If this is what is going on in the background are they are using hashing to identify the files? What is the risk of a hash collision? Would this be a legitimate concern using the service?

Most of those industrial uses are fulfilled using synthetic diamond. Jewelery diamonds have a high value from aggressive marketing convincing people to hoard them and be interned with them. Its a sellers market with a ludicrous markup to show for it.

I think Facebook is scared about Google Glass becoming a big thing and being left in the dust. Bizarre as it is they are competing for the same access to your information.

There are winter boots I won't wear while driving a regular car. I can tell it is dangerous and simply have a second pair of shoes in the car. This guy is just ignorant that driving is a dangerous activity and care should be taken. Some car models have what is called a "smart pedal" which deactivates the accelerator with brake application. I think the US government is looking to eventually legislate it as a requirement. Further, I was taught from a driving instruction video that you are suppose to pop the car into neutral when you have trouble stopping in the winter. Which would have fixed this guy's issue too.

Not really. Apple want access to cable width that is reserved for services like on demand movies and television. They wouldn't be interacting with the internet traffic at all.

That is interesting. I have never heard or seen slips in Canada. They just print off a receipt and you sign a copy. Or what happening more often is there is debit machine that you use like an ATM and then you don't sign anything, but still get a receipt. There are bunch of things only a teller can do too. I probably use one four times a year.

Possible source: http://www.pnas.org/content/ea.... Unfortunately paywalled.

I think the needed immune-suppressants would invalidate them for donation. Cute idea regardless. Maybe only people that have been registered donors for six months can receive donations. I have no idea what kind of license that would be.

The use of road ways is a scarce resource. You are seeing the tragedy of the commons play out. A government run market is still a market. It is pretty much the same thing as power and water. Weekday and weekend plates make no sense though. The cell phone companies had it right with free nights and weekends. You really only have to shave of the peak demand.

I suspect the OP isn't native English. Think chart as in the music chart. It is more often described as a table(a type of chart), not the table with four legs. I hope that helps.

I would bet on the boots the workers are wearing. The treads are amazing at carrying around material.

I never understood the employer time argument. If you are salaried they are paying you for your work not the time you spent working on it. It always seems like they are happy to take the free overtime and then put the screws to you to make busy work when things slow a bit.

I meant unmanned not automated.

Wouldn't happen. Most large cargo ships dock under tug control. The automated ships would probably operate in the same way. The only time they would really be automated would be at sea. Losing contact while at sea would be the greatest danger and that would be mostly to the ship and cargo.

Depends on the item, but stuff that looks like junk doesn't walk away. Don't break it just add a ding or two, use sand paper, or add duct tape make people less interested in grabbing stuff for some reason.