Yeah, sure they could get a place to live. In Gulag. I personally know people who were "given a place" to live in Siberia as late as 1988.

1500/2.5=650? Is that some kind of American imperial units math?

No it wasn't guaranteed - you had to kiss ass and behave politically "correctly" and even then not guaranteed. If you spoke "wrong" or had some relatives that were considered "anti-socialist" or any other reason, you did not get it. Or if the apartment just wasn't available - which happened a lot.
And no, you didn't get it for free (there was rent, albeit quite affordable).
Stop talking about things you don't know about.

Depends who you mean by "they". Not everyone had an apartment of their own. You had to kiss lots of ass and act politically "correct" to get one. And even then it wasn't guaranteed. And political correctness was a totally different thing than the PC in western world.

Exactly what i though reading "has started placing banner advertisements on websites" ... "which will appear instead of paid-for ads". Does that mean the City of London police - whatever that is - has taken upon themselves above the law and are essentially cybercriminals? So they con the sites as well as someone who has actually paid for the ad space?

You added a comment "Those who can't create, litigate." to an article about Bose suing Beats. In the context of the article, i read your comment - "Those who can't create (Bose), litigate".
If this is not what you meant, could you explain what it IS that you meant?

So - according to you - Beats create and Bose doesn't? What are you doing on slashdot?

He said "cool" not "efficient".

Also, put some encrypted files on each. From ROT13 to something serious. Make sure the encrypted content is creative commons so that you can't be accused of copyright violation.

What does a fleshlight app do? How does it... um... work?

Also - "Had the key been leaked Nokia would not have been able to ensure that the phones accept only applications approved by the company."
This choice of words implies that the money somehow miraculously prevented the key from leaking. The key already HAD LEAKED. All nokia got for the money was a promise that the leaked key won't be misused.

And over ear headphones not being popular somehow deterred you from buying them until Beats made them popular?

I translated this to "farts" automatically.

I got a ticket in Switzerland for ~1000$. I crossed a solid white line to pass a truck with a motorcycle (there was plenty of room, I was not over the speed limit) I also had no highway toll sticker.

Well. There were three arguments here. Lets backtrack to where it started.

Someone said that cars don't last 20 years with the exception of a Volvo perhaps. To which i replied that Volvos aren't very "sturdy" any more since they share the technology with Ford.

That got sidetracked with the arguments whether Volvo has used Ford engines (they have) and the number of cylinders in a Volvo. That being settled - I have had in my family and company different cars. During the warranty period we had to visit Ford's and Volvo's dealership several times. Ford even had some EZrust galvanic processing applied so that all the doors were replaced under warranty. With Honda and Subaru - not a single time, just scheduled service.