I recall these being used with disastrous results by Rita Skeeter. Hope the autocorrect is better than the abomination installed in every iPhone since the beginning.

What happens when "hackers" get hold of this kill switch?

Ask Windows victims: Ransomware is what happens.

blames large cups for obesity

You mean big boobs gotta come with the big ass? I don't buy that argument either.

AT&T sounds a lot like Rogers Canada. Side note: the part about Hezbollah cloning Ted Rogers' phone isn't even a joke

I hope you added Monsanto and its spawn to your shit-list.

You're right. Best to give 'em bigger fish to fry - say, retrofit a Sprint 3-cyl engine in their giant gas guzzler Fords and delete aircon/heater bits to save on weight. Then those defunct personalized guns won't seem such a problem. Save the environment while protecting people from guns. win++

Education is something best left to non-Americans if the record is any indication. Icelanders are calm and collected, why not have them introduce American gun policy.

I'm sure a lot of people would like a copy in case they're missing anything good. Linkage?

Biden, that's the thing you pee in and it pees back at you?

For the curious here's a link to a youtube fixin' chromium extension. This is the full, improved version of Youtube Options in the Chrome store. Download directly from spoi.com to get the full range of features that aren't allowed by Chrome Store's TOS. I only wish there were a reliable Firefox equivalent to de-crap Youtube and show it in naked glory as nature intended.

Also recommended: Herp Derp for Youtube. Fun to install on a friend's chromium.

CM is like H-D. If we have to explain it, you won't understand.

With all the crying wolf lately it's a wonder we still see these articles. What happened to SARS, did all five victims of the "pandemic" die without passing it on? H1N1 caused some sniffles. Donald Rumsfeld made a killing with his quack medicine while GSK fleeced the Brits out of a healthy chunk of their health budget during the swine flu hoax. Every year there's a new fake pandemic.

Almost makes you hope the promised pandemic finally arrives to take out the idiots who keep pump-and-dumping their antiviral stocks.

This is an accounting mechanism that forces projects to account for all costs Bourne by the corporation in support of the project. I suspect internal projects are also billed at an equal amount, but the bills remain internal.

If i'm following your Treadstone here, basically this high overhead accounting system is a gov't thing to do.

Fiat these days isn't backed by anything either. The Fed is bust, the US Govt is insolvent with no hope of repayment unless you just double the population of taxpayers overnight. The comparison between Bitcoin and USD comes out looking pretty good for the new guys considering you can't just QE bitcoins twelve times per term and surreptitiously tax all the savers by a further few QEs just for good measure.

That said, I'm keeping mine in AUD and happy with the way it's been going.

Lack of a poorly done touchscreen is a feature. OTOH the Yoga 13 I have is just fine and a serious upgrade to the old nipple and trackpad nonsense. The main objections - low res, TN panel, crappy responsiveness, AKA usual shitty Win8 touchscreen specs - aren't a problem with Yogas.
Maybe Thinkpads are low-end because the market they're targeting isn't looking for Thinkpads or Inspirons. They're looking for Yogas now. Maybe Lenovo knows exactly what they're doing. I'd wait until the balance sheet is revealed before shedding a tear for the old bricktops.

Some info here. I've spoken with researchers in SA regarding this issue and it's probably less serious in NA, but we don't understand the ramifications of wind turbines enough to even guess at the full impact.