Ketchum's response should not be to wimp out by trying to GoFundMe the ransom. Blare the whole thing on social media, concentrating on Pokémon fan sites, with the aim of turning fans off as much as possible. So long as he doesn't make anything up, there is no possibility of additional suits for such activity (this isn't Britain!). Make them wish they had never tried to pull such a tactic.
Some years ago, Jerry Pournelle pointed out that we are farther away from being able to land a man on the moon than we were in 1960. And since he said that, the respect-for-science problem has gotten even worse.
Digital Negative was originated by an Evil Corporation(TM), but Adobe insists that they want to keep the format open and IP-free. It has been submitted to ISO a s a standard, basically TIFF with room for the rich metadata that photographers crave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I will give up my DNG when you pry the cold dead platters of my drawerful of external backup from around it.
Styrofoam is specifically designed to be bulky (high volume to weight) and is not recyclable. As has been pointed out above, the only way to dispose of it now is to burn it, which releases worse stuff into the atmosphere.
I think this is what happened. Early yesterday MST I installed El Capitan, a 6.08G download, onto my two machines without problems. Late last night I tried updating my mother's system (same town, somewhat slower broadband), but by then the servers had bogged down to a crawl and it was impossible to complete the download.
The default way that NFC "contactless payments work now" is with no security. In Europe, the pickpockets are already carrying around little devices that skim cash from peoples' credit cards as they brush past on the street.
But if some Silicon Valley company known for its cultlike fan base were to tokenize credit cards instead of relying on the card's EMV chip, in a transaction cycle authorized by the user's thumbprint, this would give us a secure NFC that would totally eclipse chip-and-no-PIN EMV.
For NFC ("contactless") payments to be secure, some reviled company would have to come up with a scheme whereby your credit cards would be tokenized into a device which, when used for NFC transactions, would transmit a single-use virtual card number that changed with every transaction. But such a scheme would not be acceptable to the twitterariat unless it were open source and crammed with malware.
Which is why the US banking system, in its infinite wisdom, went for chip and signature, which is worthless as a security measure. The one advantage of the system is that when we go to Europe, our credit cards will at least work in European machines, rather than eliciting hapless giggles.
"The borders were drawn to suit the French and British, instead of along cultural boundaries. "
Which is why the US gets blamed for everything that is horrible about the Middle East. What our actual role in the region consisted of was giving them a trillion dollars for their black goo and vainly hoping that wealth would make them more passably human. Oh, that and having Jews.
If the middle class were just being decimated, this would be a recoverable problem. We could lose ten percent and carry on. But I fear it being a lot more than that.
"How about we relocate some ISIS scumbag next to your house or apartment?"
According to TFA, Jobb not only hates European countries for letting those "refugees" flood in, but he also hates the US for fighting back agains the same set of forces.
When the Vatican built its observatory here, it ran smack into the advocates of real superstition: the flat-earth lobby, which used the identical set of arguments (native rights and endangered species) against putting telescopes on Mt. Graham that it is using now in Hawaii. The Arizona location was saved because around here native rights adhere to specific pieces of land, rather than being a claim on the state as a whole. Since Mt Graham is not on a reservation and nobody believed that squirrels - yes, squirrels - were endangered, the project went through.
It's not the scientists who are all-knowing, but the politicians who opine on science. Disagree with them on anything and you're a "denier." The confusion in terminology with Holocaust history is not accidental.
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Ketchum's response should not be to wimp out by trying to GoFundMe the ransom. Blare the whole thing on social media, concentrating on Pokémon fan sites, with the aim of turning fans off as much as possible. So long as he doesn't make anything up, there is no possibility of additional suits for such activity (this isn't Britain!). Make them wish they had never tried to pull such a tactic.
The universal document in the US is the driving license. Even people who don't drive get an ID card issued through the licensing agency.
Some years ago, Jerry Pournelle pointed out that we are farther away from being able to land a man on the moon than we were in 1960. And since he said that, the respect-for-science problem has gotten even worse.
Digital Negative was originated by an Evil Corporation(TM), but Adobe insists that they want to keep the format open and IP-free. It has been submitted to ISO a s a standard, basically TIFF with room for the rich metadata that photographers crave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I will give up my DNG when you pry the cold dead platters of my drawerful of external backup from around it.
"The UK also has a tiny fraction of the population of the US."
Be patient. The "refugees" are only just settling in, and haven't had time to get their black-market contacts sorted.
Styrofoam is specifically designed to be bulky (high volume to weight) and is not recyclable. As has been pointed out above, the only way to dispose of it now is to burn it, which releases worse stuff into the atmosphere.
What's 404 in Turkish?
"Good, because if there's one thing we need, it's more atmospheric CO2."
Because a small amount of additional CO2 is less of a problem than a large amount of landfilled styrofoam.
I think this is what happened. Early yesterday MST I installed El Capitan, a 6.08G download, onto my two machines without problems. Late last night I tried updating my mother's system (same town, somewhat slower broadband), but by then the servers had bogged down to a crawl and it was impossible to complete the download.
The default way that NFC "contactless payments work now" is with no security. In Europe, the pickpockets are already carrying around little devices that skim cash from peoples' credit cards as they brush past on the street.
But if some Silicon Valley company known for its cultlike fan base were to tokenize credit cards instead of relying on the card's EMV chip, in a transaction cycle authorized by the user's thumbprint, this would give us a secure NFC that would totally eclipse chip-and-no-PIN EMV.
For NFC ("contactless") payments to be secure, some reviled company would have to come up with a scheme whereby your credit cards would be tokenized into a device which, when used for NFC transactions, would transmit a single-use virtual card number that changed with every transaction. But such a scheme would not be acceptable to the twitterariat unless it were open source and crammed with malware.
Which is why the US banking system, in its infinite wisdom, went for chip and signature, which is worthless as a security measure. The one advantage of the system is that when we go to Europe, our credit cards will at least work in European machines, rather than eliciting hapless giggles.
"The borders were drawn to suit the French and British, instead of along cultural boundaries. "
Which is why the US gets blamed for everything that is horrible about the Middle East. What our actual role in the region consisted of was giving them a trillion dollars for their black goo and vainly hoping that wealth would make them more passably human. Oh, that and having Jews.
If the middle class were just being decimated, this would be a recoverable problem. We could lose ten percent and carry on. But I fear it being a lot more than that.
"But Christianity had a 500 year head start on Islam'
Yes, Christianity was this bad once. Today we call that time the Dark Ages.
"If the West had not propped up tyrants for economic ends, we would not be in this mess."
No, the present mess began when we deposed the secular tyrants.
No, he would be posting AC.
"How about we relocate some ISIS scumbag next to your house or apartment?"
According to TFA, Jobb not only hates European countries for letting those "refugees" flood in, but he also hates the US for fighting back agains the same set of forces.
"Why can't we use these things in cars?"
The problem is leakage. Current-generation supercaps do not hold a charge long enough to be usable as batteries.
Have fun using your medallion as a coaster, buddy. That's all it will be good for in the future.
When the Vatican built its observatory here, it ran smack into the advocates of real superstition: the flat-earth lobby, which used the identical set of arguments (native rights and endangered species) against putting telescopes on Mt. Graham that it is using now in Hawaii. The Arizona location was saved because around here native rights adhere to specific pieces of land, rather than being a claim on the state as a whole. Since Mt Graham is not on a reservation and nobody believed that squirrels - yes, squirrels - were endangered, the project went through.
So we have free will so long as it's socialist? Mmmm-kay...
"No scientist thinks they know everything."
It's not the scientists who are all-knowing, but the politicians who opine on science. Disagree with them on anything and you're a "denier." The confusion in terminology with Holocaust history is not accidental.
Yes, we need to get rid of AC posting in its entirety. Screen names are all the anonymity we need.