Most Mensa members are just like everyone else, the only difference is that they can solve puzzles a bit better. It doesn't make then any less susceptible to being conned by a good story.

However, If you don't want to learn how to drive. That's up to you. Deliberately limiting yourself seems silly to me....

That's like saying that you don't want to learn how to tie shoe laces. Maybe you don't need that skill today as you could just buy Velco shoes, but it would severely limit your choices and you might need it in the future. Not being able to drive will severely limit your job opportunities. Throughout time it has been proven that the people with the largest toolbox of skills are usually the most successful. Learn as many skills as you can!!!

The rest of us prefer to grow, learn new skills, explore, etc. Personally, I'm an explorer at heart and like going to new places that are not a stop on a public transportation line....

The answer here is to rent out space at a local shared workspace facility. That removes the distraction from working at home, gives you social interaction with other professionals, and reduces the need for the company to own or lease large buildings.

Amazon.ca does have some stuff that is cheaper. The problem is that Amazon.ca has next to nothing in comparison to Amazon.com. For example, my sister bought a high end ASUS laptop a few years back for about $200 cheaper on Amazon.ca than it was on Amazon.com. Also, my Dad bought some replacement batteries for his portable battery packs with free shipping for a better price than he could get them anywhere local and for a price similar to the Amazon.com prices. For the most part, though, it seems that Amazon.ca is a placeholder. It doesn't look like Amazon is serious yet about growing in Canada.

Canadian Tire still exists, is still popular, and has been growing revenue. I don't know where you live, but most Canadians still shop at Canadian Tire. I'm thinking that you're a bit out of touch.

I go home to NB during the summer for a couple of weeks and always end up having to go to Canadian Tire for something for the boat, camp, etc.

It sounds like this is something would would be noticed shortly after they were locked out. If so, then why not just recover from nightly backups to the point prior to being locked out. You shouldn't lose much data, if any, assuming that it was caught right after being locked out.

Of course, this all falls down if they weren't doing proper backups.

My preference is the Kensington Expert Mouse trackball for FPS games (billiard sized trackball). I find it to be more precise than a regular mouse and requires less desktop space. I tend to use the keyboard for programmable buttons and just use the two standard mouse buttons.

Julius Caesar

Yes, yes, he wasn't a Julian per se, but I stand by my answer.... (grin)

The article talks about synchronization of time between systems and processes, not accurate time, as in my watch is 5 minutes fast.

If a self driving car is seeing something in front of it and launches an app to determine what that object is, then that app needs to return an answer before the car hits the object and in time to brake to a stop, if necessary. It needs a time signal to understand how much time it has left. The problem, in this situation, is that without some sort of accurate time signal and time synchronization, the object recognition app could take more than the remaining time to develop an answer. Of course, you could launch a second app that acts as an emergency braking program that will hit the brakes in time, even if the object recognition app hasn't returned a result. The problem here is that you still don't know within a rigid level of certainty that the emergency baking app will complete in time.

In many ways you can see this exact same problem with inexperienced drivers. It takes them longer to process what's in front of them and decide to hit the brakes or not. An experienced driver almost has an automatic awareness ("muscle memory") that gives them an advantage when reacting to situations that they have encountered before.

My thought is that as these scenarios become "learned", they can be moved to "muscle memory". For example, most firewall devices rely on application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for real-time firewall rule evaluation. It seems to me that self-driving cars will require their own version of ASICs that contain "rules of the road" and evaluation shortcuts to handle real-time events without having to rely on time signaling.

A number of animals do not have plurals, they have a group name:

Deer --> herd
Fox--> skulk
Rabbits --> warren
Sheep --> Flock

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/abou...

Any more than that leads to trouble...

I learned French in high school and it didn't change how I viewed the world. Traveling, on the other hand, has.

Perhaps if you learn a new language on your own when you are more mature. In that case you are already looking for new perspectives and a direction for growth. In other words, it might be the act of learning itself and not languages specifically.

Of course, it's a completely different story if you move to a new region and are learning both a new language and a new culture.

The only time I see the cover for any e-book that I read is when I am on Amazon selecting a new book. Even then, I skip over the cover to the story summary and the reviews. Opening a book on my e-reader (Kindle) takes me to the first page in the first chapter. The covers are displayed on the home screen, but I only go there to open a new book.

What would be nice, assuming that Amazon ever comes out with a color e-ink reader, is if the Kindle showed the cover of the book that you are reading on the display when you shut it off. They probably don't do it today because the e-ink screen is grey-scale and the covers wouldn't look all that appealing.

Physical books required interesting graphic art to catch the eye of a book browser and to differentiate itself. Covers are much less important for e-books.

Says someone who has obviously has never been stuck in traffic in a real snow storm....

I grew up in Canada and live in the North-East US, so I'm talking from experience. You might be able to survive without the heater running, but if you don't have it running you end up not being able to see as the snow sticks and freezes to your windows. Plus, it isn't just idling, it can be stop and go for hours. The electric devices running includes heat, wipers, headlights, fog/driving lights, rear window defrost, heated mirrors, possibly heated seats, etc., etc., etc....

As per a previous post, it's not like AAA can help you out when the battery does die. The best that they can do is give you a ride and//or tow the car.

Some people want to dismiss range anxiety as being some phantom issue. In the future it may be, but it is a real issue today.

Most people who own electric cars have it as a second vehicle. They take an ICE car (own, rented, etc.) when they plan on going on a long trip, driving in bad weather (i.e. snow storm), etc.. Range anxiety is a real thing if it is your only vehicle.

It's bad enough sitting on a highway in a snow storm with traffic backed up for miles because of an accident and seeing that you have a low gas gauge. At least you know that you can get off of pretty much any exit and get gas. With a Tesla, it becomes a bit of a crap shoot. Granted, this will improve as charging stations get fully rolled out. But it is a real concern today.

For me, the concern with electrics is range and towing. It will get worked out eventually, but the focus today is on passenger vehicles and commuting for work, errands, etc.