This would have been rational had their security not be a complete failure in the first place. If you can "accidentally" stroll through their security checkpoint without even looking up, the entire premise of security is pretty much lost. It's pretty easy... each exit, 1 person wide with a guard standing there. Break away doors (like at the super market) in case there's an emergency like a fire, people can push them open.

The problem is the FAA(or Australian version of it in this case) think they can replace a $40k/yr employee with a $50k machine and $10k in process. Sorry, you can't.

When I was in Africa, they had a guy standing there. I couldn't read the language so I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to go that way. I walked up and he held up a finger and said "No." while shaking his head. Then pointed at the security check in... "Ah! thanks! I said" and he smiled. Amazing what real employees can do.

WTF?

The rule isn't "practice 10,000hrs and you'll be successful"
It's: "If you are successful, you probably practiced 10,000 hours"

Meaning, if you have the correct body shape, mental acuity, financial situation, then 10,000hrs of practice could give you the opportunity to be an outlier. Midgets can't be in the NBA just because they practiced a lot. I'm not going to win spelling bees just because I've spent 10k hours posting to slashdot. etc...

Which is what I said. You would watch the end of time behind you. To and outside observer time would stop for you. To you, the outside observer would age extremely fast.

It clearly states in that article that they may very well find that Apple is altering prices in an illegal way and may get fined. It's just not as simple as the original article made it seem. And if you doubt at all that Apple is doing this, you're a tad naive. If they get caught at it or not is the only real question.

If true... this isn't a loophole. It's fraud.

It would be one directional.

You have no idea what you're talking about. It's a show of taped interviews with people. You can't get any more factual than that.

I happened across this before it got on here and listened to the entire thing. Here's a brief summary:

1. This American Life is a great show. My favorite, you should listen to it often.
2. Managers at the fed seem to be terrified of the banks
3. The lady doing the recordings is aggressive and speaks her mind.
4. There are many "Old Guard" people at the fed that have a cozy, friendly relationship with the banks they work with.
5. The banks actively cultivate this relationship because they realize friendly regulators are less likely to press issues.
6. She uncovered the fact that GS had no formal definition for "Conflict of interest" which is a violation of Fed rules.
7. The fed worked for months gathering evidence and there was consensus that they needed to force GS into creating a policy
8. Suddenly one day her management agreed GS did have a policy just not a good one.
9. She was called in and her boss tried to bully her into changing her report to say they did have a policy.
10. Not too long after she was fired.
11. I believe the suggestion is that GS has control over management and who gets hired/fired at the fed.

So why is it, that when presented with evidence of some horrible thing, people tend to use it as a tool to act arrogant? "I always knew that was going on. You're a fool if you didn't."

You didn't know, you suspected. We all did. This is evidence. Get mad. Apathy is your enemy.

So... the federal government can hold patents? No one has a problem with this?

Walmart, Target and all the other department stores love this idea.

Its not illegal as long as you mention "Hey, my car has video cameras in it." before you hand them the keys.

Whats illegal is taping them without their knowledge. They could potentially make a call to their lawyer or doctor after they park it and you could unintentionally record privileged information. At some point such systems will be so common you wont have to mention it anymore.

No, its not the electrodes. It's the ballast/transformer that gets too hot and fries them. The failed electrodes are a symptom, not the cause.

You can buy them at Home Deport right now. If you're in an office building, look up... there are probably a few over your head. And yes, they do make ones without the ballasts that are small and round like CFLs are.