"I can see a page switching between a night time and day time theme like the GPS in my car does for one thing."
OTOH a gizmo with a GPS, a calendar and a clock knows when it gets dark anywhere in the world and also when you enter a tunnel so an ambient light detector is somewhat superfluous.
"There were several court cases, where employers used surveillance against their employers, and they all lost"
Railway dispatchers and their airplane colleagues have had all their conversations, be that normal, per phone, radio, loudspeakers lawfully recorded since the dawn of time. Also police officers are getting forced to wear cameras, their radio messages have also been recorded forever. Supermarkets have had cameras for decades, they also cover the check-out personnel. Ditto for banks. I could continue but it's now happy hour.
"There's a reason other than for a few boutique UPSs that they all use real lead acid batteries."
Exactly, nobody can steal them.
I remember a computer shop once got a delivery of a big one, the receptionist girl said it was OK to put id down just by her desk. As itturned out they had no equipment to move it only a single inch, so the company was called back to deliver it right to the client who had ordered it. That thing weighed a ton.
It means to say India doesn't give a flying shit about what the FCC has to say over the satellites it sends to space. That company will just move its headquarters to Mumbai and the FCC can't do anything about it.
The cookie is what really is the so-called pay-'wall' of the New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian etc. Delete them and you can read as much as you want.
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" Dreamed of stars, told of stars, made of stars.
^ What kind of drivel is this? Sad."
I guess she knew him only as a guest-actor in the Big Bang Theory.
"I don't see any improvements of this system over other systems"
This one works with Google Earth and Maps.
That's reason enough.
"I can see a page switching between a night time and day time theme like the GPS in my car does for one thing."
OTOH a gizmo with a GPS, a calendar and a clock knows when it gets dark anywhere in the world and also when you enter a tunnel so an ambient light detector is somewhat superfluous.
"That's the thing that turn off the screen and (even more important) the touch screen while you're talking into the phone"
So that one can take a picture of the ear, a very distinctive mark that allows to identify the user among millions of people.
"There were several court cases, where employers used surveillance against their employers, and they all lost"
Railway dispatchers and their airplane colleagues have had all their conversations, be that normal, per phone, radio, loudspeakers lawfully recorded since the dawn of time.
Also police officers are getting forced to wear cameras, their radio messages have also been recorded forever.
Supermarkets have had cameras for decades, they also cover the check-out personnel. Ditto for banks.
I could continue but it's now happy hour.
"Then its only relationship to a “phone booth” is the rough dimensions."
Exactly, it's just a booth.
I'll patent a horizontal one that people an use to get buried in.
"Why not directly take a freaking Chinese couple since they represent 1/5 humans on earth?"
They did. They look golden, because it's a golden plaque.
Or perhaps the aliens will think we're transparent.
"There's a reason other than for a few boutique UPSs that they all use real lead acid batteries."
Exactly, nobody can steal them.
I remember a computer shop once got a delivery of a big one, the receptionist girl said it was OK to put id down just by her desk. As itturned out they had no equipment to move it only a single inch, so the company was called back to deliver it right to the client who had ordered it. That thing weighed a ton.
" They're kinda pissy about homebuilt electrical stuff that burns down your house."
If you'd never do anything wrong, your house won't ever burn down and you'd need no insurance.
Insurance is specifically for when you fuck up.
"While writers and publishers deserve fair compensation, "
But not their great grand-children.
"Not clear what the summary is trying to say."
It means to say India doesn't give a flying shit about what the FCC has to say over the satellites it sends to space.
That company will just move its headquarters to Mumbai and the FCC can't do anything about it.
" Look out kids--cause no one wants to be known as that-person-who-got-killed-by-a-toilet-seat."
Kids? I have an orange 72 year-old in mind.
...not switched off fast enough to not show up here as a dupe.
I use the WOM 'app', Word Of Mouth it has not artificial, but natural intelligence.
"Shouldn't everyone have the blue tick (verified)."
No, I'm afraid of Lyme disease.
Next they'll tell us that you don't always get the kidnapping victims back alive after paying the ransom.
"More important: Can the "host of mysterious ailments" be really caused by a sonic source (no matter the root cause?)"
Sure. I for example have a 'mysterious ailment' called Tinnitus and nobody else can hear it.
They should have used Detectors Of Gruesome Sounds (DOGS) which would have alerted them to the fact immediately.
News for nerds from the 19th century.
"What kind of wings? Regular wings, or buffalo wings?"
Special order. Only right wings.
Next they'll say a stupid truck-driver with slick wheels can jackknife a whole highway shut for almost a day in winter.
The cookie is what really is the so-called pay-'wall' of the New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian etc.
Delete them and you can read as much as you want.
How about some numbers?
If I tell you that 50% of our secretaries are pregnant, doesn't tell you that there only 2 of them.
"the only thing keeping the Oculus and the rest in demand is stereoscopic porn. "
Yeah, I hate that, when I don't see the couples fucking behind me.
When the moron published that fact and millions of users switched off location tracking for the app.