite when they dry out."
You gotta' love the system that allows substitutions of critical materials like this.
From TFA - - - The overpotential (which might be lowered with the proper electrolyte, and by separating the hydrogen production to another catalyst) probably precludes economic viability for this catalyst, . . .
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Essentially, this is an emergent finding that opens the way for future - note FUTURE - examination and experimentation with this form of catalyst. In and of itself, this is not a viable large-scale process, but it DOES point the way toward more effective and more economically useful applications of nano-scale catalytic reduction of CO2 to useful fuels, for storage and use during peak needs for the power grid.
Good Grief - guess you have to be OLD to remember THAT WAS WHAT CABLE PROMISED WHEN IT STARTED - commercial free programming - at a price. THAT lasted about as long as it took the cable companies to split the country into 'covered' areas - i.e. local monopolies. THEN along came the extra windfall profits from adding advertising BACK into the entertainment packages, and you wound up paying for multiple channels with nothing worth watching, but every channel had commercials - - - AGAIN ! But Gee Whiz - you got a HUNDRED CHANNELS - but only about 5 to 10 had anything worth watching - - - and the 'package' was designed to minimize the watchable material to just a few channels, no matter how large a package you paid for - - - just as long as you PAID for a package - that brought in more in advertising revenue than the cost for the package (your cost - not theirs).
Anybody want to comment on the late Anne McCaffrey (soft scifi, fantasy) or David Brin (hard scifi) - BOTH of which often feature female leads in their stories.
Jeeez, can't ANYBODY give them credit for applying an energy-efficient lighting solution for the bikers? They deserve as much attention (if not more, since they aren't gas-guzzlers) as any segment of the population.
Additionally, if the trial proves to be effective, it will be applied to roadways for increased safety for the motorists.
Here is the REAL issue - they want the copper wire cannibalized from ALL of their customer's connections - - - copper is getting expensive, and VALUABLE! For a single client, or even a cluster, this isn't much, but factored over the NATION . . . it's a SH1T_L0AD of money (copper-to-cash-salvage-sales).
HOWEVER, the issue for the poor end-user is that they LOSE the ability to access the telephone system when local power-drops occur, and do not have the safety-net provided by the 'local loop' copper line that is - basically - ALWAYS ON, and that can provide life-saving access to emergency services (ambulance, police, fire, etc.) that are NOT available over wireless systems when the local power grid goes tits-up!
THAT is the reason I pay a penalty / premium for my services - just so I can have access to emergency services during power outages - and being totally disabled under Social Security, and a disabled veteran, this issue can very well mean the difference between a writhing death on the floor - and the life-saving services of an ambulance from my local emergency medical facility.
I have a 10 mBit DSL service that gives me decent internet access, over a COPPER-LINE telephone link - - - that my 30-year old 'princess' phone can access when the lights go out - and provides me with the security and reliability of communications to emergency services when the area goes dark from local power-loss issues ! ! !
Bottom line - in my opinion - any company that removes the copper line link and replaces it with a wireless link - without explicit authorization - should be liable for aggravated manslaughter charges if anyone dies due to the inability to access medical services - especially during the very high stress periods of power outages !.
WOW ! This ranks right up there with PETA (more or less - mostly less).
If it's a cartoon, then . . . SO WHAT !
I guess I don't deserve moderator points if this is the type of material I have to deal with.
Of course Micro$oft will partner with BoA - ESPECIALLY since the whole concept of 'block chain' security has already been broken.
https://news.slashdot.org/stor...
The ONLY secure method of financial transfer is CASH - paper dollars (an imaginary government promissory system) from your hand to the seller's hand.
Geez - WOW - OMG
THIS is a GATEWAY DRUG for Hackers.
JUST like marijuana for heroin.
Wonder what the gateway drug is for politicians - - - 'I'M RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY'
or 'IT'S MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY'
or 'MY EGO IS BIGGER THAN YOURS'
Almost wants you to wish for Armageddon just to get rid of these 'human' vermin / bottom-feeders.
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How about doing a bit of real research - and you'll discover that the US is classed as a Constitutional Monarchy - a 'KING' voted in by the constituents through the electoral college system, and offset by the congress (representatives and senators) while being judged by the supreme court.
Talk about a tempest in a teapot - - - Twitter is so totally open, with it's datastream virtually wide open, that this issue is basically just a 'news bleep' that just isn't news.
Give me a break - so the CIA (or whomever) can access the 'firehose' at Twitter - well, so can just about anybody else.
Besides, Twitter not only gives access to this data, they also data-mine the stream for advertising and sales purposes.
ANYBODY using Twitter (or any other 'social media') that expects any kind of effective data security is so totally out of touch with reality that there is just no realistic communication with them. With the openness of the social media craze, I have very little sympathy for any of that crowd that gets hammered with loss of password / name / credit card data / etc from breaches in the social media's systems - since the social media orgs are basically setting themselves up as targets for any script kiddie that wants to 'give it a whirl' using any of the vast number of hacking / cracking tools available off the web. When you get to the level of state sponsored intruders, the social media orgs are just plain old 'low hanging fruit'.
I would have tagged this as flame-bait, troll, or just total BS, but the thread is way too long, and I don't have infinite karma points to nail each post.
I guess it's just part of the crap we all live with in an open forum like /.
I liked the article, enjoyed the insight into the usage of novel material in a new film, and would like to see this trend expand into future works of movie productions.
ANY electronic communication device has variations in it's internal electronic / emission-producing process of generating an output, which are device-specific - - - but still decode-able with the proper software / tools / information.
If you generate a data stream, the hardware produces variations which are emitted by the electronic circuits, and those variations can be intercepted and decoded with sufficient information about the generating equipment. This electronic 'leakage' cannot be dealt with unless you barricade your 'source' devices behind a Faraday cage and good encryption.
ANYTHING electronic used for communications inherently has variations in it's internal electronic emission patterns in the process of producing the transmitted data, otherwise the data-stream would just be 'null-data'. If you expose the generating electronics to the world-at-large, then expect your source-electronics' variations to be intercepted, decoded, and read by any agency with sufficient knowledge of your communication device and it's electronic characteristics.
On the same (more or less) issue, anybody using a COM device in the open (WiFi, Cell phone, Texting, - even copper-link telephones), should expect the information to be intercept-able ( and intercepted under the wide spanning sweep of our snooping intelligence agencies).
Remember, if your source is protected (emission shielded), then your best friend is ENCRYPTION - - - and even if it is breakable, it still serves a purpose - - - it makes the 'snoops' spend time and resources to decode your "pizza order sent to your brother for Friday night's poker game" - - - rofl
This may well be MOD'd as off-topic - BUT
Eliminating any religion / cult / whatever does nothing effective to remove their influence, it merely drives them underground.
Try this on for size - TAX the churches. It doesn't have to be much - say 10% of their 'take' as a reasonable start, since that is the same amount that the churches want in tithes. Imagine the benefit to society as a whole from this enormous wealth redistribution.
As a side benefit to society, there would be fewer 'churches' scheming for church-status exemptions if they knew from the get-go that they WOULD be taxed, and that the rate could be set by whatever govt agency is responsible for taxes in their country.
Granted, it could, and probably WOULD, be abused by certain govt's to suppress some religions, but, face it, there is abuse already rampant in all organized nation's governments.
Here we go again - a 'private' institution garnering information and expertise from the PEOPLE's funds - NASA and other 'public' funded agencies - - - and NASA explicitly states that they release their information on a "NON-EXCLUSIVE" license - in other words, ANYBODY can ask for, and GET, authorization to use their research.
WHY in the hell is this information locked up behind a pay-wall ?
Best guess - money hungry, and with no morale compass.
Here's the link, provided by ???? for the actual article and data ---> http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/...
More info can be garnered from ---> http://pubs.acs.org/
and at ---> http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/...
REALLY a pain to follow-up on, but worth the effort due to another /. contributor providing REAL information
Gee folks - all together now - 1, 2, 3, "FUDD"
Actually, when laptops are creeping - rapidly - into the desktop market, and smart phones are slamming the tablet products, it's no real surprise that this niche product (the TABLET) is in terminal decline.
MY real joy is that current desktop / server / workstation models are rapidly invading the 'super-computer' realm of only a decade (or less) ago.
With fast (USB-3 & USB-c) external links to really fast drives in the multi-terabyte range, and memory capacities in the 30 gig ranges, along with octal-core CPUs and super-fast GPUs, and multi-processor-slot motherboards (blades) - a decent priced desktop system ($1,000 to $2,000 range) can outpace most of the cluster-super-computer systems of the 1990's and early 2000's.
Go,GO,GOOOO MOORE'S LAW - - - which is really just a pragmatic observation of the transistor utilization / shrinkage being driven by the semiconductor industry.
Actually, the results of my RickySlash survey DO have an indication of this nature - - - but it's ONLY because they SEEM to live longer, because of all the time spent / wasted / invested in keeping up their Facebook pages, comments, links, etc.
Remember the story about the old codger that quit smoking, drinking, and running around?
He didn't actually live longer, it just SEEMED like a MUCH longer time -lol-
Sorry folks, too lazy (and too many beers) to look up the correlations - but it only stands to reason that if you damage (drill, extract, frack) the foundations, then the results invariably will lead to ground resettling for the area(s) above these operations i.e.earthquakes in the areas being destabilized by drilling (cracking / shattering the foundation with the bore-holes), extraction (removing substantial parts of the foundation materials), and fracking (literally fracturing the foundation to release hydrocarbon elements bound into the rocks).
I'm going to have to go with the 'greeners' and the environmentalists on this issue.
OOOPS - modem crashed - installed new one - forgot to log in again - - - Sh!t Happens - Murphy's Law in action
Take a look here for more REAL info
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pa...
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ne...
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feat...
OK, so it isn't the fartherest - but the Voyagers couldn't get a 'peek' at Pluto due to the planetary alignment as they did their 'grand dance' of the outer planets.
Here's a point for you - the middle ages viewed an eclipse as a portent of evil tidings / a demon eating the sun - ALL because the DATA hadn't been evaluated.
Another issue I have with you is that your comparison is like delegating this mission to the equivalent of the rocket exhaust shutoff puff as a 'fart' in the lunar missions. MASSIVE amounts of data have been acquired about Pluto / Charon, and even more will be received as the mission continues through New Year’s Day 2019 as it passes another Kuiper belt object.
Here we go again . . . Solar (really good - but expensive) being touted as the wave of the future.
SURE it's good - - - Sure it's Green - - - Sure it's the future of small-scale (home) power
SURE IT's EXPENSIVE
When it drops in cost to the 'average' wage earner level (becoming lower every year) then it will be the right thing to do. Until the rapidly shrinking 'middle class' can budget this technology into their lifestyle, then it's just gonna' be another "Look - I'm Green and Mean" showcase issue for the 10-percenters (not much larger than the 1-percenters), since the income earners are outpacing the 'poor old average Joe' by several percentage points every quarter.
With banks crediting savings at 1 percent (or less), but charging 10 percent (or more) for loans - it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the middle-man is just totally screwed !
Really kinda' sucks, but that's life in the world we live in run by corporations / bankers / institutionalized graft.
Incredible - - - the greatest feat of NASA's efforts to observe - close-up - the last planet (ooops, planetoid / whatever) - and the highest rating the comments get is a "FUNNY".
This ranks right up there with the first moon landing, the first Mars Rover, and the Jupiter and Saturn missions.
Come on, people - this is SLASHDOT - where there are "PURPORTEDLY" semi-intelligent people reading and commenting - - - even the editors deserve a kick in the ass for trivializing this stupendous feat !
On the other hand - we may witness the first presidential pardon that gives a free-pass to the actual president issuing the pardon - roflmao
REALLY ! ! ! - Imagine if Trump got to select a 'compatible' running-mate. At least Pence is someone that could deal with the mess leftover from Trump when someone 'takes him out' - tongue-in-cheek.
SORRY Secret Service / Big Brother - - - just speaking my mind. NOT advocating wiping out a sitting president (or candidate), but the US political system has dropped from a 'pretty boy / girl' running candidate to - not even the least of 2 evils - but only worth voting for "NONE OF THE ABOVE".
Actually, sir, this is EXACTLY what NASA was initially designed to do, and still does in many areas of research. Basically, govt / public funded research to develop technologies that can then be passed to the private sector for utilization (and, yes, even exploitation). I would mod you down (ignorance / flame-bait), except I cannot post and mod the same article.
One major issue with nuclear usage is the long-lived residue of the current Uranium-based reactors. The storage of the radioactive 'trash' got scuppered by a 'tree-hugger' substituting an organic filler (cat litter) for the inorganic (again cat litter - but just dry clay pellets). This led to the bursting of a drum of material that has - so far - completely closed operations at the waste storage facility in New Mexico. - - http://www.theverge.com/2014/5... - - - from the article - one of the radioactive shipments was mixed with organic instead of inorganic material. "‘Green’ cat litter," he writes, is "made with materials like wheat or corn. These organic litters do not have the silicate properties needed to chemically stabilize nitrate the correct way." The result: "solutions can ignite when they dry out." You gotta' love the system that allows substitutions of critical materials like this.
From TFA - - - The overpotential (which might be lowered with the proper electrolyte, and by separating the hydrogen production to another catalyst) probably precludes economic viability for this catalyst, . . . - - - Essentially, this is an emergent finding that opens the way for future - note FUTURE - examination and experimentation with this form of catalyst. In and of itself, this is not a viable large-scale process, but it DOES point the way toward more effective and more economically useful applications of nano-scale catalytic reduction of CO2 to useful fuels, for storage and use during peak needs for the power grid.
Good Grief - guess you have to be OLD to remember THAT WAS WHAT CABLE PROMISED WHEN IT STARTED - commercial free programming - at a price. THAT lasted about as long as it took the cable companies to split the country into 'covered' areas - i.e. local monopolies. THEN along came the extra windfall profits from adding advertising BACK into the entertainment packages, and you wound up paying for multiple channels with nothing worth watching, but every channel had commercials - - - AGAIN ! But Gee Whiz - you got a HUNDRED CHANNELS - but only about 5 to 10 had anything worth watching - - - and the 'package' was designed to minimize the watchable material to just a few channels, no matter how large a package you paid for - - - just as long as you PAID for a package - that brought in more in advertising revenue than the cost for the package (your cost - not theirs).
Anybody want to comment on the late Anne McCaffrey (soft scifi, fantasy) or David Brin (hard scifi) - BOTH of which often feature female leads in their stories.
Jeeez, can't ANYBODY give them credit for applying an energy-efficient lighting solution for the bikers? They deserve as much attention (if not more, since they aren't gas-guzzlers) as any segment of the population. Additionally, if the trial proves to be effective, it will be applied to roadways for increased safety for the motorists.
Here is the REAL issue - they want the copper wire cannibalized from ALL of their customer's connections - - - copper is getting expensive, and VALUABLE! For a single client, or even a cluster, this isn't much, but factored over the NATION . . . it's a SH1T_L0AD of money (copper-to-cash-salvage-sales). HOWEVER, the issue for the poor end-user is that they LOSE the ability to access the telephone system when local power-drops occur, and do not have the safety-net provided by the 'local loop' copper line that is - basically - ALWAYS ON, and that can provide life-saving access to emergency services (ambulance, police, fire, etc.) that are NOT available over wireless systems when the local power grid goes tits-up! THAT is the reason I pay a penalty / premium for my services - just so I can have access to emergency services during power outages - and being totally disabled under Social Security, and a disabled veteran, this issue can very well mean the difference between a writhing death on the floor - and the life-saving services of an ambulance from my local emergency medical facility. I have a 10 mBit DSL service that gives me decent internet access, over a COPPER-LINE telephone link - - - that my 30-year old 'princess' phone can access when the lights go out - and provides me with the security and reliability of communications to emergency services when the area goes dark from local power-loss issues ! ! ! Bottom line - in my opinion - any company that removes the copper line link and replaces it with a wireless link - without explicit authorization - should be liable for aggravated manslaughter charges if anyone dies due to the inability to access medical services - especially during the very high stress periods of power outages !.
WOW ! This ranks right up there with PETA (more or less - mostly less). If it's a cartoon, then . . . SO WHAT ! I guess I don't deserve moderator points if this is the type of material I have to deal with.
Of course Micro$oft will partner with BoA - ESPECIALLY since the whole concept of 'block chain' security has already been broken. https://news.slashdot.org/stor... The ONLY secure method of financial transfer is CASH - paper dollars (an imaginary government promissory system) from your hand to the seller's hand.
Geez - WOW - OMG THIS is a GATEWAY DRUG for Hackers. JUST like marijuana for heroin. Wonder what the gateway drug is for politicians - - - 'I'M RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY' or 'IT'S MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY' or 'MY EGO IS BIGGER THAN YOURS' Almost wants you to wish for Armageddon just to get rid of these 'human' vermin / bottom-feeders.