This was posted here on slashdot years ago... I followed the instructions and it worked EXTREMELY well. When I hooked it up, it picked up 30-40 stations around the Phoenix metro area without a glitch. I used a scrap piece of 2x4, so I put the ugly thing up in the attic, and my entire house can hook into it. Less than $10 out of pocket (needed some washers, screws, and a UHF/VHF transformer from Radio Shack.)
I never said AR-15, "AR", or that AR stood for assault rifle. I just said that I don't own one. My brother has an Ar-15 that I can occasionally shoot if I really want - though his sucks because you can't hit much with it (has a 9:1 spin ratio in the rifling, cheaply made, etc.). A bro-in-law also has one but it's nicer - and he's picked up a suppressor (can't wait to try that out).
I also own a 30-06 (a nice Remington) - but I never shoot that one because I'm not left-eyed and the bolt action is backwards for me. Someday I'll trade that in and upgrade. Until then, I stick to my 12 gauge for bird hunting (quail and dove hunting), 22 mag rifle for fooling around, and my snub nose, Ruger.357 mag - which I load with 125 grain hollow points for home protection (158 grain for when I go camping and heaven forbid I need something with a little stopping power. That fucker puts out a 4-6" podwer plume when you shoot dirty ammo through it and its smaller handle make it hard to handle for some.
And yes, I'm aware that a deer rifle is going to have a LOT more range than a.223 round.
Finally, if you Google assault rifle, I'm pretty sure you'll have to admit that there is such a thing.
Same here. We just remotely interviewed an Indian CSE grad student that had a resume that was off-the-charts in a good way. She should've been able to teach us experienced devs some tricks/concepts - the resume was chock full of all manner of web languages/technologies.
The actual interview, however, was off-the-charts - in a bad way. It was the single worst interview I've experienced in 20+ years. She couldn't answer any questions without a long, LONG pause. During the long, awkward pauses (it was totally silent for like 20-30 seconds - "can she even hear us?"), we'd occasionally hear page turning - after which she'd give an academic-sounding answer that sounded like she was reading straight out of a, "Learn X in 24 hours!" book.
In the end, we'd finally gleaned out that she'd just done small coding jobs in a single dev environment that were extremely limited in scope, and only as assigned by a rigid supervisor.
The kicker was that her Indian supervisor gave her stellar reviews, saying that she was very talented and would be a great addition to our group. It was painfully obvious that either that manager was blind or they'd both lied through their teeth to help each other out.
Based on that sample of one and other exposure I've had with many Indian grad-level students coming out of engineering programs at the university I work at, this isn't an isolated case.
It doesn't help that their educational system in India is fundamentally broken in that students get locked into a discipline with little or no way to get out of it beyond a certain age. Internships for people that don't really want to be engineers but took the easiest (and in some cases the only) route out of their slums and into the Indian "middle class" aren't going to fix the underlying problems.
It wouldn't surprise me if those internships turn into backrooms full dead wood "engineers" while businesses market themselves as being able to throw 30 programmers at a problem while their 3 or 4 coders with real talent do all the heavy lifting.
Interesting point, but since we're talking about a discipline (engineering) that is based in more universal concepts (mathematics, physics, science, etc.) than other fields, would cultural bias matter much in this case?
Also chances are getting caught with a Hacked Smart Gun, will probably get you much more trouble.
This statement exposes the deeper motivation that is the fear in the hearts of many gun activists: "Wait - So, you'll want to punish owners of hacked smart guns? Why? How is that any different than owning guns without safety features? Should it be illegal to even own a gun without smart features? How far will the government go to keep us safe? It'll always be pushing for taking freedom away! Freedom! FREEDOM!"
What seems perfectly reasonable to one person will always sound like another inch down the proverbial slippery slope - because of their personal biases.
(Disclaimer: I own multiple firearms, including high-powered hunting rifles and handguns (no assault rifle - those are just for fun and machismo); In my opinion, "smart" guns are a good-intentioned but "dumb" idea.)
That press conference was the equivalent of doing a presentation in front of your class on dressing modestly with your fly open.
The manager(s) who authorized that embarrassment should be fired first thing tomorrow morning because they're clearly clueless bureaucrats that don't even understand their own department's responsibilities.
Congress should be running the show. Not a couple of GOP-appointed, former corporate shills with conflicts of interest on the FCC.
The problem, however, is can Congress get it right - with all the money that flows around in the Capitol building and K Street?
My faith in Congress is a shade above zero. Outright bribery (aka "political donations") have made it just about impossible for the Legislative branch (Congress) to do anything substantial for the common man.
Because of that, the Executive (which manages groups like the FCC) and Judicial branches (especially the Supreme Court) are becoming the only truly functioning part of the American government. That means that smaller and smaller groups of people are deciding major policy now; Meanwhile, we and our senators/reps are forced to sit and cheer on the bickering as if it actually matters - like an ancient Roman circus.
While nothing is 100% safe online, paying online is much more dangerous for users that aren't smart with their computer before they ever go to buy something.
With that said, I'd avoid using checking account numbers for online purchases. It is riskier than credit or debit cards because all someone has to do is credit an ACH payment against your routing and account number and the money is withdrawn and gone. At best, you only lose a few hours of your life and deal with the following:
You have to contact your bank the moment you catch it (don't wait on it), close that account, and open a new account - probably with a longer number to memorize than the last one.
* You have to dispose of any paper checks and pay the bank $20+ to get a new box printed and sent to you.
* You have to change every auto payment you have set up. If you happen to close that account around the time an automated payment hits, that utility/company will not let you off the hook. That's usually another $20-$30 fee.
* You have to memorize a new checking account number if you want to continue to use it for anything online.
* Hopefully your bank will refund your lost money up to a point - in a business day or two.
If a fraudulent charge hits your credit card, however, it's the bank's problem once you catch it. They take any losses (usually a write-off). And credit card companies are usually pretty good about contacting you when something suspicious happens (because it's in their best interest).
If you must use a checking account number, I'd avoid saving it as the default payment method for future convenience.
The east coast, mid-Atlantic cities I've visited had surprisingly solid public transit. Trains, buses, etc. - all easy to use. And they had relatively tame weather, making walking/biking in the summer relatively nice. In the winter, public transit allows residents to avoid the elements and hazardous driving. OTOH, they had really bad freeways; And their older roads and bridges are wedged into centuries-old historical sites and highly populated areas. In some places, I have no idea how cars could even traverse some neighborhoods. Public transit >= Cars (Uber/Lyft).
My west coast metro area in Arizona, OTOH, is the exact opposite. Our winters are nice enough to skip the car, but we're spread out too thinly in our suburbs (mostly built in the last 50 years). Riding or walking anywhere is measured in freeway drive times or miles - not city blocks. And our summers are brutal enough (115+) that walking/riding anywhere further than between A/C cooled places or vehicles just isn't done. If you're biking around in this heat, or you're one of the few waiting in the heat for a bus or light rail by choice, you're either a hobbyist, poor, or crazy. Finally, our freeway system here is generally newer, wider, straighter, flatter, and more spacious than what I rode on back east. Cars (Uber/Lyft) >= Public transit.
It's not that we're hating on public transit out here. Cars just work better in the city we have built... Hell - It'd probably be cheaper to just give everyone here a small electric car than pay for building a public transit system expansive enough to match the efficacy of its counterparts back east.
Hit the manufacturers with a "life cycle tax" to cover the true cost of the ENTIRE life cycle of the product - including disposal in a landfill or the ocean.
Pros: You'd be able to repair a lot of stuff because it'd be cheaper to sell. And the Great Pacific Garbage Patch(es) would stop growing pretty quick. McDonald's Happy Meal toys would either be made of wood or disappear altogether.
Cons: Implementing it would be difficult - full of more regulations to comply with. And stuff would go way up in price. McDonald's Happy Meal toys would either be made of wood or disappear altogether.
A single, 3 hour movie would've done the story well enough (sans the padding, the Sauron backstory fan service, etc.). A two movie set (2 hours each, max.) could've given the story the properly padded, "Jackson" treatment without wasting our time.
Instead, we got a "profits before quality" trilogy that I'll never watch again. As a whole, it's the Tolkien equivalent of the Star Wars prequels - only it actually got worse as it went.
So far, patches have beaten the latest, big ransomware out to end users. Eventually, however, a solution will beat the patch out the door - causing problems on a scale that will dwarf everything before it. It could bring the worldwide internet to its knees as people stop connecting at all because of FUD.
When that day finally comes, it'll be best to have backups made of your important data in an external hard drive that's disconnected from everything and sitting somewhere safe - only to be connected and updated on occasion.
To this Anonymous Coward: Wow - You must really hate The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (its official name) to turn a climate change article into an anti-LDS blast. Being Mormon, and knowing how angry, belligerent, and willing to spread misinformation and half-truths solely to tear down a sect/philosophy, I can understand how you can be so capable of closing your eyes on hard climate change numbers.
To all other Slashdot readers (atheist, religious, or somewhere inbetween): While there are some Mormons that ignorantly think differently, our church takes no stand on this debate. It's a human failing - not a religious one. I know that climate change is occurring and the hard numbers are clear.
Just as importantly: Religious or not, can you at least empathize with what us Mormons have to put up with? Crackpots like this poster spreading lies and half-truths all the time - sounds just like when they attack climate change science.
You can show them the temperature numbers, the photos of glaciers, the past record of corporate interests hiding the truth to turn a profit, etc. - but they ignore it and attack you. It gets to the point where you just start tuning their anger and stupidity out. And then we're ironically labeled as closed-minded cult members again - just like this guy labeled all of you. So insidiously hateful and stupid...
As a whole, we have the best real estate on the planet. From the Ohio valley, to New York City and all the other great spots on the east coast, to the entire west coast, to our vast farm lands, to the Rocky Mountains. And that's not even counting luxurious Hawaii (or Alaska - if you're into that.)
To boot, we have plentiful energy reserves, precious metals, etc. And plenty of habitable land left to build on, not already owned by some wealthy, aristocratic, inbred family you'll never meet.
There is no other single country on the planet that can compare. We have so much that it actually makes too many Americans lazy about environmental issues. "Fuck it. Go dump that shit over there and cover it up..."
If Amazon can maintain quality while reducing supply chain costs and expanding the customer base to get greater economies of scale tehy could turn Whole Foods into a serious competitor.
If it was a privately held company with a, "Quality is Job #1" slogan they actually believe in, that could happen.
In this case, however - where this was an investment opportunity/buyout by a large investor - I wouldn't hold your breath. Modern, large-scale business theory has a relatively new corollary they believe in: "Good Enough" trumps "Best" to most consumers. In several years, when Amazon's profits growth matures (and it always does), and stockholders start looking for new ways to keep stock prices going up (they always do), quality will be the first thing to go after they fire any remaining, expendable human workers.
1) The Civil War by Ken Burns. The closest thing to a perfect documentary I've seen. Shelby Foote's storytelling is still fascinating every time I listen to his comments.
2) Patterns of Evidence: Exodus - On Netflix streaming, it covers a man seeking for archaeological evidence that the Exodus ever happened. Unlike most "documentaries" that try to tackle the Bible and only preach to the choir, this doc doesn't pretend to have all the answers. It's very balanced and objective, and surprisingly informative about various locations in the vicinity of Egypt and Palestine and what's been found there. It also offers educational insights into the academic research (past and present) on ancient Egypt, how our world's history has been mapped out, etc. (Don't mix this one up with, "Is Genesis History?", which is mostly a joke and an embarrassment, intellectually speaking.) If you've ever wondered if there's any reasonably hard evidence tied to supporting the story of the Exodus, this is as good as it gets from both sides.
3) Jazz, by Ken Burns. While not quite as strong as The Civil War, it is very insightful on the historical and human side of the topic. It talks about everyday life around the beginnings of jazz down south and touches on everyday life as much as about jazz itself - making it a great time capsule.
4) The Cosmos mini-series on FOX a couple of years ago, hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson. It doesn't just talk about hard sciences like math/physics/chemistry. It also touches on great examples of human nature getting in the way of truth and knowledge (corporations hiding dangers for profit - lead in gasoline, religions killing innocents who see things differently, etc.) Some evangelicals got all worked up about it, but even the most ardent believers will get a lot out of it if they give it a chance.
When is there ever going to be enough of a guarantee to make air travel "safe enough"? When the TSA finally says, "We're finally going to make air travel 100% safe - by banning all airplanes on flights..."?
FTA: “With today’s terrorism, you can’t trust anybody,” one passenger said.
Today's terrorism? Were 20th century terrorists really more congenial and neighborly than 2017's Islamic fundamentalist crew? Was the passenger 12 years old?
“It’s a determined enemy,” according to Farbstein. “They’re targeting transportation hubs, and so what we want to do is make sure you get to your destination safely, and go home safely.”
Talk about pre-practiced, BS-meter triggering, politico speak from a trained fearmonger. I stopped taking her seriously as soon as I read "determined". She should throw in the word "safely" a couple more times to really drive home the point...
Is the TSA taking into account just how much this could cost American travelers in time and luggage fees?
WAY too many people travel with laptops these days - especially business travelers. You're going to take away the best tool for getting work done on an airplane while sitting for hours?
I'll take my chances with Achmed and his shaved-faced crew...
IIRC, they put this tech in to stop counterfeiters from printing HQ currency with color laser printers. At least this invasive, Big Brother-like technology was used for a good purpose this time.
There's one part in the Bible where the Jews attack and murder all the members of some other tribe because supposedly God told them to... All three of those religions are barbaric and support brutality.
God had a reason to be so brutal at times: He didn't want the Israelites absorbing the perversions of the natives in modern-day Palestine - and thus destroying their eternal souls. These practices included idol worshipping of Baal(im), religious practices tied to prostitution where the priests were pimps/madames (Ashteroth), and even human sacrifices (look up Moloch sometime).
God had given those wicked natives the chance to change for generations, but they blew off any preaching that went among them. They were ripe for destruction, so God declared that it was better to kill them all than let them influence their own offspring and drag them down to hell with them... The Israelites ultimately didn't completely wipe out the natives, however, and within a generation or two the natives' corrupt practices were eventually absorbed into Israelite culture. As a result, their lack of "brutality" ultimately (after hundreds of years) led to Israel's downfall.
He did the same thing when he flushed the "Flood" toilet.
Sounds harsh? Yes. In the eternal scheme of things, not so much.
And I'm pretty sure there's verses in there supporting sexual assault (including other attacks on other tribes where they subjugate the women after killing the men).
Citation from anywhere in the Bible? Where did God (or his righteous priests/followers) order any man to commit sexual assault?
Also, the Holocaust was committed by Christians... based on religious arguments.
This is a joke, right? The Nazis may have been baptized as Christian at some point (had some holy water sprinkled on their tiny, Nazi baby foreheads), but they were not Christians anymore than Hitler was the Pope. They were average Joes that had been brainwashed by hate-filled propaganda after a decade or two of economic misery. Faith without works is dead. (James 2)
Your knowledge of religion and Nazi history sounds like it came out of the cliff notes of random tweets and Instagram posts. You may want to brush up on some hard facts a bit...
Just naked on the plane? I'm waiting for the anal/vaginal checks by highly-trained agents (behind a curtain for our convenience and privacy) when we check in any luggage.
For those of us on the "TSA Pre" checklist we may be allowed just a body scan and a Gattaca-style finger prick?
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This was posted here on slashdot years ago... I followed the instructions and it worked EXTREMELY well. When I hooked it up, it picked up 30-40 stations around the Phoenix metro area without a glitch. I used a scrap piece of 2x4, so I put the ugly thing up in the attic, and my entire house can hook into it. Less than $10 out of pocket (needed some washers, screws, and a UHF/VHF transformer from Radio Shack.)
Coat Hanger HDTV Antenna
I never said AR-15, "AR", or that AR stood for assault rifle. I just said that I don't own one. My brother has an Ar-15 that I can occasionally shoot if I really want - though his sucks because you can't hit much with it (has a 9:1 spin ratio in the rifling, cheaply made, etc.). A bro-in-law also has one but it's nicer - and he's picked up a suppressor (can't wait to try that out).
I also own a 30-06 (a nice Remington) - but I never shoot that one because I'm not left-eyed and the bolt action is backwards for me. Someday I'll trade that in and upgrade. Until then, I stick to my 12 gauge for bird hunting (quail and dove hunting), 22 mag rifle for fooling around, and my snub nose, Ruger .357 mag - which I load with 125 grain hollow points for home protection (158 grain for when I go camping and heaven forbid I need something with a little stopping power. That fucker puts out a 4-6" podwer plume when you shoot dirty ammo through it and its smaller handle make it hard to handle for some.
And yes, I'm aware that a deer rifle is going to have a LOT more range than a .223 round.
Finally, if you Google assault rifle, I'm pretty sure you'll have to admit that there is such a thing.
Same here. We just remotely interviewed an Indian CSE grad student that had a resume that was off-the-charts in a good way. She should've been able to teach us experienced devs some tricks/concepts - the resume was chock full of all manner of web languages/technologies.
The actual interview, however, was off-the-charts - in a bad way. It was the single worst interview I've experienced in 20+ years. She couldn't answer any questions without a long, LONG pause. During the long, awkward pauses (it was totally silent for like 20-30 seconds - "can she even hear us?"), we'd occasionally hear page turning - after which she'd give an academic-sounding answer that sounded like she was reading straight out of a, "Learn X in 24 hours!" book.
In the end, we'd finally gleaned out that she'd just done small coding jobs in a single dev environment that were extremely limited in scope, and only as assigned by a rigid supervisor.
The kicker was that her Indian supervisor gave her stellar reviews, saying that she was very talented and would be a great addition to our group. It was painfully obvious that either that manager was blind or they'd both lied through their teeth to help each other out.
Based on that sample of one and other exposure I've had with many Indian grad-level students coming out of engineering programs at the university I work at, this isn't an isolated case.
It doesn't help that their educational system in India is fundamentally broken in that students get locked into a discipline with little or no way to get out of it beyond a certain age. Internships for people that don't really want to be engineers but took the easiest (and in some cases the only) route out of their slums and into the Indian "middle class" aren't going to fix the underlying problems.
It wouldn't surprise me if those internships turn into backrooms full dead wood "engineers" while businesses market themselves as being able to throw 30 programmers at a problem while their 3 or 4 coders with real talent do all the heavy lifting.
Interesting point, but since we're talking about a discipline (engineering) that is based in more universal concepts (mathematics, physics, science, etc.) than other fields, would cultural bias matter much in this case?
Also chances are getting caught with a Hacked Smart Gun, will probably get you much more trouble.
This statement exposes the deeper motivation that is the fear in the hearts of many gun activists: "Wait - So, you'll want to punish owners of hacked smart guns? Why? How is that any different than owning guns without safety features? Should it be illegal to even own a gun without smart features? How far will the government go to keep us safe? It'll always be pushing for taking freedom away! Freedom! FREEDOM!"
What seems perfectly reasonable to one person will always sound like another inch down the proverbial slippery slope - because of their personal biases.
(Disclaimer: I own multiple firearms, including high-powered hunting rifles and handguns (no assault rifle - those are just for fun and machismo); In my opinion, "smart" guns are a good-intentioned but "dumb" idea.)
That press conference was the equivalent of doing a presentation in front of your class on dressing modestly with your fly open.
The manager(s) who authorized that embarrassment should be fired first thing tomorrow morning because they're clearly clueless bureaucrats that don't even understand their own department's responsibilities.
Congress should be running the show. Not a couple of GOP-appointed, former corporate shills with conflicts of interest on the FCC.
The problem, however, is can Congress get it right - with all the money that flows around in the Capitol building and K Street?
My faith in Congress is a shade above zero. Outright bribery (aka "political donations") have made it just about impossible for the Legislative branch (Congress) to do anything substantial for the common man.
Because of that, the Executive (which manages groups like the FCC) and Judicial branches (especially the Supreme Court) are becoming the only truly functioning part of the American government. That means that smaller and smaller groups of people are deciding major policy now; Meanwhile, we and our senators/reps are forced to sit and cheer on the bickering as if it actually matters - like an ancient Roman circus.
While nothing is 100% safe online, paying online is much more dangerous for users that aren't smart with their computer before they ever go to buy something.
With that said, I'd avoid using checking account numbers for online purchases. It is riskier than credit or debit cards because all someone has to do is credit an ACH payment against your routing and account number and the money is withdrawn and gone. At best, you only lose a few hours of your life and deal with the following:
You have to contact your bank the moment you catch it (don't wait on it), close that account, and open a new account - probably with a longer number to memorize than the last one.
* You have to dispose of any paper checks and pay the bank $20+ to get a new box printed and sent to you.
* You have to change every auto payment you have set up. If you happen to close that account around the time an automated payment hits, that utility/company will not let you off the hook. That's usually another $20-$30 fee.
* You have to memorize a new checking account number if you want to continue to use it for anything online.
* Hopefully your bank will refund your lost money up to a point - in a business day or two.
If a fraudulent charge hits your credit card, however, it's the bank's problem once you catch it. They take any losses (usually a write-off). And credit card companies are usually pretty good about contacting you when something suspicious happens (because it's in their best interest).
If you must use a checking account number, I'd avoid saving it as the default payment method for future convenience.
The east coast, mid-Atlantic cities I've visited had surprisingly solid public transit. Trains, buses, etc. - all easy to use. And they had relatively tame weather, making walking/biking in the summer relatively nice. In the winter, public transit allows residents to avoid the elements and hazardous driving. OTOH, they had really bad freeways; And their older roads and bridges are wedged into centuries-old historical sites and highly populated areas. In some places, I have no idea how cars could even traverse some neighborhoods. Public transit >= Cars (Uber/Lyft).
My west coast metro area in Arizona, OTOH, is the exact opposite. Our winters are nice enough to skip the car, but we're spread out too thinly in our suburbs (mostly built in the last 50 years). Riding or walking anywhere is measured in freeway drive times or miles - not city blocks. And our summers are brutal enough (115+) that walking/riding anywhere further than between A/C cooled places or vehicles just isn't done. If you're biking around in this heat, or you're one of the few waiting in the heat for a bus or light rail by choice, you're either a hobbyist, poor, or crazy. Finally, our freeway system here is generally newer, wider, straighter, flatter, and more spacious than what I rode on back east. Cars (Uber/Lyft) >= Public transit.
It's not that we're hating on public transit out here. Cars just work better in the city we have built... Hell - It'd probably be cheaper to just give everyone here a small electric car than pay for building a public transit system expansive enough to match the efficacy of its counterparts back east.
Hit the manufacturers with a "life cycle tax" to cover the true cost of the ENTIRE life cycle of the product - including disposal in a landfill or the ocean.
Pros: You'd be able to repair a lot of stuff because it'd be cheaper to sell. And the Great Pacific Garbage Patch(es) would stop growing pretty quick. McDonald's Happy Meal toys would either be made of wood or disappear altogether.
Cons: Implementing it would be difficult - full of more regulations to comply with. And stuff would go way up in price. McDonald's Happy Meal toys would either be made of wood or disappear altogether.
A single, 3 hour movie would've done the story well enough (sans the padding, the Sauron backstory fan service, etc.). A two movie set (2 hours each, max.) could've given the story the properly padded, "Jackson" treatment without wasting our time.
Instead, we got a "profits before quality" trilogy that I'll never watch again. As a whole, it's the Tolkien equivalent of the Star Wars prequels - only it actually got worse as it went.
So far, patches have beaten the latest, big ransomware out to end users. Eventually, however, a solution will beat the patch out the door - causing problems on a scale that will dwarf everything before it. It could bring the worldwide internet to its knees as people stop connecting at all because of FUD.
When that day finally comes, it'll be best to have backups made of your important data in an external hard drive that's disconnected from everything and sitting somewhere safe - only to be connected and updated on occasion.
To this Anonymous Coward: Wow - You must really hate The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (its official name) to turn a climate change article into an anti-LDS blast. Being Mormon, and knowing how angry, belligerent, and willing to spread misinformation and half-truths solely to tear down a sect/philosophy, I can understand how you can be so capable of closing your eyes on hard climate change numbers.
To all other Slashdot readers (atheist, religious, or somewhere inbetween): While there are some Mormons that ignorantly think differently, our church takes no stand on this debate. It's a human failing - not a religious one. I know that climate change is occurring and the hard numbers are clear.
Just as importantly: Religious or not, can you at least empathize with what us Mormons have to put up with? Crackpots like this poster spreading lies and half-truths all the time - sounds just like when they attack climate change science.
You can show them the temperature numbers, the photos of glaciers, the past record of corporate interests hiding the truth to turn a profit, etc. - but they ignore it and attack you. It gets to the point where you just start tuning their anger and stupidity out. And then we're ironically labeled as closed-minded cult members again - just like this guy labeled all of you. So insidiously hateful and stupid...
$120,000,000 for 100M calls? That's $1.20 per call.
Unless the scammer made $120M in profits, this goes a little beyond punitive.
It's too bad net neutrality doesn't get this kind of strong support.
Really? You alls gonna troll us?
As a whole, we have the best real estate on the planet. From the Ohio valley, to New York City and all the other great spots on the east coast, to the entire west coast, to our vast farm lands, to the Rocky Mountains. And that's not even counting luxurious Hawaii (or Alaska - if you're into that.)
To boot, we have plentiful energy reserves, precious metals, etc. And plenty of habitable land left to build on, not already owned by some wealthy, aristocratic, inbred family you'll never meet.
There is no other single country on the planet that can compare. We have so much that it actually makes too many Americans lazy about environmental issues. "Fuck it. Go dump that shit over there and cover it up..."
Enjoy the rocks...
If Amazon can maintain quality while reducing supply chain costs and expanding the customer base to get greater economies of scale tehy could turn Whole Foods into a serious competitor.
If it was a privately held company with a, "Quality is Job #1" slogan they actually believe in, that could happen.
In this case, however - where this was an investment opportunity/buyout by a large investor - I wouldn't hold your breath. Modern, large-scale business theory has a relatively new corollary they believe in: "Good Enough" trumps "Best" to most consumers. In several years, when Amazon's profits growth matures (and it always does), and stockholders start looking for new ways to keep stock prices going up (they always do), quality will be the first thing to go after they fire any remaining, expendable human workers.
Stop kidding yourselves: There's no healthy way to inhale nicotine. Give up the habit or pay the price.
1) The Civil War by Ken Burns. The closest thing to a perfect documentary I've seen. Shelby Foote's storytelling is still fascinating every time I listen to his comments.
2) Patterns of Evidence: Exodus - On Netflix streaming, it covers a man seeking for archaeological evidence that the Exodus ever happened. Unlike most "documentaries" that try to tackle the Bible and only preach to the choir, this doc doesn't pretend to have all the answers. It's very balanced and objective, and surprisingly informative about various locations in the vicinity of Egypt and Palestine and what's been found there. It also offers educational insights into the academic research (past and present) on ancient Egypt, how our world's history has been mapped out, etc. (Don't mix this one up with, "Is Genesis History?", which is mostly a joke and an embarrassment, intellectually speaking.) If you've ever wondered if there's any reasonably hard evidence tied to supporting the story of the Exodus, this is as good as it gets from both sides.
3) Jazz, by Ken Burns. While not quite as strong as The Civil War, it is very insightful on the historical and human side of the topic. It talks about everyday life around the beginnings of jazz down south and touches on everyday life as much as about jazz itself - making it a great time capsule.
4) The Cosmos mini-series on FOX a couple of years ago, hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson. It doesn't just talk about hard sciences like math/physics/chemistry. It also touches on great examples of human nature getting in the way of truth and knowledge (corporations hiding dangers for profit - lead in gasoline, religions killing innocents who see things differently, etc.) Some evangelicals got all worked up about it, but even the most ardent believers will get a lot out of it if they give it a chance.
Terror Alert Level Intense Orange Red
When is there ever going to be enough of a guarantee to make air travel "safe enough"? When the TSA finally says, "We're finally going to make air travel 100% safe - by banning all airplanes on flights..."?
FTA: “With today’s terrorism, you can’t trust anybody,” one passenger said.
Today's terrorism? Were 20th century terrorists really more congenial and neighborly than 2017's Islamic fundamentalist crew? Was the passenger 12 years old?
“It’s a determined enemy,” according to Farbstein. “They’re targeting transportation hubs, and so what we want to do is make sure you get to your destination safely, and go home safely.”
Talk about pre-practiced, BS-meter triggering, politico speak from a trained fearmonger. I stopped taking her seriously as soon as I read "determined". She should throw in the word "safely" a couple more times to really drive home the point...
Is the TSA taking into account just how much this could cost American travelers in time and luggage fees?
WAY too many people travel with laptops these days - especially business travelers. You're going to take away the best tool for getting work done on an airplane while sitting for hours?
I'll take my chances with Achmed and his shaved-faced crew...
IIRC, they put this tech in to stop counterfeiters from printing HQ currency with color laser printers. At least this invasive, Big Brother-like technology was used for a good purpose this time.
That's ridiculous. It's like saying you've learned everything you need to know about right and wrong by the time you've turned 18.
You never stop learning about different versions (and applications) of "morality" until you die.
There's one part in the Bible where the Jews attack and murder all the members of some other tribe because supposedly God told them to... All three of those religions are barbaric and support brutality.
God had a reason to be so brutal at times: He didn't want the Israelites absorbing the perversions of the natives in modern-day Palestine - and thus destroying their eternal souls. These practices included idol worshipping of Baal(im), religious practices tied to prostitution where the priests were pimps/madames (Ashteroth), and even human sacrifices (look up Moloch sometime).
God had given those wicked natives the chance to change for generations, but they blew off any preaching that went among them. They were ripe for destruction, so God declared that it was better to kill them all than let them influence their own offspring and drag them down to hell with them... The Israelites ultimately didn't completely wipe out the natives, however, and within a generation or two the natives' corrupt practices were eventually absorbed into Israelite culture. As a result, their lack of "brutality" ultimately (after hundreds of years) led to Israel's downfall.
He did the same thing when he flushed the "Flood" toilet.
Sounds harsh? Yes. In the eternal scheme of things, not so much.
And I'm pretty sure there's verses in there supporting sexual assault (including other attacks on other tribes where they subjugate the women after killing the men).
Citation from anywhere in the Bible? Where did God (or his righteous priests/followers) order any man to commit sexual assault?
Also, the Holocaust was committed by Christians... based on religious arguments.
This is a joke, right? The Nazis may have been baptized as Christian at some point (had some holy water sprinkled on their tiny, Nazi baby foreheads), but they were not Christians anymore than Hitler was the Pope. They were average Joes that had been brainwashed by hate-filled propaganda after a decade or two of economic misery. Faith without works is dead. (James 2)
Your knowledge of religion and Nazi history sounds like it came out of the cliff notes of random tweets and Instagram posts. You may want to brush up on some hard facts a bit...
Just naked on the plane? I'm waiting for the anal/vaginal checks by highly-trained agents (behind a curtain for our convenience and privacy) when we check in any luggage.
For those of us on the "TSA Pre" checklist we may be allowed just a body scan and a Gattaca-style finger prick?