It shouldn't matter anyway. If I buy a car with a DVD player that I had no intention to use, and then during routine maintenance at my dealership they remove the DVD player, that is wrong.
Perhaps I realized its usefulness after having kids. Or not. Doesn't matter, it was unmistakably part of the purchase.
I don't see why any of this matters. If I purchased a PS3 before the announcement with the intention of putting a different OS on it, but had not actually done so by the time the update was sent out, I should still be eligible.
All studies and investigations have shown voter fraud to be virtually non-provable.
FTFY
And as I recall, a huge number of voters in said "known for vote fraud" party were really pissed at their eventual nominee who appears to have committed vote fraud during the primaries.
A design flaw of our election system is that two parties are inevitable and third party or independent candidates are likely to only serve as spoilers... at least until one or both of the major candidates is so unpopular as to incite political revolt.
We need a new voting system, such as ranked voting, which would eliminate the strategic advantage of voting against your conscience and for the lesser of two evils. Democrats and Republicans want to stay in power and will avoid even discussing improvements to the system that gave them that power. Third party candidates are likely to care about that issue, and Gary Johnson at least has explicitly stated support for ranked voting.
It is quite wrong to say that voting for third party is ineffective, even if the result is practically assured to favor a major party candidate.
If you reside in a non-swing state, like the vast majority of Americans, your vote doesn't count in any case. It doesn't matter if you vote for the inevitable winner of your state, or the major party loser, or a third party candidate. Your vote is just as statistically insignificant in any case.
But voting third party helps provide public campaign funding to that party in the next Presidential election. Third parties who actually make it, or come close enough to have a real platform, are more likely to lobby to reform the election systems which take choice away and always leave us with the so-called choice between the "better of two evils".
That is why it matters. If we want to get good candidates in the future, we must start voting against the duopoly now.
Precisely. If it were Johnson-R and Trump-L, the candidates would have entirely different polling numbers even if everything else about them were identical to today.
No, there were no password Ninjas in the deep of night , looking for Post-It Notes under keyboards
Sad thing is, after all this time and warnings about how it is unsafe, a sticky note out of plain sight is probably one of the most secure ways to store passwords. Especially if you trust the people who have access to your equipment, or if you simply lock them up in a drawer.
Nobody actually takes the risk of physically breaking into a place just to steal passwords. Attempting to break into your database is likely much less risky, much easier to do (given a reasonable hacker skill set), and much more rewarding.
Update: both Lenovo and Microsoft deny that this is a requirement related to the Signature program, but rather a lack of Linux driver support.
Lenovo recently adopted RAID on SSDs in certain product configurations, which require additional steps to support all system features. More information can be found on their support page; https://support.lenovo.com/us/.... Recent claims about software installation issues related to Microsoft Signature are inaccurate.
(Shameless thread-jacking... because I doubt the summary will be updated.)
I personally like riding as a passenger (without a phone in my hand) even more. I notice so many more things I can't think about while concentrating on the drive.
Eh, that's not the real issue. To listen to my existing headphones and charge the phone at the same time, I'd have to buy a Lightning splitter. Neither the earbuds nor the adapter has an extra Lightning port, and they take up the only Lightning port on the device.
So now I'm out more money, and have to keep up with two additional things (the adapter and the splitter).
That doesn't necessarily make the 7 worthless, but I doubt most people would buy it if given the option to have an identical 7 or 7 Plus containing a traditional headphone jack. They do have the option of the 6S with that jack.
Well sure, I would rather have web apps, and play web games. But the performance hit, lack of native service bindings and access to hardware, all turn me back to native. Many of the apps and games I intend to run would be nearly useless in HTML.
But that's only a fraction of what I would use. Some apps actually don't need that level of performance or access, and HTML is just fine for them.
So the answer to all of your questions is "it depends on the app".
Right, and I did say that we need "sensible regulations".
The health industry isn't anywhere close to "free market capitalism" (and probably shouldn't be). The regulations are so restrictive and are the reason many pharmaceuticals have monopolies. The problem in the US, in my opinion, is that some capitalists ignore the fact that strict regulations are needed anyway. So the government grants a monopoly, and the business takes advantage of controlling supply in the fact of critical and life-threatening demand. This is crony capitalism at its core.
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It shouldn't matter anyway. If I buy a car with a DVD player that I had no intention to use, and then during routine maintenance at my dealership they remove the DVD player, that is wrong.
Perhaps I realized its usefulness after having kids. Or not. Doesn't matter, it was unmistakably part of the purchase.
I don't see why any of this matters. If I purchased a PS3 before the announcement with the intention of putting a different OS on it, but had not actually done so by the time the update was sent out, I should still be eligible.
Or, shockingly, women are more attracted to the idea of a female President.
Please, take a sip of water, I don't want you to pass out from the amazing revelation I just bestowed upon you and the world.
All studies and investigations have shown voter fraud to be virtually non-provable.
FTFY
And as I recall, a huge number of voters in said "known for vote fraud" party were really pissed at their eventual nominee who appears to have committed vote fraud during the primaries.
A design flaw of our election system is that two parties are inevitable and third party or independent candidates are likely to only serve as spoilers... at least until one or both of the major candidates is so unpopular as to incite political revolt.
We need a new voting system, such as ranked voting, which would eliminate the strategic advantage of voting against your conscience and for the lesser of two evils. Democrats and Republicans want to stay in power and will avoid even discussing improvements to the system that gave them that power. Third party candidates are likely to care about that issue, and Gary Johnson at least has explicitly stated support for ranked voting.
I did qualify it later with
Your vote is just as statistically insignificant in any case.
But I guess being technically correct is the best kind of correct.
It is quite wrong to say that voting for third party is ineffective, even if the result is practically assured to favor a major party candidate.
If you reside in a non-swing state, like the vast majority of Americans, your vote doesn't count in any case. It doesn't matter if you vote for the inevitable winner of your state, or the major party loser, or a third party candidate. Your vote is just as statistically insignificant in any case.
But voting third party helps provide public campaign funding to that party in the next Presidential election. Third parties who actually make it, or come close enough to have a real platform, are more likely to lobby to reform the election systems which take choice away and always leave us with the so-called choice between the "better of two evils".
That is why it matters. If we want to get good candidates in the future, we must start voting against the duopoly now.
Since duopoly is inherent in First Past The Post voting, why do you then also believe that voting third party will break the duopoly?
Because Gary Johnson supports ranked voting (instead of FPTP) and majority voting (instead of the electoral college).
At least he might have a platform to start the conversation. The major party candidates won't.
Precisely. If it were Johnson-R and Trump-L, the candidates would have entirely different polling numbers even if everything else about them were identical to today.
It's not about adding security. It's about making security convenient.
No, there were no password Ninjas in the deep of night , looking for Post-It Notes under keyboards
Sad thing is, after all this time and warnings about how it is unsafe, a sticky note out of plain sight is probably one of the most secure ways to store passwords. Especially if you trust the people who have access to your equipment, or if you simply lock them up in a drawer.
Nobody actually takes the risk of physically breaking into a place just to steal passwords. Attempting to break into your database is likely much less risky, much easier to do (given a reasonable hacker skill set), and much more rewarding.
Seriously, how many people do you know who say "2^3.1459" when ordering a couple of cheese burgers?
What does raising 2 to the power of pi have to do with cheese burgers?
Maybe that's why it isn't used.
I'm not sure why you think so, it's pretty standard to pay according to what you consume when supply (capacity) is limited. It would be silly to say:
The entire concept of paying per multiple of gallons of gasoline is ridiculous anyway.
or
The entire concept of paying per multiple of hamburgers is ridiculous anyway.
Update: both Lenovo and Microsoft deny that this is a requirement related to the Signature program, but rather a lack of Linux driver support.
Lenovo recently adopted RAID on SSDs in certain product configurations, which require additional steps to support all system features. More information can be found on their support page; https://support.lenovo.com/us/.... Recent claims about software installation issues related to Microsoft Signature are inaccurate.
(Shameless thread-jacking... because I doubt the summary will be updated.)
Now Linux in the form of Android has a good market share.
Which is often more locked down than the computer in the OP.
I personally like riding as a passenger (without a phone in my hand) even more. I notice so many more things I can't think about while concentrating on the drive.
This question is interesting, but I feel the better question is which group has more of an impact regardless of the amount spent?
The desktop app converter requires native containers support in Windows which is only available on those platforms.
They detect obstacles in the middle of the road, regardless of their ability to comprehend signs.
What do you expect to happen? What would be different with a human driver?
If you think the driver won't call the cops on you, maybe you should consider that the passengers will.
I'd still prefer Johnson/Weld over Kaine/??... though I would agree that Kaine is much better than Clinton or Trump.
Eh, that's not the real issue. To listen to my existing headphones and charge the phone at the same time, I'd have to buy a Lightning splitter. Neither the earbuds nor the adapter has an extra Lightning port, and they take up the only Lightning port on the device.
So now I'm out more money, and have to keep up with two additional things (the adapter and the splitter).
That doesn't necessarily make the 7 worthless, but I doubt most people would buy it if given the option to have an identical 7 or 7 Plus containing a traditional headphone jack. They do have the option of the 6S with that jack.
Well sure, I would rather have web apps, and play web games. But the performance hit, lack of native service bindings and access to hardware, all turn me back to native. Many of the apps and games I intend to run would be nearly useless in HTML.
But that's only a fraction of what I would use. Some apps actually don't need that level of performance or access, and HTML is just fine for them.
So the answer to all of your questions is "it depends on the app".
So, apps app apps?
Are you a luddite?
Right, and I did say that we need "sensible regulations".
The health industry isn't anywhere close to "free market capitalism" (and probably shouldn't be). The regulations are so restrictive and are the reason many pharmaceuticals have monopolies. The problem in the US, in my opinion, is that some capitalists ignore the fact that strict regulations are needed anyway. So the government grants a monopoly, and the business takes advantage of controlling supply in the fact of critical and life-threatening demand. This is crony capitalism at its core.