You're not going to stop the technology integration into aircraft. It's proven to delivery a safer and more comfortable flying experience. When things go pear shaped ultimately you want the pilot in control + technology assisting to regain control. The reason for that is you can't possibly plan for every contingency and human intervention is still required. Whether or not the Pilots believe their instrumentation is another thing.

Now, I personally think that the biggest objections to this planned technology will be the pilots themselves because I can't see them flying in a dark room and they'll argue for a way to see outside.

Seriously? They're back peddling because I've had t-mobile and it was a PITA to get rid of those charges and to block them from happening again. At the time I could get them removed from future billing statements. Their position was once I was billed I had to pay them because they were used. I had to argue the point that a 14 year old inadvertently used the feature, that I didn't authorize. Once I did that the charges miraculously disappeared. I'm glad the FTC is calling them out on this but it's a horrible business practice. Granted T-Mobile hasn't been doing all that well but still these services are shit and a way to scalp you.

Has he patented it yet?

It's funny to see T-Mobile back-peddling on this issue however anybody who could have had the premium services dropped could have done so at any time. For somebody to not review their bill and see that $10/mo was getting charged for this is a bit incredulous. Sprint, hell all the Cell providers have this kind of shit. Having gone through it with teenagers, I can tell you I had to scrutinize the bills monthly. T-Mobile's problem is that their billing and customer service practices make it a pain in the ass to get these things turned off. So there is merit in this suit moving forward but IMO there is no premium SMS service. Shit jokes, daily bikini girl pics. It's another way to bilk you out of your money like 900 numbers. and that's something the FTC should be going after as well.

I'm also wondering about the timing of this with the pending Sprint acquisition. It'll definitely put that on hold, which will force T-Mobile to pay some hefty fine (tax) that you and I will have to pay to cover the costs of giving the government more money. It's funny how that works out: company gets fined and then the same company passes those costs onto consumers.

Well with the 840s coming down in price over the recent months you had to wonder when the next generation would be available. I already have two 840 pros in my laptop, the previous was Hybrid drives which are pretty decent over the old 5400 RPM laptop drives that folks are still pushing these days. Still, in 4TB sizes I think rotational media will still be around for awhile. I have two Hybrid 4TB drives right now in one desktop and there about 70% faster than the old 7200RPM 3TB drives they replaced.

OH yeah, 100K IOPS of course most drones keep a 4K cluster, what a waste. Unfortunately all I see are tech/press releases nothing in terms of "buy it now" option.

We do know they won't be using MTGOX as an exchange...

The only case where being short wins.

Forget the product but think of reverting back to 30nm. Also from the benchmarks it looks consistently faster in all but one test vs. the 840. With a lower manufacturing costs we're probably truly seeing the end of the line for rotating media in most desktop/server configurations. I'm wondering when I can get a 1TB+ with this new process now.

No qualms about the Ecuadorian embassy. I think the Ecuadorian government was duped into providing him haven though because all they've got to show for it is less space in the embassy and all his upkeep.

The guest that came to dinner.. And stayed..

I love ACs who don't know what the fuck they're talking about. In the case of Assange and has been demonstrated, he's into self promotion. Now RT (Russia Today) is about the only media outlet he has left and his story is becoming more lame. If he truly thought the charges were trumped up in Sweden, then fight them. Sweden's legal system isn't stacked against him and the whole paranoid illusion that the US Govt. was behind the charges should be proven in court. He chose to hid in the Embassy and stupidly, he's now an Ecuadorian house guest forever locked in there. So what he was afraid of, being imprisoned, has now happened to him and unlike any time he may have served in Sweden, he may still come out so 2 years in the Embassy, then whatever charges in Sweden + the bail/detainment skip he pulled in the UK. Any good attorney would be advising him to face the music and get it over with.

As for contributing, don't think that what Assange has ever done is contribute. The people who've given him the information are the true heroes, not this guy.

then let him face the charges a good lawyer can do wonders

He's in self-imposed exile and he made it worse on himself by running into the Ecuadorian embassy in the first place. Somebody needs to tell this twit that life is unfair, get used to it.

The Feds and State governments get a lot of revenue from Alcohol taxes. They don't have an interest in curtailing its consumption.