If I were a watch maker, let alone a person who repaired watches, I'd be cringing.
Then again, based on the number of almost completely destroyed iPhone screens I see, the Apple Watch could be a huge boon to companies that sell insurance and do screen repairs.
Why doesn't some politician campaign against this selfish behavior and call this jackholes out for being anti-American? Maybe everyone's in on the scam.
Because they would never get enough campaign contributions to win an election.
finding out our ideas are completely wrong isn't "interesting", it's a setback.
considering it's a complex set of ideas that potentially describe how the entire universe and everything in it works, isn't "incomplete" or "unfinished" is about the best we can shoot for at this point
I'll just leave this Asimov quote here:
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny
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If Franken were serious about this, he would have just sent the letter to the FBI, but not made it public. By publishing the letter, he's saying "Hey look at me! I'm the glorious defender of the innocent! Vote for me! Vote for me!
Exactly. How dare a United States Senator make government business visible to the public.
That's what I don't get... If you don't have a Facebook account then you're probably not going to be wasting time at work on Facebook...
Yeah, you'll be wasting it on Slashdot instead.
next thing you know he will want his own planet to protect against predicted disasters.
My prediction is that he'll ask for two planets.
What do you care who wins? They're doing it completely and totally without you. Same for sports. That's not your team. You just bought some of their marketing crap.
Some athletes will admit that they don't do "completely and totally without you". For a lot of athletes, it's far more enjoyable to play the game with 20,000 people cheering them on than it is to play in an empty arena. I don't know if it's quite as common in professional sports, but I've seen numerous college athletes acknowledge the fans and say how much they appreciate the support.
Courts have already agreed they have the authority, so I am not sure where you get your information from.
From that area between the lower back and the upper legs.
The nation that controls magnetism controls the universe. -- Chester Gould/Dick Tracy
