One night at 3:30AM local time I called the police because a woman down the street was kicking a garage door and threatening to break into the house she was at. She told the man on the other side of the door that if he didn't give her what she was there for, she would break in and kill him. She claimed a common friend sent her there, she offered to trade her bra for the object in question, and claimed she would get $50 if she talked him into giving her a beer as well. She shouted this over and over. At one point she got in her car, put it into gear, drove 5 feet then parked it and got out an yelled "And another thing". She then returned to her threats. The police showed up, asked her some questions, asked her if the car was hers, and within 5 minutes let her drive off.

I called to complain and spoke to the sergeant and he said it is only a crime if you specify the manner, had she said she would stab him, choke him or shoot him then they could have arrested her. They didn't even take her in for disturbing the peace. So no, I don't think police take threats against regular people as seriously as threats against politicians. I wouldn't suggest that this incident be used as a guide that it is ok to behave that way, but I don't believe that they care that it happens.

I wasn't clear I suppose, I didn't bring them up as issues, they were the first reasons I wanted the iPad instead of a laptop. The iPad being able to type and draw as needed was the lure, it was the lack of the apps I need for my course load that was my issue.

yeah, but at the time I needed Java, C++ and Assembly compilers for my schoolwork. I couldn't find them for iPad at the time, are they now available?

I use my Windows 7 tablet to take notes because not only can I dock it onto a keyboard if I want, I also can use the stylus to draw diagrams etc as needed for the notes. I would have tried the iPad but it wouldn't let me do my homework on it, so unfortunately it doesn't work for me.

That's odd, because I live in Ca and the first 5 CS courses are Algorithm Design, C, Assembly, OO in C++, and Data Structures (in C++) which is the last class I completed last semester. I took a Java class just because I could but it does not count towards my requirements for graduation. I wonder how different the requirements are for a CS degree across the country, it seems much more varied than I would have expected.

My Win 7 Tablet uses a Wacom pen with embedded pen tracking. I can also use my fingers, but I don't usually do so due to it being a work tablet and at work my fingers often are dusty/dirty during the work when I need to use the tablet. I think pen system covers the issue very well, as well as letting me flip the pen over to use the 'eraser' when taking notes.

My concern is that the criteria used are overly simplistic. Clearly a breadmaker and a Blu-ray player are not computers. The satnav may be slightly closer depending on what yours does, mine certainly does all 3 of the judges criteria, storing gigs of data, processing new data, and transmitting data regularly. I wouldn't classify it as a computer either. That said I know people who use actual computers as routers, and I've seen routers with so many features that they surely seemed to be computers. Another poster however clarified, that after checking out the original story, that the intrusion does not expose personal data, it doesn't matter. That makes the whole ordeal seem much more sane. It is a much more clear requirement than the other three and all four balance out pretty well I think.

How many "bits and bytes" does a device have to store to be declared a computer? I mean, mine stores a password, those are a few bits, where is the limit? I don't know enough about the case to comment on the details, but it seems an odd thing to base a ruling on to me.

I am no car expert, far from it... however.. According to Wiki, the Golf mk1 was sold as the Rabbit in the US and had a curb weight of 1,750-2,145lbs. Toyota lists the Prius curb weight as 3,042lbs for the 2011 model. So its ~50% or more increase in vehicle weights. It seems there's a pretty significant difference there in weight.

Unless you have a contract stating that when a business does close, they destroy their databases etc, I would bet the first thing the people in charge of liquidating do is place a price on said information and sell it. Its easy, many marketers want all the data they can possibly gather, and its one more dollar they can squeeze out before shuttering the doors forever.

You can always have a face to face with them about it, I hear they enjoy meetings.

I have a keyboard/dock for my windows 7 tablet and while it takes some adjusting for me, as my keyboard/dock is not full sized, it generally fine. Took a bit of getting used too, but now I don't notice any difference between using it and my PC.

I assume it is fund managers, I recall seeing in the last year that more fund managers are showing up to stockholder meetings and demanding better oversight on decisions. Just recently a fund in Ca was unhappy with Apple plans and it sounded like the managers of the fund made the decision not the people whose retirements are vested in the fund itself.

They do have server(s) which you can sell your gold to other players for real cash, but I don't know if the goblin is on those servers. You cannot sell to SOE, as they aren't buying.

There are special servers set up, and if you were on these servers then yes you could through the interface set up by SOE. I assume they are still up as if you go to everquest2.com and hover over "SHOP" you can click the "Exchange" button and get taken to https://exchange.livegamer.com/eqii/