Can't you just make a throw-away VOIP (Skype, etc) number for this purpose, then get rid of it? I saw it recommended somewhere, I haven't actually tried it. Maybe someone with experience can chime in.

I live in a fairly large city. Called for a cab to take me to pick up my truck as I was alone when I got my new car, so I had to go pick up my old one. First cab decided not to show, apparently. Called another; after 45 minutes the driver calls and says he won't be able to make it as his shift is ending. So I wasted 2+ hours, and still no truck.

I signed up for Uber, and had a car picking me up in less than five minutes. Got me to the dealership at almost 1/3 the cost of what the taxi would have been. I hope these services stick around, and put the overpriced and for me at least, useless cab companies out of business. I'll never call a cab again as long as Uber and Lyft are around. I also signed up as a driver, and on the weekends if I'm bored I'll give a few rides and make some extra cash.

Great reference. I recently finished the Ringworld series, and am now reading (well, listening through Audible) the series with Pournelle and Niven about Earth's first encounter with aliens (the Moties). I'm about halfway through The Gripping Hand (book 2). They are all fantastic reads, I can't wait to read them all.

Don't even joke about that. :(

If I'm not mistaken, there was an article a month or two ago (at work so not much time to search on it) that was talking about the Air Force dropping requirements for physical conditioning (IE., no basic training, no staying in shape). So they are already working on that aspect of their target audience.

Actually, putting it on the moon would result in radiation at high tide, wouldn't it?

I can't stop reading this sentence. I almost feel like a person who was looking out a view port when a vessel jumped to hyperspace in the Ringworld series.

If it had a waste tank, the load wouldn't get lighter as it's pumped out, no? So it must either get returned, or burned off somehow. If they were really creative they'd use it to burn an 'X' below the rocket so everyone would know it is a SpaceX rocket returning. Amateurs.

That was the point, he was replying to the guy saying 'on behalf of ESA haha etc etc'.

Dire Straits: MDMA For Nothing

Doesn't this involve remembering which finger you used? IE., basically the same thing as remembering your passcode? Also, a lot of the article comments were about some Touch ID system where a few wrong print reads failed over to the passcode, also if the phone was turned off and/or rebooted, it forced the passcode. Basically, if you get pulled over, turn off your phone before the officer gets there.

I worked with a guy in my last job who was doing some FISMA work with our group. He accepted a position doing IT support at some remote base in Iraq so he could cash in on ~110k in a year if he was able to work the full year, which I believe was also going to be tax free if over 12 months. The reason? He had over 90k in student loans to pay back, and was making less than 40k/year. I felt for the guy, as he was literally going to risk his life to try and pay off the loans since he wasn't able to get out from under them, ever, for the most part if he made minimum payments.

Free Hat! Free Hat!

I think correct terminology needs to be applied here. I'm of the opinion that any accident involving texting while driving already involves a 'driverless car'.

60% of the time, it works every time.