So many Bitcoin stories. This one asks questions like,
"Can we trust them?!?"
"Are these assurances enough!?!"

Same answer to both: "Who cares anymore?!?"

Yes. 11B. Infantry. I turned down a full ride to Michigan State to enlist in the army. Despite an ASVAB score that meant I could choose any MOS that I wanted, I chose Infantry. I even chose the maximum enlistment period (six years). My basic training had a population mix of high school graduates, GED holders, enlisted NCOs from other MOSes that wanted to switch to Infantry, college drop-outs, and a couple college graduates.

Several years later, I got an early out of my enlistment to attend USMA, and finally got a college degree. Several of my classmates were also former Infantrymen. During my tenure at West Point, I saw other Infantrymen attend, some of them decorated veterans; one a medal of honor recipient.

There are stupid people in all walks of life; having an 11 or 35 designator doesn't make you one.

Piers Anthony wrote Killobyte in 1993.

His description of VR is a 3-D fully immersive sensory experience. Users wear a full body suit and have full body tactile feedback. When VR gets there, people will get on board.

Until then, you have a treadmill with an ultra-close T.V.

FTA....

1. Amazon says that it's pay is already near the top of the scale for logistic centers.

2. German Union Organizers have a problem with Amazon defining their distribution warehouses as "logistic centers" because it allows them to pay less than they would otherwise be required to.

Germany's strike is really a strike against Amazon fulfillment centers being allowed to classify themselves as "Logistics" centers. I'm curious what a better definition would be.

They're going to move it to Florida to test it in ran and fog.

RAN = Japanese pronunciation of "rebellion."

Tomorrow's headlines: US ARMY DEPLOYS JAPANESE LASERS INTO FLORIDA TO QUELL REBELLIOUS FLORIDIANS!

My wife and I haven't had a connected television for almost a decade, but we are the definition of binge viewers.

Our phases have gone something like this:

2000-2002: Stopped watching cable T.V, computer games for entertainment, news via the newspaper and library. DVD movies for viewing entertainment.
2002-2004: Still gaming, now catching news on internet websites. Movies still via DVD; starting to acquire show DVD seasons (Southpark Season 1, etc)
2004-2006: Still gaming, shift to Netflix due to cost of DVD collection and size.
2007-2009: Dropping netflix due to limited selection, Telecos implementing data caps, monthly cost not necessarily utilized well.
2009-2011: YAAAAAARRRRR. ZOMGFREEMOVIESANDGAMESWITHNOADSPIRATEDAY!
2011-Present: Still gaming, Amazon Prime apparently has every movie and T.V show ever made. Mostly free. If we like something, we'll buy more of it.

Now, here's the takeaway:

For more than a decade, we've been searching for some reasonable method of consuming media that was convenient, convenient, convenient, and not prohibitively expensive. None of our attempted solutions (or current solution) have involved Comcast, TimeWarner, any other cable company, or an interest in advertising outside of looking up Superbowl commercial on Youtube.

What consumers want isn't some secret. There's no conspiracy. The worst that could happen to our existing telecos is the least that they deserve. I'll stop there before I rant.

Egads, that was supposed to be...

Well, East Texas *does* have more Trolls than anywhere else, if Patent Litigation is any indicator.

Well, Texas *does* have more Trolls than anywhere else, if Patent Litigation is any indicator.

Droidlight has been around as long as Androids. Why is there need for competition in a free flashlight app?

Even funnier that it's the South Koreans proving that they do indeed have the biggest....boats.

It's not the size of the ship, it's the motion in the ocean....

Apparently, it *is* all about the size of the ship!

Yes; she can hop on her submersible car and drive from MALAYSIA to SAN FRANCISCO.

Well, I didn't throw Ender's Game out there because Orson Scott Card's use of it was one of the latter references. Ursul K. Le Guin came up with it in Rocannon's World, and her 1974 novel "The Dispossessed" works through the invention of it.

OSC borrowed the term.

If this ever made it as a worldwide initiative, it would quickly come to a halt.

Tomorrow's headline: U.S Invades Norway to halt WMD Production

This week's full-scale U.S. military invasion of Norway comes just days after the CIA provided compelling evidence that Norway was producing WMDs in preparation for world-wide terror strikes. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one CIA source said, "The Rancher and Cattler Union provided compelling imagery from the Cow Cubesat showing missiles of North Korean origin clearly being moved into position to make strikes across continental Europe and the eastern seaboard of the United States."

Asked how the CIA had validated the authenticity of the images, our source said, "We have plenty of folks who know Photoshop backwards and forwards. Trust us."

Breaking news from the front at 11.

Am I the only one who saw Ansible in the article and was expecting a discussion about FTL communications?