8 hour flight on United Airline (Boeing 777)
Inflight entertainment was available but was only streamed through the passengers' devices.
Taking away passenger devices means No inflight entertainment.
It's cheaper for the passenger to use their own device than the airline outfit the aircraft.
I guess you don't fly?
It is evident that you don't understand how the Governments work. Unneeded/unenforced are traps for people/organizations that are targeted. An unused or little known regulation can wreck havoc with "out of favor" people and organizations. Laws that aren't enforced should be removed so that people/organizations can live and work in a functional manner.
When the leadership of any corporation has more concern for politics, political issues than its people, products and investors, that leadership has lost its way.
Steve Jobs was approached by a large charity (possibly United Way) who wanted Apple to support the charity directly. Reportedly, Steve Jobs told the charity that he paid his people well and if the charity wanted to directly ask his employees for support, to go ahead but that Apple, as a corporation, would not. Jobs did not dilute the energy, activities, and resources of Apple to support the charity. He believed it was a "personal" issue and seemed happy for Apple employees to support whatever charities that they, individually, wanted to support.
Tim Cook, on the other had, likes to throw Apple into every one of his pet projects. I am not make comment on the value of his "causes" (I agree with many of them) but his short-sighted business strategy. At this time, Apple needs to "buck up" and come out with Jobesque style renovations and revolutionary products. Tim Cook has led Apple into no such products. Even the driverless, electric car is years away and, probably, with today's technology unreachable for Apple. Flouting a non-existent product is a poor business strategy.
Gosh, let's hope so.
I mean, who wants to think that they are a hateful person with intolerant views of people who differ from them.
It makes sense to blame FB, Twitter, Snapchat and all the other crappy social media apps out there!
It's the Software that's hateful and Not the Wetware.
(It's the blame game gone mad.)
POTUS Obama use this same strategy/tactic with the ailing USA automobile industry. Huge rebates for buying a New USA-Manufacturer's cars if you destroyed particular, older, gas-guzzling cars. Big boon to the failing USA car manufacturers and an attempt to keep the Government Motors'GM brand alive. It succeeded in selling a lot of Ford cars and damaged the user car industry for years with the added benefit that poor people (and others who purchased used cars) didn't have good, reliable, used cars to purchase.
I shuddered to see a Federal Government destroying the engine in and older, but fully functional, Volvo saloon. Terribly wasteful and pitiful.
Recycle the damn things and put them in the hands of people who need them. In this country and in other countries, these older. "retired" products can still be used and offer life. Damned Obama policy!
Under the ADA, broadcasters (of all sorts) have to provide a percentage of subtitled works. This is giving deaf and hearing impaired people access to all kinds of visual media. If effect, it gives the handicapped access to previously unaccessible media and the Media access to the handicapped. This handicapped group is, in the USA, a sizable market.
Amazon Prime Video made a considerable effort to provide subtitles on the majority of their considerable library. I watched their progress and it was very quick. Netflix, AcornTV and others do/have done the same.
The is a case of the USA being much more enlightened and advanced than Europe.
The European Community should enter this century with a more enlightened view of the handicapped and commend those who are helping instead of punishing them.
"We have 7+ Billion people on a planet that can support 3 Billion."
Obviously, the planet can support 7+ billion people. It's nonsense/hyperbole/fuzzy thinking like this that really hurts your position and negates any truths and/or facts that you have to contribute.
IMHO
What a bizarre comment.
The HIPAA law effects every business, company, school, medical entity in the USA already.
HIPAA training can be purchased from training consultants.
Just ask any HR person about HIPAA.
Past experiences show that Microsoft hates to develop for 2 different platforms. They couldn't even support the differing Intel Pentium and Intel Itanium architectures let alone 2 different brands. (The AMD chips are trapped within the Intel architecture.) Whether M$ will drop ARM or Intel remains to be seen thought Intel has won all the previous battles.
"For me being in a taxi means that if there is an accident I am covered every way from Sunday. "
Only if you include the possibility of law suits, sharing settlements with attorneys, funds running out while the physical damage is still present. Neither taxi companies nor insurance companies have a vested interest in paying your claims and expenses without contesting them.
and that's only if the taxi company is actually insured at the time you are damaged. If there is a one second gap, you are on your own -- for the whole tab if you don't have your own insurance.
What a crock to assume you are "protected".
An attorney told me that there is a difference between Asking and Ordering. Asking doesn't require an answer while Ordering does. LEOs can ask or order; the Citizen can respond appropriately.
A Sheriff's Deputy told me that most civilians cannot tell the difference between Asking and Ordering. So they ask and are given information they want but are not legally entitled to.
The task is to determine when the LEO is Asking or Ordering. It never hurts to ask for which the LEO is doing and responding appropriately.
IMHO, much of the discussion here shows a misunderstanding of Asking and Ordering.
POTUS Truman had a little sign on his Presidential Desk: "The Buck Stops Here".
POTUS Clinton received credit for an improved economy which the Republican Congressional Majority created.
POTUS Obama didn't try very hard – except traveling, golfing and pontificating.
Yep, I remember him saying this. Didn't mean much to him since he never followed through – he had more sexy plans!
Golf got his best time and effort, that's for sure!
Timothy McVeigh was actually called a Terrorist in the Main Stream Media and by Federal Government employees and officials. I do recall that quite clearly. How old are you? Not to know?
Wikipedia states that the Cato Institute is a Libertarian think tank. Conservatives are different from Libertarians and to write "conservative-leaning" is a grossly inaccurate description. (Wikipedia is able to tell the different and you can also.)
You are correct.
The time of change of the POTUS is a time of transition. During times of transition, some people are caught in the changes and suffer. This is an unwelcome but normal occurrence. (Those with jobs know this well.) POTUS Bush didn't start any policy against incoming POTUS Obama and even gave him a say during the last part of the Bush presidency. POTUS Obama, according to the news, didn't "pay it forward". POTUS Obama tried to institute policies before POTUS Trump could take office AND cut him out of the decisions. Had POTUS Obama treated incoming POTUS Trump in the manner that POTUS Bush treated him, this transition would have gone smoother.
Having gone through a variety of transitions in a variety of circumstances, I wish the people weren't getting clobbered but "that's life".
The Department of Homeland Security states years ago that a person without a Facebook/social media account is a likely terrorist (wording from the article). When I read that in the Main Stream Media, I immediately closed my Facebook account.
Every business, law enforcement agency, head hunter, credit reporter checks social media. The fact that the USA Governments do this is neither surprising nor news. The Obama Regime did this and probably the Bush Regime before that.
Solar power is new so there is a build-out of new facilities and is labor intensive. In a few years this statistic will drop noticeably. Only going into new areas can keep the employment numbers high.
Oil is an older industry with tremendous efficiencies already built in. The build-out has occurred and is not needed. The processes are very refined (pun intended) and costs have be squeezed out. The oil industry is far less labor intensive than when it began or, even, in the late 1900's.
Solar may become as efficient as oil as the solar industry blossoms and matures.
Until then, it is a comparison of apples and organges
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8 hour flight on United Airline (Boeing 777) Inflight entertainment was available but was only streamed through the passengers' devices. Taking away passenger devices means No inflight entertainment. It's cheaper for the passenger to use their own device than the airline outfit the aircraft. I guess you don't fly?
Huh? Try REI. I just saw a huge selection when I was in the REI store last week.
Hate to inform you, the luggage with 4 wheels makes you look like a dork, too.
It is evident that you don't understand how the Governments work. Unneeded/unenforced are traps for people/organizations that are targeted. An unused or little known regulation can wreck havoc with "out of favor" people and organizations. Laws that aren't enforced should be removed so that people/organizations can live and work in a functional manner.
When the leadership of any corporation has more concern for politics, political issues than its people, products and investors, that leadership has lost its way. Steve Jobs was approached by a large charity (possibly United Way) who wanted Apple to support the charity directly. Reportedly, Steve Jobs told the charity that he paid his people well and if the charity wanted to directly ask his employees for support, to go ahead but that Apple, as a corporation, would not. Jobs did not dilute the energy, activities, and resources of Apple to support the charity. He believed it was a "personal" issue and seemed happy for Apple employees to support whatever charities that they, individually, wanted to support. Tim Cook, on the other had, likes to throw Apple into every one of his pet projects. I am not make comment on the value of his "causes" (I agree with many of them) but his short-sighted business strategy. At this time, Apple needs to "buck up" and come out with Jobesque style renovations and revolutionary products. Tim Cook has led Apple into no such products. Even the driverless, electric car is years away and, probably, with today's technology unreachable for Apple. Flouting a non-existent product is a poor business strategy.
Gosh, let's hope so. I mean, who wants to think that they are a hateful person with intolerant views of people who differ from them. It makes sense to blame FB, Twitter, Snapchat and all the other crappy social media apps out there! It's the Software that's hateful and Not the Wetware. (It's the blame game gone mad.)
POTUS Obama use this same strategy/tactic with the ailing USA automobile industry. Huge rebates for buying a New USA-Manufacturer's cars if you destroyed particular, older, gas-guzzling cars. Big boon to the failing USA car manufacturers and an attempt to keep the Government Motors'GM brand alive. It succeeded in selling a lot of Ford cars and damaged the user car industry for years with the added benefit that poor people (and others who purchased used cars) didn't have good, reliable, used cars to purchase. I shuddered to see a Federal Government destroying the engine in and older, but fully functional, Volvo saloon. Terribly wasteful and pitiful. Recycle the damn things and put them in the hands of people who need them. In this country and in other countries, these older. "retired" products can still be used and offer life. Damned Obama policy!
Under the ADA, broadcasters (of all sorts) have to provide a percentage of subtitled works. This is giving deaf and hearing impaired people access to all kinds of visual media. If effect, it gives the handicapped access to previously unaccessible media and the Media access to the handicapped. This handicapped group is, in the USA, a sizable market. Amazon Prime Video made a considerable effort to provide subtitles on the majority of their considerable library. I watched their progress and it was very quick. Netflix, AcornTV and others do/have done the same. The is a case of the USA being much more enlightened and advanced than Europe. The European Community should enter this century with a more enlightened view of the handicapped and commend those who are helping instead of punishing them.
That seems to apply to Social Justice Warriors and Do-Gooders in general.
"We have 7+ Billion people on a planet that can support 3 Billion." Obviously, the planet can support 7+ billion people. It's nonsense/hyperbole/fuzzy thinking like this that really hurts your position and negates any truths and/or facts that you have to contribute. IMHO
Under the current PC rules, this is Racist. Evolution is Racist! (Just drawing a conclusion for what I have been told.)
What a bizarre comment. The HIPAA law effects every business, company, school, medical entity in the USA already. HIPAA training can be purchased from training consultants. Just ask any HR person about HIPAA.
Past experiences show that Microsoft hates to develop for 2 different platforms. They couldn't even support the differing Intel Pentium and Intel Itanium architectures let alone 2 different brands. (The AMD chips are trapped within the Intel architecture.) Whether M$ will drop ARM or Intel remains to be seen thought Intel has won all the previous battles.
"For me being in a taxi means that if there is an accident I am covered every way from Sunday. " Only if you include the possibility of law suits, sharing settlements with attorneys, funds running out while the physical damage is still present. Neither taxi companies nor insurance companies have a vested interest in paying your claims and expenses without contesting them. and that's only if the taxi company is actually insured at the time you are damaged. If there is a one second gap, you are on your own -- for the whole tab if you don't have your own insurance. What a crock to assume you are "protected".
Local police are trained to recognize sign language as Speech. So "silent" people are not out of luck. Nor do they tend to lack the skill of writing.
An attorney told me that there is a difference between Asking and Ordering. Asking doesn't require an answer while Ordering does. LEOs can ask or order; the Citizen can respond appropriately. A Sheriff's Deputy told me that most civilians cannot tell the difference between Asking and Ordering. So they ask and are given information they want but are not legally entitled to. The task is to determine when the LEO is Asking or Ordering. It never hurts to ask for which the LEO is doing and responding appropriately. IMHO, much of the discussion here shows a misunderstanding of Asking and Ordering.
POTUS Truman had a little sign on his Presidential Desk: "The Buck Stops Here". POTUS Clinton received credit for an improved economy which the Republican Congressional Majority created. POTUS Obama didn't try very hard – except traveling, golfing and pontificating.
Yep, I remember him saying this. Didn't mean much to him since he never followed through – he had more sexy plans! Golf got his best time and effort, that's for sure!
That's why you should buy one NOW! while they're still legal. Remember when cell-phone signal jammers were legal?
When I was a Solaris admin, an Oracle employee shared that acronym with me -- doubly funny!
Timothy McVeigh was actually called a Terrorist in the Main Stream Media and by Federal Government employees and officials. I do recall that quite clearly. How old are you? Not to know?
Wikipedia states that the Cato Institute is a Libertarian think tank. Conservatives are different from Libertarians and to write "conservative-leaning" is a grossly inaccurate description. (Wikipedia is able to tell the different and you can also.)
You are correct. The time of change of the POTUS is a time of transition. During times of transition, some people are caught in the changes and suffer. This is an unwelcome but normal occurrence. (Those with jobs know this well.) POTUS Bush didn't start any policy against incoming POTUS Obama and even gave him a say during the last part of the Bush presidency. POTUS Obama, according to the news, didn't "pay it forward". POTUS Obama tried to institute policies before POTUS Trump could take office AND cut him out of the decisions. Had POTUS Obama treated incoming POTUS Trump in the manner that POTUS Bush treated him, this transition would have gone smoother. Having gone through a variety of transitions in a variety of circumstances, I wish the people weren't getting clobbered but "that's life".
The Department of Homeland Security states years ago that a person without a Facebook/social media account is a likely terrorist (wording from the article). When I read that in the Main Stream Media, I immediately closed my Facebook account. Every business, law enforcement agency, head hunter, credit reporter checks social media. The fact that the USA Governments do this is neither surprising nor news. The Obama Regime did this and probably the Bush Regime before that.
Solar power is new so there is a build-out of new facilities and is labor intensive. In a few years this statistic will drop noticeably. Only going into new areas can keep the employment numbers high. Oil is an older industry with tremendous efficiencies already built in. The build-out has occurred and is not needed. The processes are very refined (pun intended) and costs have be squeezed out. The oil industry is far less labor intensive than when it began or, even, in the late 1900's. Solar may become as efficient as oil as the solar industry blossoms and matures. Until then, it is a comparison of apples and organges