Actually, the one I enjoy is the self-serve lines at the grocery store. It's a great place to get rid of all the coins--they even accept pennies--that you accumulate when you pay $7.38 for something.
Actually, last I checked, the bank that my credit card is registered to has the option of sending me an email or a text whenever something is charged.
I would argue that the smart place to put this is kind of notification is in your credit card, not in the App Store.
As an aside, Apple did the right thing and credited the account. This is an idiot parent who gave his kid his credit card and set him loose in a toy store and now is complaining because the kid spent too much money.
If a store sells knockoff designer handbags, why is it okay for police to come in, confiscate the illegal merchandise, and arrest and fine the store owners? It's because the store is profiting from the sales of these illegal goods, in the same way Google can increase its advertising rates because these illegal sites increase the number of users it attracts.
Interesting concept...
So if I sell a drug that doesn't work and I use television to advertise my drug, it's the fault of everyone who advertised my drug?
I remember back in the '90s on the Mac, when you installed Internet Explorer, it put it in a folder called "Microsoft Internet." So it used to be Microsoft's Internet, but now it's Google's.
It would still require fuel to move materials off the Moon.
Two words: Rail Gun.
The reason I'd bring it up is that, at least in theory, smelting will work the same way as it does on Earth except it's being done on the Moon. Nothing new to learn. Rail Guns for launchers have already been done--there's nothing really new to invent, just design.
In the case of asteroids, there's some research that needs to be done on how do you smelt in zero G. Can a way be figured out? Sure, but that will take time and effort as well. And once you figure out how to do it, how are you going to get the appropriate materials off the Earth?
Personally, I don't entirely disagree with you. Yes, what you talk about is better. But Great is the enemy of Good. We can build refining and smelting and building and launching from the Moon so that we can launch these portable smelters from there rather than having to come up with some incredibly light-weight yet amazingly durable metal that we can manage to get out of Earth's gravity well.
Consider that Android is Open Source. Google can easily not include it on their phones sold in the US. I'm not sure how many Nexus phones Google sells in China but I can't imagine that it's that many. Google wouldn't take a huge hit in sales if they just didn't sell their Nexus phones in China and they'd probably make promotional hay out of it--"We'll forgo our sales in China to keep your data as safe as possible." As you say, there are plenty of Chinese companies who already sell Android phones in China and I'm sure it wouldn't be a big deal for them to come up with a version of Android that has breakable encryption.
Life is a monosyllabic morpheme consisting of a fronting diphthong followed by a labio-dental voiceless fricative.
Seriously, you're right. Yes, there could be plenty of life out. The reason we look for life, as we know it, is that it's impossible to find life as we don't know it because we don't know what we're looking for.
So it's quite possible that our kind of life is rare but other kinds are not. But since we don't know how to find that, it's sort of a moot point.
My Audi has been wonderful, but I have heard horror stories from other Audi owners.
The story I heard was that you definitely don't want to buy a Volkswagen or an Audi which was made on a Friday. I remember there used to be a website which, given the VIN, would tell you what day it was made.
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I was thinking of the Career Capability Malfeasance Program from Max Headroom.
Actually, the one I enjoy is the self-serve lines at the grocery store. It's a great place to get rid of all the coins--they even accept pennies--that you accumulate when you pay $7.38 for something.
Yeah. Those Chinese are as bad as the French!
she's upgraded from the Mac-XL (points if you know what that is) [...]
Now, was it a Mac XL or was it a Lisa?
Wow...she should probably get in touch with some museum or something to sell it.
but how would you look through the glass door or flip the light switch...over the Internet?
Which is? Consider a KKK rally where the speaker is shouted down by protesters.
Actually, last I checked, the bank that my credit card is registered to has the option of sending me an email or a text whenever something is charged.
I would argue that the smart place to put this is kind of notification is in your credit card, not in the App Store.
As an aside, Apple did the right thing and credited the account. This is an idiot parent who gave his kid his credit card and set him loose in a toy store and now is complaining because the kid spent too much money.
Star Trek's original premise about social commentary being its true strength (City on the Edge of Forever, anyone?)
Spock's Brain, anyone?
I bet you loved that "Jedi rocks" music video added in the special edition of Return of the Jedi [...]
Nah, I prefer Rebel Let's Go.
Totally should have added that one...
If a store sells knockoff designer handbags, why is it okay for police to come in, confiscate the illegal merchandise, and arrest and fine the store owners? It's because the store is profiting from the sales of these illegal goods, in the same way Google can increase its advertising rates because these illegal sites increase the number of users it attracts.
Interesting concept...
So if I sell a drug that doesn't work and I use television to advertise my drug, it's the fault of everyone who advertised my drug?
It's Google's Internet, we just live in it.
I remember back in the '90s on the Mac, when you installed Internet Explorer, it put it in a folder called "Microsoft Internet." So it used to be Microsoft's Internet, but now it's Google's.
For example?
It would still require fuel to move materials off the Moon.
Two words: Rail Gun.
The reason I'd bring it up is that, at least in theory, smelting will work the same way as it does on Earth except it's being done on the Moon. Nothing new to learn. Rail Guns for launchers have already been done--there's nothing really new to invent, just design.
In the case of asteroids, there's some research that needs to be done on how do you smelt in zero G. Can a way be figured out? Sure, but that will take time and effort as well. And once you figure out how to do it, how are you going to get the appropriate materials off the Earth?
Personally, I don't entirely disagree with you. Yes, what you talk about is better. But Great is the enemy of Good. We can build refining and smelting and building and launching from the Moon so that we can launch these portable smelters from there rather than having to come up with some incredibly light-weight yet amazingly durable metal that we can manage to get out of Earth's gravity well.
"...and we're using it for hookers and blackjack."
it will be the apple fan boys who will have to shell out for an overly expensive bit of wire.
But they make the coolest bits of wire...
Well, that depends.
Consider that Android is Open Source. Google can easily not include it on their phones sold in the US. I'm not sure how many Nexus phones Google sells in China but I can't imagine that it's that many. Google wouldn't take a huge hit in sales if they just didn't sell their Nexus phones in China and they'd probably make promotional hay out of it--"We'll forgo our sales in China to keep your data as safe as possible." As you say, there are plenty of Chinese companies who already sell Android phones in China and I'm sure it wouldn't be a big deal for them to come up with a version of Android that has breakable encryption.
Life - what IS life?
Life is a monosyllabic morpheme consisting of a fronting diphthong followed by a labio-dental voiceless fricative.
Seriously, you're right. Yes, there could be plenty of life out. The reason we look for life, as we know it, is that it's impossible to find life as we don't know it because we don't know what we're looking for.
So it's quite possible that our kind of life is rare but other kinds are not. But since we don't know how to find that, it's sort of a moot point.
Yeah, but the New Shepherd was launched essentially straight up and came straight back down [...]
"The Rockets go up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department," says Wernher Von Braun....
I gotta admit, when I first saw the phrase, I thought it was a variation of Hello Nurse!
No, but if the FAA is looking at weight, he might have a point.
Of course, his blimp is probably an easier target for my rifle to hit than a quadcopter.
I was just going to say, hackers will be taking a page out of Ashley Madison:
"If you don't want your friends to know of your 'Hello Kitty' purchases, transfer $10,000 to this account in the Bahamas..."
My Audi has been wonderful, but I have heard horror stories from other Audi owners.
The story I heard was that you definitely don't want to buy a Volkswagen or an Audi which was made on a Friday. I remember there used to be a website which, given the VIN, would tell you what day it was made.
He's an American--you expect him to know geography?
...a record that will follow you throughout your entire life.
I guess I don't recall anyone ever talk about money in any of the movies. Do we even know that the whole galaxy was on a capitalist system?
I don't know about "the whole galaxy," but you did have bounty hunters.