No it doesn't. Firearms in checked bags are subject to a lot of red tape as well. (documentation, locks, and tamper proof hard case) You cannot simply "forget" there's a gun in your cheap-ass walmart cloth case at check-in.
(And even when you follow the rules, the former janitors now working "security" don't know or give a single shit about those rules and make your life hell for legally transporting a firearm.)
And those are the poster children of BAD COPS. Tazer and Gun are carried in different places. They are trained to carry them in different places for that very reason.
Yes, a lot of transactions are "paperless" these days, but almost every small transaction (latte, burger, vending machines...) are done with cash, because the overhead of a credit/debit card is immense. Plus, when your CC processing system is unavailable, you're out of business. Oh how many times have I been to a McDonald's and the first thing they scream at you is "CASH ONLY, the machine's down", or had to walk across the lot to pay cash for gas because their idiot machines can't stay connected.
Yes, YES MICROSOFT IS forcing people to "upgrade". They are hiding the "get windows 10" bullshit as a "recommended update" (and briefly tagged it "required"), and it's downloading (and by some reports INSTALLING) Windows 10 without even asking. And it's no longer giving users the option to say no.
Yes, Apple will nag that there's an update, but they don't download it without your permission, and they don't pre-install it so you can reboot into the new version instantly.
That might work for the far simpler XP -- for which "activation" can be legitimately permanently disabled. Windows 7 (and beyond) have no such mode, and are far more aware of hardware changes. If the virtual hardware doesn't almost precisely match the physical hardware, re-activation will be required. OEM VLK's are a serious pain to use in a VM -- and you have to make damn sure the physical "fingerprint" follows that VM everywhere. Even a retail key will need re-activation if the hardware changes too much or too often.
(I run into this all the time. XP: trivial to fix, Win7: fixable with a few tricks, Win10: those tricks don't work anymore)
Disable what? 38 KBs and their brothers, and any newer one's the mothership demands you install? GWX is one update (that they've re-released a few times), but there are MANY others bringing parts of WinX into your system.
(I suppose if that "behind the scenes" thing was "block all of Microsoft", then that would, indeed, work.)
Because Americans HATE diesel, in all forms. How many cars are on US roads? MANY million. How many diesels have been sold? less than *one* million. (not counting the pickup trucks)
Yes, it is. Various aquatic life (including plants) require specific pH (among other variables) for their life processes to function. The issue isn't so much that the pH will shift so far as to kill "everything", but far enough to kill the algae you want to be there, which will be replaced by stuff you don't want. There are lots of species of algae, the non-green kinds you really don't want filling the oceans.
Or they (or their doctor(s)) don't report it. This happens all the time, actually. It's a Russian-roulette that someone ALWAYS loses. (and then we hear about "some guy crashes into tollbooth")
Even treated epileptics can be refused a license. The metric is not "medicine", but "when was your last seizure?" Driving is not a right; it's a privilege. As such, if you pose a danger to others you will be prohibited from driving.
Are you required to upgrade your PC and Android OS? No. And if you do, you can revert (reinstall) to the older version you were running. Apple makes that IMPOSSIBLE for the iPhone. You cannot choose a version to install; you'll get whatever Apple says to run.
This isn't an issue of state vs. state trust. This is the feds wanting to get their nose in on it. Drivers licenses are a per-state proprietary database -- each state controls their own. The feds want their own database to mismanage.
There's one other way... it's what happens to super massive stars when they die. Gravity collapsing the matter into a "neutron star", or black hole. Of course, we don't have the technology to even begin to approach that. We can get shit wicked hot, but pushing nuclei together to the point of fusion is beyond us.
[Yes, there have been ultrasonic devices claimed to have done it, but they're just as much snake oil as the rest. 'tho it is theoretically plausible -- it's how atomic weapons work (shockwave takes a subcritical mass to critical density.)]
First off, the current method we use to generate power ("electricity") requires boiling water. (or moving water.) So "cold" fusion is pretty worthless here.
Yes, the current known method of fusion is very hot nucleotides randomly joining as they bump into each other. (until you get to things the size of suns, then gravity joins the dance.) Physicists suggest this happens at low temps as well, it's just astoundingly rare. Along that line, it's possible (at least conceptually) to take two nuclei and manually push them together until they fuse -- just like pushing two magnet norths together, if one of those magnets is strong enough, they'll actually stick. Of course, we haven't the faintest clue how to actually do that. And if we did, it'd just be a neat trick; again, back to the boiling water...
rsync does the same thing (block level transfers). ZFS wins this race because it is the filesystem and keeps track of which blocks are changing. rsync has to read every block, compute a checksum, and communicate that checksum to determine which block(s) need to be transfered. That's an expensive process, and thus why rsync defaults to "whole-file" on local storage. (you should disable that on an SSD.)
Actually, there are plenty of cheap (sub-100$) trash quads out there. I won't call them "drones" since they absolutely won't fly themselves, at all. But they are big enough to carry a crappy camera, fly hundreds of feet (plenty far enough to be out of sight), and get sucked into a (very low flying) jet. And they weigh more than.55lbs so they have to legally be registered now.
Yes, real it-can-fly-itself drones are expensive ($500+, the really good ones into a grand), so people will want to tag them so they can possibly get them back. With a transmitter range of ~1km, and flight range several times that, they can very easily be lost.
EXACTLY. If I'm going to do something I know is illegal -- or I suspect will get me "detained" -- I'm not going to put my f'ing name all over it!
Also, I don't see how flying a quadcopter over a house fire can in any way impede the firefighters. They show up in big red trucks -- ON THE GROUND. They run around dragging hoses ON THE GROUND. And occasionally climb up ladders to the height of windows and roofs. A "drone" hovering 200-400 ft ABOVE the action isn't in the way at all. They don't shit a brick over all the news choppers hovering around, what the f*** do they care about a 2lb "drone".
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While, yes, you can "surrender" the weapon, you've already broken the law by carrying it onto federal property.
No it doesn't. Firearms in checked bags are subject to a lot of red tape as well. (documentation, locks, and tamper proof hard case) You cannot simply "forget" there's a gun in your cheap-ass walmart cloth case at check-in.
(And even when you follow the rules, the former janitors now working "security" don't know or give a single shit about those rules and make your life hell for legally transporting a firearm.)
Right. And you didn't know you were going to an airport after packing your fucking bag(s) to get on a plane... with a firearm in that bag.
And those are the poster children of BAD COPS. Tazer and Gun are carried in different places. They are trained to carry them in different places for that very reason.
Yes, a lot of transactions are "paperless" these days, but almost every small transaction (latte, burger, vending machines...) are done with cash, because the overhead of a credit/debit card is immense. Plus, when your CC processing system is unavailable, you're out of business. Oh how many times have I been to a McDonald's and the first thing they scream at you is "CASH ONLY, the machine's down", or had to walk across the lot to pay cash for gas because their idiot machines can't stay connected.
Yes, YES MICROSOFT IS forcing people to "upgrade". They are hiding the "get windows 10" bullshit as a "recommended update" (and briefly tagged it "required"), and it's downloading (and by some reports INSTALLING) Windows 10 without even asking. And it's no longer giving users the option to say no.
Yes, Apple will nag that there's an update, but they don't download it without your permission, and they don't pre-install it so you can reboot into the new version instantly.
That might work for the far simpler XP -- for which "activation" can be legitimately permanently disabled. Windows 7 (and beyond) have no such mode, and are far more aware of hardware changes. If the virtual hardware doesn't almost precisely match the physical hardware, re-activation will be required. OEM VLK's are a serious pain to use in a VM -- and you have to make damn sure the physical "fingerprint" follows that VM everywhere. Even a retail key will need re-activation if the hardware changes too much or too often.
(I run into this all the time. XP: trivial to fix, Win7: fixable with a few tricks, Win10: those tricks don't work anymore)
Disable what? 38 KBs and their brothers, and any newer one's the mothership demands you install? GWX is one update (that they've re-released a few times), but there are MANY others bringing parts of WinX into your system.
(I suppose if that "behind the scenes" thing was "block all of Microsoft", then that would, indeed, work.)
Because Americans HATE diesel, in all forms. How many cars are on US roads? MANY million. How many diesels have been sold? less than *one* million. (not counting the pickup trucks)
Yes, it is. Various aquatic life (including plants) require specific pH (among other variables) for their life processes to function. The issue isn't so much that the pH will shift so far as to kill "everything", but far enough to kill the algae you want to be there, which will be replaced by stuff you don't want. There are lots of species of algae, the non-green kinds you really don't want filling the oceans.
The correct answer is obviously vacuum tubes.
Trains already ARE electric. They're powered by huge diesel generators instead of batteries or a "3rd rail".
And that changes what? I bet you $1000 the kid knows the freakin' password. (even if he's not supposed to.)
I don't know how their Apple account is setup, but mine emails me receipts of every "purchase" (even for $0.00)
Or they (or their doctor(s)) don't report it. This happens all the time, actually. It's a Russian-roulette that someone ALWAYS loses. (and then we hear about "some guy crashes into tollbooth")
Even treated epileptics can be refused a license. The metric is not "medicine", but "when was your last seizure?" Driving is not a right; it's a privilege. As such, if you pose a danger to others you will be prohibited from driving.
Are you required to upgrade your PC and Android OS? No. And if you do, you can revert (reinstall) to the older version you were running. Apple makes that IMPOSSIBLE for the iPhone. You cannot choose a version to install; you'll get whatever Apple says to run.
This isn't an issue of state vs. state trust. This is the feds wanting to get their nose in on it. Drivers licenses are a per-state proprietary database -- each state controls their own. The feds want their own database to mismanage.
Simple: They have ZERO need for the headache and expense of getting one. You do realize there are MILLIONS of people who never leave the country?
There's one other way... it's what happens to super massive stars when they die. Gravity collapsing the matter into a "neutron star", or black hole. Of course, we don't have the technology to even begin to approach that. We can get shit wicked hot, but pushing nuclei together to the point of fusion is beyond us.
[Yes, there have been ultrasonic devices claimed to have done it, but they're just as much snake oil as the rest. 'tho it is theoretically plausible -- it's how atomic weapons work (shockwave takes a subcritical mass to critical density.)]
First off, the current method we use to generate power ("electricity") requires boiling water. (or moving water.) So "cold" fusion is pretty worthless here.
Yes, the current known method of fusion is very hot nucleotides randomly joining as they bump into each other. (until you get to things the size of suns, then gravity joins the dance.) Physicists suggest this happens at low temps as well, it's just astoundingly rare. Along that line, it's possible (at least conceptually) to take two nuclei and manually push them together until they fuse -- just like pushing two magnet norths together, if one of those magnets is strong enough, they'll actually stick. Of course, we haven't the faintest clue how to actually do that. And if we did, it'd just be a neat trick; again, back to the boiling water...
rsync does the same thing (block level transfers). ZFS wins this race because it is the filesystem and keeps track of which blocks are changing. rsync has to read every block, compute a checksum, and communicate that checksum to determine which block(s) need to be transfered. That's an expensive process, and thus why rsync defaults to "whole-file" on local storage. (you should disable that on an SSD.)
Actually, there are plenty of cheap (sub-100$) trash quads out there. I won't call them "drones" since they absolutely won't fly themselves, at all. But they are big enough to carry a crappy camera, fly hundreds of feet (plenty far enough to be out of sight), and get sucked into a (very low flying) jet. And they weigh more than .55lbs so they have to legally be registered now.
Yes, real it-can-fly-itself drones are expensive ($500+, the really good ones into a grand), so people will want to tag them so they can possibly get them back. With a transmitter range of ~1km, and flight range several times that, they can very easily be lost.
EXACTLY. If I'm going to do something I know is illegal -- or I suspect will get me "detained" -- I'm not going to put my f'ing name all over it!
Also, I don't see how flying a quadcopter over a house fire can in any way impede the firefighters. They show up in big red trucks -- ON THE GROUND. They run around dragging hoses ON THE GROUND. And occasionally climb up ladders to the height of windows and roofs. A "drone" hovering 200-400 ft ABOVE the action isn't in the way at all. They don't shit a brick over all the news choppers hovering around, what the f*** do they care about a 2lb "drone".
Sure. Congress made a new mandate, but didn't remove their previous LAW preventing the FAA from registering "model aircraft".
Because they assume you are regularly driving. (which most certainly ISN'T true.) And across the US, the driving test is an absolute joke.