This will be great. Your daughter can practice having her own little auto da fe. She and her friends can dress up as Inquisitors, subject the dolls to the Question using Mommy's kitchen knives, then tie the doll to a little stake in the back yard. Pile some twigs around the base and light it off chanting Death to Technology. Post the video to You Tube.
OK, maybe that's a bit over the top. How about just return the doll to where you bought it and demand a refund. If they give you any guff, start asking them why they're trying to spy on your little girl's bedroom. Loudly.
Apple has probably already fired their motion for summary judgement. Since this has the potential for creating some really bad law, Apple will fight it fang and claw.
This takes me back to the days of having a special DR DOS boot disk for each game. Each one was set up to tweak high memory, video parameters, etc. optimally for each game while not loading anything not needed for the game. Part of the fun really.
In China, cybersecurity means security from the potential of citizens using the internet to commit thoughtcrime. Only constant vigilance will prevent this.
Generally speaking, I agree with you. I am a big fan of Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, which has a pretty hefty page count. I actually enjoyed Seveneves. It could have been tightened up a bit, but also, there are two untold stories in there the could have been added.
Thankfully, I live in a market with cable alternatives to Comcast/Xfinity. Their service is unreliable, their rates are extortionate, and their customer service makes it preferable to deal with Cthulhu. I ditched them ten years ago as soon as there was an alternative, and I have no regrets. My impression was that they regarded me as an enemy rather than a customer.
In California, at least, it is illegal to operate a vehicle (car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle) with headphones or earbuds in both ears. Sure a lot of cars have bluetooth built in, but I own two that don't. Cops will almost never stop you for it, but if they're looking for a reason to pull you over, such as driving while teenaged, black, etc, it gives them a valid reason. I've used Jawbones for years, but they've devolved into crap, so I'm looking forward to getting these. I'm happy to wait until they get them right. I'll also use them as a pair for music.
Samsung is already on the hook according to the legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitor. Mobile phones aren't supposed to catch fire in you pocket. If they do, especially if lots of them do, the rebuttable presumption is that it's the manufacturer's or designer's fault. While there may be finger pointing between manufacturer and designer, California product liability law allows you to go after any link in the chain of commerce that is most convenient for you. In other states or countries, YMMV.
I was under the impression that the Russian banking system was already in a state of chaos. International banks are fleeing the country, and anyone with any appreciable assets has them stashed in Switzerland.
Sony's business model appears to be built on a foundation of a deep and and abiding hatred of their customers. In my personal opinion, any Sony product connected to the internet is a security risk, especially if it phones home.
>Whether it's the Sun or the plane that's tilted is a philosophical question.
Actually, it's a physics question. The answer seems to be that the planets' orbital plane, the ecliptic, is tilted. Given the relative mass and positions of the bodies involved, it is much easier fir the hypothetical planet to affect the ecliptic than the sun.
Here's what I get from the reporting on the original article by Batygin and Brown. Given the data, Planet Nine's orbital path is pretty well known. It is, however, way out there, which means that there is a lot of orbital length to search. The data do not give any hint as to where on the orbit Planet Nine might be. B&B speculate that it is not on the part of the orbital path that brings it closest to the sun, because there are good odds that all of the comet hunting scopes in the world would have spotted it by now. A good amount of telescope time is now being spent searching the further reaches of the orbit, and my guess is that it will be found within five years. If it exists, of course.
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This will be great. Your daughter can practice having her own little auto da fe. She and her friends can dress up as Inquisitors, subject the dolls to the Question using Mommy's kitchen knives, then tie the doll to a little stake in the back yard. Pile some twigs around the base and light it off chanting Death to Technology. Post the video to You Tube. OK, maybe that's a bit over the top. How about just return the doll to where you bought it and demand a refund. If they give you any guff, start asking them why they're trying to spy on your little girl's bedroom. Loudly.
GPG Mail is STILL not compatible with MacOS Sierra.
Yet you're too stupid to notice the "part of" in the sentence you read.
WTF are you talking about. Are you seeing the invisible words again?
Apple has probably already fired their motion for summary judgement. Since this has the potential for creating some really bad law, Apple will fight it fang and claw.
Or the game was simply buggy and had server problems at launch.
You mean like Battlefield 4?
Really? You don't have to copy everything Apple does.
This takes me back to the days of having a special DR DOS boot disk for each game. Each one was set up to tweak high memory, video parameters, etc. optimally for each game while not loading anything not needed for the game. Part of the fun really.
In China, cybersecurity means security from the potential of citizens using the internet to commit thoughtcrime. Only constant vigilance will prevent this.
Generally speaking, I agree with you. I am a big fan of Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, which has a pretty hefty page count. I actually enjoyed Seveneves. It could have been tightened up a bit, but also, there are two untold stories in there the could have been added.
SevenEves would have been better if it was half as long.
This is what happens when an author gets too famous or popular and no longer listens to his editor, and the publisher can't threaten him.
Thankfully, I live in a market with cable alternatives to Comcast/Xfinity. Their service is unreliable, their rates are extortionate, and their customer service makes it preferable to deal with Cthulhu. I ditched them ten years ago as soon as there was an alternative, and I have no regrets. My impression was that they regarded me as an enemy rather than a customer.
A "deuce" is a 1932 Ford. All other uses f the word are heresy. Milner said that.
In California, at least, it is illegal to operate a vehicle (car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle) with headphones or earbuds in both ears. Sure a lot of cars have bluetooth built in, but I own two that don't. Cops will almost never stop you for it, but if they're looking for a reason to pull you over, such as driving while teenaged, black, etc, it gives them a valid reason. I've used Jawbones for years, but they've devolved into crap, so I'm looking forward to getting these. I'm happy to wait until they get them right. I'll also use them as a pair for music.
I create my documents by telnetting into the printer and typing directly into printer memory with copy con. Whatever will I do now?
Samsung is already on the hook according to the legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitor. Mobile phones aren't supposed to catch fire in you pocket. If they do, especially if lots of them do, the rebuttable presumption is that it's the manufacturer's or designer's fault. While there may be finger pointing between manufacturer and designer, California product liability law allows you to go after any link in the chain of commerce that is most convenient for you. In other states or countries, YMMV.
I was under the impression that the Russian banking system was already in a state of chaos. International banks are fleeing the country, and anyone with any appreciable assets has them stashed in Switzerland.
Sony's business model appears to be built on a foundation of a deep and and abiding hatred of their customers. In my personal opinion, any Sony product connected to the internet is a security risk, especially if it phones home.
>Why flat?
You can get more in a small drawer if it's folded flat. The more underwear you own, the longer the spread between laundry days.
4. Put your pants on hangers
We've had several of these posts here already.
It gets confusing, because the real "homeopathy" with the whole "the less there is, the more powerful" thing is weird.
Yes, catalysis is also weird, but not unreal.
Gravity and quantum mechanics are also weird but real. Neither cures anything.
And yet you're whining about being ignored....
Maybe, but I recall it was Ben Carson who had a bit of trouble separating The Onion from reality.
>Whether it's the Sun or the plane that's tilted is a philosophical question.
Actually, it's a physics question. The answer seems to be that the planets' orbital plane, the ecliptic, is tilted. Given the relative mass and positions of the bodies involved, it is much easier fir the hypothetical planet to affect the ecliptic than the sun.
Here's what I get from the reporting on the original article by Batygin and Brown. Given the data, Planet Nine's orbital path is pretty well known. It is, however, way out there, which means that there is a lot of orbital length to search. The data do not give any hint as to where on the orbit Planet Nine might be. B&B speculate that it is not on the part of the orbital path that brings it closest to the sun, because there are good odds that all of the comet hunting scopes in the world would have spotted it by now. A good amount of telescope time is now being spent searching the further reaches of the orbit, and my guess is that it will be found within five years. If it exists, of course.