Yes, I know what the boxes do. As I said, the local cable co. switched from decoder only for channels>100 to converter box for all channels a month ago. They turned off the signal that any flatscreen with a coax jack could read to get channels 1-100.

Even if I was completely ignorant to how cable works, they've been playing commercials explaining the change for the last half year.

Local cable company recently swapped to a completely digital signal so everyone had to rent a new tuner box for every TV in their house (at something like $10 a month each). We stopped using cable but my dad kept with it.
One thing he noticed is his internet connection went to (even more) shit after the change. So he disconnected all the TVs yesterday and wired it so the cable signal just goes to the modem.
3x the download speeds and half the ping time, plus he loved not having to deal with constant commercials as he watched the news on his computer.

Cable companies are shooting themselves in the foot trying to squeeze a couple extra drops of revenue out of people.

Embryonic is easy mode, the cells can become literally any cell of the body.
Next you figure out what traits are absolutely necessary to make a cell produce insulin and compare it to the traits of pluripotent cells made from adult cells of various parts of the body. Maybe skin cells can be coaxed into it, or maybe muscle cells, or liver.

With this breakthrough they have a template that could quickly lead to diabetics being cured by a quick sample being cut out then reimplanted a month later after being changed into insulin producer cells.

According to the article the conversion kit costs $100k and it has no mention to lifespan.

But say your lifespan number is correct, lets look at this.
8 hrs a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year for a fulltime 100% driving duty vehicle = 2080 hours/year.
So already this conversion would last 5 years at a bare minimum. Please note the article suggests a 3 year payback time on this, meaning a possibility of an extra $66k of savings for the medium duty kit.

Of course that would require the turbine to be running full time and the vehicle to be in motion the full time. Which is not the workload they are targeting.
For a garbage truck spending some of its work time parked to pickup dumpsters and most of its driving being start/stop (regenerative braking), lets say the turbine only runs 66% of the time. That would give a converted garbage hauler a 7+ year engine lifespan, which is frankly pretty darn good.
A delivery truck with a maybe 50% drive time would last over 10 years.

An electric drive train weighs a fraction of what an axle drive train does for those monsters, and an electric motor is MUCH better for a stop&go traffic pattern due to resting torque differences and regenerative braking.
Plus the generator can be tuned for a singular operating RPM since the battery bank will be buffering the energy. That right there simplifies the engine and boosts efficiency.

I'm a fan of the electric + generator hybrid setup. It can take advantage of the existing fuel infrastructure for distance, while giving efficiency gains and allowing designers to use a wider range of engine designs for the generator. I would guess there are a couple engine designs out there that are more efficient/powerful for the mass and/or volume but can't do the variable RPM a 4-12 piston IC does.

Didn't say it was t-mobile's marketing lies. Just yours.

No, that situation is referred to as "More than I need".
"Unlimited as long as you don't actually use it" is not unlimited, not by any logical definition. It has a limit, therefor it is the opposite of unlimited.

Your definition is 100% marketing lies.

So it's unlimited as long as you don't exceed a predefined limit?

You forgot "and have another studio finish the rest of the planned features for release as DLC."

If you're going to have crime then it's better to have it organized and out in the open. Easier to keep track of and keep from getting too out of hand.

Heh, I can see that.
Completely recode the game in C#/.Net and have IE specific calls to run the game. Force minecraft players to keep IE completely updated to run it, even old versions.
$2billion advertising campaign for IE11 or 12 doesn't sound so far fetched.

They should have bought minecraft years ago then. Back when the hype was starting and they could have gotten it for a couple million.

Kinda curious as to how they're going to screw it up.
Forced windows 8 integration?
Port the x-box port back to windows and drop the java version?
Mandatory Realms hosting for multiplayer so they can police it and add microtransactions for diamonds? "10 credits = 1 diamond. Or buy a pack and save! Available packs include the 64 diamond Stack Pack, the 574 diamond Block Stack Pack, or the best value the Diamond Block Dick To Pierce The Skies pack!"

You weren't a teenager during the 90's, were you?
Vague splotch of color, not even moving, was easily enough information...

Living in the middle of a wyoming town and getting 3Mbps on a good day (advertised as 15meg) I'm in the same situation, though we don't find it to be enough bandwidth. 2 netflix streams is enough to shut everything else down and even with an untouched connection we can't videochat with any good quality.

This should change relatively soon with the unified network rollout getting hundred gig pipes all around the state and more exit points than just I25 south to denver. But I tend to be pessimistic about telecoms actually delivering what they tell politicians and get government cash for.

Stick 1 pointy haired MBA and 5 interns on the task of turning the pneumatic cannon into an electric fish puree launcher for fish sticks. You'll get your live fish railgun in a week and only 27x over budget.