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Comment Re:Who is paying you for the pro-socialist headlin (Score 1) 169

Isn't Venezuela's government elected? Yes, it was so why should an elected President step down?

Who do you think is the president of Venezuela?

Do you have any thoughts on how the 2018 Presidential election was handled?

According to Wikipedia Juan Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro have both taken the oath of office, both have other countries recognizing them as the president. Maduro has not stepped down and the Venezuelan military seems to be following his orders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_presidential_crisis

Comment Re: Consumer cash back? (Score 1) 113

Does GM even have a finance arm anymore? GMAC was taken over by the US Treasury in 2008, became Ally Financial in 2010, GM sold its last stake in it in 2013, and it came out of government ownership completely in 2014. I'm unsure whether they've started something new.

GM purchased AmeriCredit in 2010, does that count as starting something new?

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2010/09/30/sale-of-fort-worth-based-americredit-to-gm-gets-ok/

Comment Re:Missing the point here. Let's resolve this:. (Score 1) 418

Around here, we call them AirHeads, as there's a popular joke where we assume they are Apple robots, those are their antenna, and they can't be removed because AirHeada got an iFixit score of 0/10. (Compare: Doctor Who: Are you my mummy?) Some people also think there's "some kind of gay creepy secret agent" vibe going on.

(I'm just reporting what people feel. Don't shoot the messenger.)

If you are bringing up Doctor Who I think it might be more like the EarPod.

Comment Re:Dead company walking (Score 1) 87

FCA is also the only company selling a half-ton diesel in the US, though it is not without its flaws.

Chevrolet has the option for a diesel engine in the Colorado and Silverado. The Colorado has a 2.8L I4 diesel, the Silverado 1500 has a 3.0L I6 diesel option. If you prefer Ford, The F150 has a 3.0L V6 diesel.

Comment Re:Right to repair != easy to repair (Score 1) 243

20 years ago, the service manuals for my car were available from GM for the low, low price of $300. I shudder to think about what the comparable manual for the new model would cost.

I am not sure if you can purchase a set of books anymore, you can gain 3 days access to GM Service Information for $20.

https://www.acdelcotds.com/sub...

Comment Re:No different than writing a book (Score 1, Offtopic) 118

Would Douglas Adams count? I am not sure that he rewrote the book, but he didn't go to great lengths to make sure that the radio, television, book, and video game were the same.

“It was a substantially expanded version of the first four episodes of the radio series, in which some of the characters behaved in entirely different ways and others behaved in exactly the same ways but for entirely different reasons, which amounts to the same thing but saves rewriting the dialogue”. -Douglas Adams, Introduction, The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Comment Re:Thou Shalt not Expose... (Score 1) 631

While Chartered by the Catholic Church. They are not owned by it. The church is offering their facilities, for the boy scouts, and most of the scout troop would probably be members of the church, mostly because it feels weird if you are not. But still the administration of the troop is dealt with the BSA and not the church.

I found some documentation on the role of the charted organisation, the catholic church has told us that our leaders must meet their standards in addition to the BSA standards.

ANNUAL CHARTER AGREEMENT Annually the local council enters into an agreement with the chartered organization granting them a charter. This charter enables the organization or group to use the Scouting program under adult leadership they approve of in order to accomplish its objectives and to serve the organization’s youth and families.

https://www.scouting.org/progr...

The unit is owned and run by a sponsoring group called a chartered organization. The chartered organization receives a national charter yearly to use the Scouting program as a part of its youth work. The local council helps the chartered organization understand the program, however it is the chartered organization's program and is part of the chartered organizations youth work. These groups, which have goals compatible with those of the Boy Scouts of America, include religious, educational, community groups, fraternal, business, labor, and professional associations.

Each chartered organization using the Scouting program provides a meeting place, selects a Scoutmaster, approves the unit adult leadership, appoints a unit committee of at least three adults, and chooses a chartered organization representative.

http://www.usscouts.org/aboutbsa/bsaorg.asp

Comment Re:More proof... (Score 1) 60

Should Ford also be required to make parts for the Model A? At some point a company has to stop supporting old outdated products.

There are parts suppliers other than the OEM. Part of the problem with software is the length of copyright, and the fact that some may claim distributing a patch would be copyright infringement.

Instead of mandating a fixed time frame that support must be provided, would it make any sense to tie continued copyright protection with continued support? That would allow the manufacturer to determine how long they wish to provide support, and also allow interested third parties fill the void later.

Comment Re:Not a monopoly anymore. (Score 1) 371

Yes, A quick Google search gave me a PowerShell script that will install a specified version of Firefox and allow you to specify the language also. Mozilla has a latest folder on the ftp server if you want to modify the script.

I would probably just use ftp from a command line if I was trying to download Firefox without using the native web browser for some reason.

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/fire...

http://blog.vertigion.com/post...

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