I would hate this feature, specifically because I find it beneficial to my mental health to be able to mouth things without the person on the phone knowing it. Silently shouting "oh shut up you drooling idiot" when I receive support calls from people who can't find the "any" key is my only socially acceptable outlet for this frustration.
There's an undocumented clause in the warranty that says it's invalidated if the user is an idiot who don't know how to properly care for a piece of electronics. Like letting it cool to -11C before exposing it to humid air at about 20C, instead of keeping the damn thing reasonably warm in your pocket. Sounds like the "liquid sensors" are effectively enforcing that clause as well.
"It's a reminder from 30 years ago that we are still not using technology effectively in education."
Right, because we still have high-school graduates believing that voice-controlled computers will somehow be useful if we can just get more horsepower for speech recognition. Watch those Star Trek re-runs more closely, kids. There's a reason why only one person on the bridge has a computer that he can talk to: it'd be cacophonic chaos if everyone were talking at once.
I really don't see how a harder-to-pronounce name will make the company any more appealing to customers.
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When I was in 6th grade, I went to a school (early version of the "magnet school" concept) that bussed kids in from all over the city. Within a few months, I'd made a new set of friends. They weren't necessarily the kids I was in class with, or even the kids who lived closest to me. They were the kids I rode the bus with. It was a great place to socialize. It doesn't sound like that's happening on this netbus.
It's also done so that even if they can't prove the drug-trafficking charge, they can still convict for tax evasion because they can at least prove that the perp got the undeclared money somehow. "It's how they got Al Capone" echoes in legislators' heads.
The last thing we need is for law enforcement to periodically (figuratively) screw some poor sodomite just so they can keep the law against (literally) doing so in their toolkit.
That's what this law (and a lot of criminal law) is for: another book to throw at someone, in case the others miss or don't hurt him enough to satisfy them.
Seeing Saturn as something other than a point of light is worth it. Really. Seeing the disk and rings transforms it from being a bright star that moves, into a place.
"Can you be extradited for something that isnt even a crime in the state you're in?"
That's the whole point of extradition. It isn't a crime in the state of California for me to violate the laws of the state of Florida. Even if California has a similar law, it is not the same law.
"Reminds me of my old TRS-80 model 100, actually.:) "
I was just going to say that it sounded from the summary that someone had finally reinvented the "Model T" (as it was affectionately known). These probably won't have the mechanical longevity of those, however.
As someone who also owns a scooter which routinely gets called a "moped" despite the fact that it has no pedals whatsoever, I invite you to take your offence over "electric moped" and stick it in your ear.:P "Moped" does not mean "small motorcycle". If it has a motor and pedals, and the motor is electric, it's an "electric moped".
When I can, I ride a bicycle as a form of transportation. Even though it helps me stay healthy, saves gas, pollutes less, and takes less parking space, I don't expect a medal for it. But it would be nice if I didn't have to face the dangerous neglect and even outright hostility of American motorists for it.
I can see electric bicycles catching on in the US... for recreation. Instead of replacing automobiles with electric mopeds, we'll replace bicycles with electric mopeds, and take them on joy rides in the country on weekends (transporting them there in the SUV). We won't burn any less gas, but we'll use more electricity, and exercise less.
At the risk of being serious, to get a pig labeled "kosher", you'd have to breed/DNA-splice out the characteristics that put it on the "traif" list to begin with, to the point it's really no longer a pig. Specifically you'd need a pig with multiple stomachs so it can chew cud, or a pig with different feet.
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I would hate this feature, specifically because I find it beneficial to my mental health to be able to mouth things without the person on the phone knowing it. Silently shouting "oh shut up you drooling idiot" when I receive support calls from people who can't find the "any" key is my only socially acceptable outlet for this frustration.
But will it reach devices in the French Quarter? This lack of coverage in New Orleans is troubling!
How much is that in Federation Credits?
There's an undocumented clause in the warranty that says it's invalidated if the user is an idiot who don't know how to properly care for a piece of electronics. Like letting it cool to -11C before exposing it to humid air at about 20C, instead of keeping the damn thing reasonably warm in your pocket. Sounds like the "liquid sensors" are effectively enforcing that clause as well.
I have. Now imagine it with voice-controlled computers added.
"It's a reminder from 30 years ago that we are still not using technology effectively in education."
Right, because we still have high-school graduates believing that voice-controlled computers will somehow be useful if we can just get more horsepower for speech recognition. Watch those Star Trek re-runs more closely, kids. There's a reason why only one person on the bridge has a computer that he can talk to: it'd be cacophonic chaos if everyone were talking at once.
Gods, that's even worse. They're mimicking the name of AT&T's "Uverse" service.
Um, "EXfinity"?
I really don't see how a harder-to-pronounce name will make the company any more appealing to customers.
When I was in 6th grade, I went to a school (early version of the "magnet school" concept) that bussed kids in from all over the city. Within a few months, I'd made a new set of friends. They weren't necessarily the kids I was in class with, or even the kids who lived closest to me. They were the kids I rode the bus with. It was a great place to socialize. It doesn't sound like that's happening on this netbus.
It's also done so that even if they can't prove the drug-trafficking charge, they can still convict for tax evasion because they can at least prove that the perp got the undeclared money somehow. "It's how they got Al Capone" echoes in legislators' heads.
The last thing we need is for law enforcement to periodically (figuratively) screw some poor sodomite just so they can keep the law against (literally) doing so in their toolkit.
That's what this law (and a lot of criminal law) is for: another book to throw at someone, in case the others miss or don't hurt him enough to satisfy them.
Seeing Saturn as something other than a point of light is worth it. Really. Seeing the disk and rings transforms it from being a bright star that moves, into a place.
"Can you be extradited for something that isnt even a crime in the state you're in?"
That's the whole point of extradition. It isn't a crime in the state of California for me to violate the laws of the state of Florida. Even if California has a similar law, it is not the same law.
"Reminds me of my old TRS-80 model 100, actually. :) "
I was just going to say that it sounded from the summary that someone had finally reinvented the "Model T" (as it was affectionately known). These probably won't have the mechanical longevity of those, however.
I vote that the prize be divided among all of the people who can prove they had an internet-routeable e-mail account more than 25 years ago.
I'm surprised they're allowed to use the word "Flash" in the name of the app.
As someone who also owns a scooter which routinely gets called a "moped" despite the fact that it has no pedals whatsoever, I invite you to take your offence over "electric moped" and stick it in your ear. :P "Moped" does not mean "small motorcycle". If it has a motor and pedals, and the motor is electric, it's an "electric moped".
You have bike lanes where you live? Lucky.
When I can, I ride a bicycle as a form of transportation. Even though it helps me stay healthy, saves gas, pollutes less, and takes less parking space, I don't expect a medal for it. But it would be nice if I didn't have to face the dangerous neglect and even outright hostility of American motorists for it.
I can see electric bicycles catching on in the US... for recreation. Instead of replacing automobiles with electric mopeds, we'll replace bicycles with electric mopeds, and take them on joy rides in the country on weekends (transporting them there in the SUV). We won't burn any less gas, but we'll use more electricity, and exercise less.
Someone really ought to propose that to them. Too bad their target clientele wouldn't get it.
It's astonishing what lengths some people will go to, to not understand the obvious meaning what someone is saying.
That bit about Superman falling for you? That was a dream. :)
If there's enough atmosphere to lift a balloon, there's enough atmosphere to transmit sound.
At the risk of being serious, to get a pig labeled "kosher", you'd have to breed/DNA-splice out the characteristics that put it on the "traif" list to begin with, to the point it's really no longer a pig. Specifically you'd need a pig with multiple stomachs so it can chew cud, or a pig with different feet.
"...the [dodo] meat was tough but good, though not as good as the abundantly available pigeons."
Were those passenger pigeons by any chance? Haven't tasted one of those in a while.