Except that it's Samsung with the exploding batteries. But any chance to act like a shitknob and bash Apple because you lack any real intelligence or character, right?
The article did specifically cite an iPad and an iPhone 6S as being stowed in the spot where the fire started, as well as bottles of perfume. If the perfume had a high enough alcohol content, a shattered bottle could feed the fire from an exploding battery.
Although Apple device explosions are rare, they have happened, especially in reduced atmospheric pressure: http://www.ainonline.com/aviat...
"There is no reason to use tape aside from "retro hipsterism". (isn't that redundant?) Tape sucks on SO many levels."
One level of suckage was the mounds of tangled tape you always used to see on roadsides, hurled by drivers whose cassettes jammed while playing. Is this going to be back again?
"The extension is also Windows-only, meaning Mac and Linux Chrome users will not receive it. "
Which is good, because if you use Mac you don't need Acrobat in the first place. In fact, the built-in PDF reader includes a number of of the editing features that Adobe users have to pay for the "Pro" edition to get.
"Fingerprints are not used for authentication, right? So it's not a problem, is it?"
Fingerprints are the most convenient form of authentication, but you have to consider the surroundings. If someone grabs your phone, he is highly unlikely to have taken high-res photos of your fingertips, or to have been able to prowl around in your home and lift fingerprints. For a desktop, on the other hand, the lifted fingerprint attack is a simple and obvious one.
This is an excellent point. I'm getting tired of activists who, having run out of all scientifically verifiable reasons to oppose some construction project or even a new scientific development, resort to vague claims of sacredness - in this case, using a religious position that doesn't even apply to the technology being applied. I hope these people get ground under the treads of the incoming administration so we can finally get our telescopes and pipelines built.
By all means, cover the datacenter roof with solar panels to buy down the cost of power in the daytime. But keep it connected to the grid for the baseload reliability a dense cube of servers needs.
When you pass Go you would collect 1 BTC, with the current value of your stack of money determined by an extra roll of the dice. The Chance deck would include "Bitcoin exchange hacked, lose half of all money," "Civil forfeiture action, lose one hotel or three houses," "EPA closes down Electric Company," and "Intellectual property decision in your favor, collect 10 BTC." The Jail square would be replaced by Gender Change; if you land on it, you would have to replace your token with another token of your choosing, and the other players would have to just get used to that.
I've also heard that salt might be iodized, and that milk might be pasteurized . Goiter and food poisoning were good enough for my grandparents, so many thanks for you Portlandians for bringing these back. Kids today are soft, I tell you, soft!
The problem is getting the AGW political activists out there to treat the problem in a scientific way, rather than another excuse to scream doomsday. "Deniers" are those of us who have seen these people be wrong about all their other apocalypses, and therefore find it easy to assume that they have to be wrong about this one too.
A surefire sign of the unthinking activist is their automatic rejection of any real-world solution to the carbon problem.
"Quit screwing around with these stupid "green" things when it comes to the military."
98% of all ordnance is expended in practice, and a small number of test ranges absorb most of this firepower. THIS is why green ordnance is a good idea.
Actually, Apple will be using that industrial facility in Mesa (Phoenix suburbs) that it inherited from its failed sapphire glassmaking affiliate a few years ago. When Apple took over the facility, we all know they had plans for it down the road. This is right in the middle of a valley full of Intel fabs and software developers. As the Peoples' Republic of California steadily becomes a less attractive place to make silicon, it is Arizona that will benefit.
We also just nabbed the Uber autonomous car testing operation. These are all jobs way, way beyond the taco.
ISIS is already asking that rogue Toyota dealer they use for all their vehicles why Toyota doesn't come out with an electric that has the explosive power of a Samsung.
As your urban commuter car, yes. Only if you have a 300-mile-range Tesla could you contemplate a road trip, and you would have to plan ahead for charge points where you can spend an hour or two at a time.
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Except that it's Samsung with the exploding batteries. But any chance to act like a shitknob and bash Apple because you lack any real intelligence or character, right?
The article did specifically cite an iPad and an iPhone 6S as being stowed in the spot where the fire started, as well as bottles of perfume. If the perfume had a high enough alcohol content, a shattered bottle could feed the fire from an exploding battery.
Although Apple device explosions are rare, they have happened, especially in reduced atmospheric pressure:
http://www.ainonline.com/aviat...
And if your water supply is not broadband enough to support bluegrass, you can always resort to drip irrigation.
"Since Hollywood is supposedly threatening to strike"
We can all dream, can't we?
"There is no reason to use tape aside from "retro hipsterism". (isn't that redundant?) Tape sucks on SO many levels."
One level of suckage was the mounds of tangled tape you always used to see on roadsides, hurled by drivers whose cassettes jammed while playing. Is this going to be back again?
Not if you have it in one of those rubbery cases and keep the display clean.
"The extension is also Windows-only, meaning Mac and Linux Chrome users will not receive it. "
Which is good, because if you use Mac you don't need Acrobat in the first place. In fact, the built-in PDF reader includes a number of of the editing features that Adobe users have to pay for the "Pro" edition to get.
"Fingerprints are not used for authentication, right? So it's not a problem, is it?"
Fingerprints are the most convenient form of authentication, but you have to consider the surroundings. If someone grabs your phone, he is highly unlikely to have taken high-res photos of your fingertips, or to have been able to prowl around in your home and lift fingerprints. For a desktop, on the other hand, the lifted fingerprint attack is a simple and obvious one.
This is an excellent point. I'm getting tired of activists who, having run out of all scientifically verifiable reasons to oppose some construction project or even a new scientific development, resort to vague claims of sacredness - in this case, using a religious position that doesn't even apply to the technology being applied. I hope these people get ground under the treads of the incoming administration so we can finally get our telescopes and pipelines built.
By all means, cover the datacenter roof with solar panels to buy down the cost of power in the daytime. But keep it connected to the grid for the baseload reliability a dense cube of servers needs.
Let me guess - you're an house philosopher with Greenpeace?
(Telltale sound of dripping water indicating Android apologist)
It was Chelyabinsk-sized. A direct hit on a city could kill millions of people.
When you pass Go you would collect 1 BTC, with the current value of your stack of money determined by an extra roll of the dice. The Chance deck would include "Bitcoin exchange hacked, lose half of all money," "Civil forfeiture action, lose one hotel or three houses," "EPA closes down Electric Company," and "Intellectual property decision in your favor, collect 10 BTC." The Jail square would be replaced by Gender Change; if you land on it, you would have to replace your token with another token of your choosing, and the other players would have to just get used to that.
"Hated In the Nation"
But there must be a more creative use for it than attaching price tags to merchandise.
I've also heard that salt might be iodized, and that milk might be pasteurized . Goiter and food poisoning were good enough for my grandparents, so many thanks for you Portlandians for bringing these back. Kids today are soft, I tell you, soft!
Since eyes come in pairs, a more logical name would be iEyeEye. The advertising could feature Sofia Vergara.
The problem is getting the AGW political activists out there to treat the problem in a scientific way, rather than another excuse to scream doomsday. "Deniers" are those of us who have seen these people be wrong about all their other apocalypses, and therefore find it easy to assume that they have to be wrong about this one too.
A surefire sign of the unthinking activist is their automatic rejection of any real-world solution to the carbon problem.
"Canadians? We don't hate you. We're shocked that you chose a reality star for president, and maybe a bit saddened by it. But it's not hatred."
It will be Trump who allows Canadian oil to be imported again. Betcha that uncancelling Obama's pipeline cancellations will be first on the list.
"Quit screwing around with these stupid "green" things when it comes to the military."
98% of all ordnance is expended in practice, and a small number of test ranges absorb most of this firepower. THIS is why green ordnance is a good idea.
"Isn't AZ too hot? Do you really want a data center where the temperature quite often approaches 110 degrees? "
A stable energy supply (hydro plus nuclear in this case) trumps low temperature as a manufacturing parameter.
Actually, Apple will be using that industrial facility in Mesa (Phoenix suburbs) that it inherited from its failed sapphire glassmaking affiliate a few years ago. When Apple took over the facility, we all know they had plans for it down the road. This is right in the middle of a valley full of Intel fabs and software developers. As the Peoples' Republic of California steadily becomes a less attractive place to make silicon, it is Arizona that will benefit.
We also just nabbed the Uber autonomous car testing operation. These are all jobs way, way beyond the taco.
Does it come with the optional Exploding Mode?
ISIS is already asking that rogue Toyota dealer they use for all their vehicles why Toyota doesn't come out with an electric that has the explosive power of a Samsung.
As your urban commuter car, yes. Only if you have a 300-mile-range Tesla could you contemplate a road trip, and you would have to plan ahead for charge points where you can spend an hour or two at a time.
Even if your electric car "runs on coal" in your area, that's still a substance we don't have to buy from people who hate us.
Make all cars electric, and improving generation technology automatically gets through to the road. We can already do that for urban driving.