internet + cat = bandwidth mayhem

It has happened before.

My comments were (falsely) premised on one guy suing Sony. Others have pointed out that I failed to see that this is in fact a class-action suit.

I just didn't think one guy suing Sony for 'all economic, monetary, actual, consequential, statutory and compensatory damages' had much of a chance, and his better option was to return the product, and then perhaps give Sony the finger in online reviews. Now that I realize it is a class-action suit, I think he has a good chance and I cheer him on.

DOH!!! Sorry, my bad. I glossed over the summary too quickly.

IANAL, but I doubt he will win. It seems to me that the proper remedy for him is to return the product and get his money back.

Sony should be punished for lying, but I don't see how one person suing them is going to work. Others may be satisfied with the product, even if Sony was being dishonest about its capabilities.

Now, if a group of consumers started a class action suit against Sony for this, I'd imagine their chances of winning would be much better.

Tell that to the statistical mechanics theorists. They need 6 dimensions for each particle in the system.

First of all, Verizon is not the only CDMA carrier in the USA. (Sprint, for example, uses CDMA.) Verizon can't "break" their version of CDMA without making it impossible for non-Verizon subscribers to roam on their network.

Second, many of the phones currently available in the USA support all CDMA and GSM network protocols. Some even support them at all of the frequencies used outside North America, so you can roam in other continents.

Third, many phones from CDMA carriers now come with a removable SIM card, just like GSM phones have for years. I'm not sure, but I think switching carriers may involve modifying the apps and parts of the OS (and would that involve unlocking or even jailbreaking?) However, the most important step is to swap out the SIM card with one from the new carrier, and that has become a lot easier.

Sorry, I forgot the Germans, and probably some others.

With all due props to USA-trained contributors to Apollo and its predecessors, it's worth noting that many of the contributors came from outside the USA, particularly from Canada and the United Kingdom.

That said, I agree with your point: you don't need to wait more than a generation to find the talent you need to achieve great things in space.

Glad to hear you support a single-payer system. However, the "current implementation" of the ACA is not a single-payer system. It is a government-managed marketplace, with private insurance companies providing the coverage.

If the ACA truly were a single-payer system (like Medicare is) it would be far more effective at protecting average Americans from being bilked by "insurance execs and the Congresscritters who love them."

Irrelevant in this context.

The first amendment protects you and me from the government. It does not protect you and me from each other.

If a private enterprise (DOTA2, Steam, Origin, whatever) wishes to curtail expression within their own domain, they're perfectly entitled to do so. There are valid exceptions to free-speech protections (e.g., restaurants can't refuse service based or race or sexual orientation of patrons) but none apply to the current discussion.

A good many things have been named after him already, including over a dozen schools, an asteroid, a moon crater, and a new engineering hall at Purdue (his alma mater.)

http://www.universetoday.com/5...

Actually it was Robin (played by Burt Ward) who had the "atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed" line.

These are very interesting and informative numbers, but can you cite some sources for them? A sincere question.

Rush has plenty of, uh, "logical failings" of his own. See below.

Right, let's talk about his books.

In one, he tells people to stop worrying about the ozone layer because "the Sun makes ozone." A half-truth: yes, the Sun does make ozone, but it can't make it fast enough to overcome the destruction of ozone by CFCs.

Another similar fallacy: he says there are more trees in the USA now than when the first settlers arrived, so stop worrying about trees. I don't know, maybe that's true, but he ignores the fact that we are cutting these trees down at a much higher rate than the settlers ever did. Forestry management is about ensuring rates of growth are higher than rates of depletion, not how many trees you have at any moment.

I agree that Rush hasn't changed all that much. And he's still wrong.

+5 funny, but alas, you were a bit too subtle. Let me help: