You forgot to mention that it also has plugins for various online photo services, social media sites, etc. just in case you decide to want to share them with Aunt Betty in Ohio....

I agree. In my mind the story only works if Deckard is human. The point was to show that the replicants had advanced to the point where the question of whether they were sentient and deserved the same rights as humans. One of the ways they showed this in the film was for a human/replicant emotional connection (i.e. love). replicant-to-replicant "love", in my mind, just wouldn't make sense given the context of the story. That being said, the movie itself does leave this possibility open and most just assume that he is human.

There was this war in 1812 when the British and a bunch of natives from Canada burned down the White house. During the war the US did have enemy soldiers on US soil. But that war ended in a stalemate. One of the things that did happen, though, is that the US was discouraged from further attacks on Canada and it paved the way for Canada to become an independent nation while keeping British ties.

I have the iPod Classic 7th Gen. It has a 160GB hard drive, fast USB 2.0 chipset, and a hard-drive interface. This means that loading songs is quick, rebuilding the music library is quick, and there is little lag between changing playlists, etc.

The non hard-drive based mp3 players tend to have a slower USB chipset or a slower processor. This makes loading songs take 5x as long, rebuilding or refreshing the music library takes 30 minutes or more, etc. For example, I have a Sansa Clip+ and just bought a new 64GB SDXC 90MB/s card (Black Friday deal). Transfers to and from the SDXC card using a USB 3.0 memory card reader is very quick. However, synching my full library plus podcasts (50GB of songs) for the first time through the Clip+ took all night (I just started it and went to bed). The point is that few of the memory based MP3 players were designed with the processing power to handle large libraries.

In addition, only iPods have full integration with most modern car head units (Playlists, art work, steering wheel control, etc.).

Bluetooth works but it sucks for music quality and you only have rudimentary controls on the head unit. Most of it has to be controlled from the device itself, which is dangerous when driving. Plus, this drains the phone battery unless you charge it at the same time.

Most modern cars have USB ports, but it's a little more complicated to create playlists on memory cards.

The Apple iPod interface is a mainstay in many modern cars. You have full integration with steering wheel controls and most head units. In addition, the iPod gets power from the same interface, so you are not draining your phone battery.

I use Microsoft Media Player because I love it's automatic play lists and I hate iTunes. I bought the MgTek DOPISP add-in to enable synching with iPods. With the iPod Classic 160GB, I can sync my entire music library plus podcasts,

No....

I would agree that most cloud providers probably have a better handle on security than corporate IT. Simply because if they have a breach they basically lose their whole business. As such, it's made a priority and has a decent budget.

However... Because cloud providers have more than one customer, all it takes is one of them doing something illegal for your data to be subject to search and seizure. From a legal standpoint, the corporate data is actually less secure....

Um... given that BGP is THE core routing protocol for the Internet... Yeah... you should at least know what it is at a basic level. It fits into the same category as DNS, HTML, ISP, etc.

It's a lot like the programmers talking on here about the Waterfall model. It's expected that if you don't know something that you will take 5 seconds to look it up. Just maybe you'll learn something new... oh horrors... (grin)

For those who still don't know, BGP stands for Border Gateway Protocol. At a very basic level, it's a routing protocol used to advertise routes between ISPs and other Internet connected organizations. It's these routes that we use to get to Netflix, for example.

I'd be more convinced if you had started out your argument with the war on drugs. In my opinion, that's when the police forces went from being the neighborhood cop to basically one big SWAT team, having to be prepared for anything from noise complaints to all out war. There is just too much of a gap between the two to do both effectively. In some ways, the police forces would have been a lot better off if the drug war had been an FBI only operation.

The people who are replying that the viewing distance charts are wrong need to understand what the recommendations apply to.

First, they apply to the average person, whoever that may be. Since we all have slightly different eyesight, there are people who will see jaggies at the recommended range and people who will not.

Secondly, the vast majority of the distance recommendations refer to televisions and video, not computer monitors and text or still images. Computer monitors tend to have more precise pixel color and lighting control which makes them sharper but also makes it easier to see jaggies.

The point is that the charts were developed for TVs playing video and they tend to be accurate for this usage. Any application beyond that is pretty much out of scope.

Typical response from someone who lives in a dense area and who never travels or drives anywhere...

Some of us actually drive long distances to visit relatives, go on vacation, or have special requirements such as towing . Some live in communities where there isn't any public transportation or in areas where public transportation just doesn't go from point A to point B or with low density where a car service just wouldn't be profitable enough. In each of these situations its cheaper (or a requirement) to own or lease a car than it is to rent one.

Yes, having a simple easy way to rent a car in a dense area where you have no special requirements works. But saying that you can't imagine a reason why someone would want to own a car just highlights how little experience you have with the different ways that people actually use their cars and the cost of renting.

Older cars and older engines get to the point where seals, gaskets, etc. start to decay enough that they allow oil into the engine. This causes the exhaust to become "dirtier". It's cheaper for most people to burn oil than it is to get the engine seals replaced. So, yes, the cars do get dirtier over time. For example, my 2003 Nissan Murano was going through a quart of oil a month from years 8 through 10 (older Nissan engines are known to do this). About 18 months ago I traded it in for a new Jeep that doesn't burn any oil and gets better gas mileage.

If you are in IT management and feel that your skills are best suited to spend the rest of your career in management, then you should work on a Masters degree (i.e. MBA or Masters in IT Management). Certifications are largely for skilled IT workers who actually do the work. Managers, on the other hand, tend to focus on strategy, keeping track of work and work assignments, reporting, etc. Usually for management positions, relevant experience covers any hands-on IT knowledge needed.

With all of this angling for puns, it's time to give this thread the hook.

In addition, teachers get 3+ months paid time off each year when you factor in federal and state holidays, winter vacation, spring break, summer vacation, etc. This is a major benefit that is very rarely factored into the salary equation...

I had the 2013 Murano which came out with CVT. 2013-2015 models had CVT problems. Nissan has pretty much solved this and have since added the CVT to even more models. I did lose my transfer case when it was 8 years old and that is still a weak point today for the Murano.

Its one of the reasons why I replaced it with a Jeep last year. The Jeep Grand Cherokee has an 8-speed transmission. The Cherokee now has a 9-speed transmission. At the time that I was researching the Jeep, ZF was saying that they were working on a 10-speed transmission. With that many shift points, they rival CVT in regards to being in the most efficient power band. Only time will tell if these transmissions will be more reliable than the CVT.