I expect you could even laugh off a colostomy bag

That /would/ give new meaning to "laugh your ass off"...

Hm. I've seen the same "TSA gets to go tech shopping" sentiment several times here. But one question - wouldn't anyone who had their phone taken report it as stolen and get the IMEI flagged as bad?

Yes, I get that we're talking about The Gub'mint here but do you really think AT&T, Verizon, et al are gonna let the TSA sticky-fingers activate stolen phones? Assuming they don't have the NSA making the activation request on their behalf?

Yeah, but couldn't you totally hear the ka-chukka sound of the impact printer as you read it? Ahh, nostalgia...

Simple. Many of us don't get paid lunches and for me at least, the nearest branch or ATM is nearly a mile from where I work. On foot, at good speed, that would take about half an hour just for the walk. And given that we're in summer here, I'd be a wreck when i got back to work.

So, a half hour or so not eating and not getting paid. *That's* what's wrong.

How often do you need cash? I assume you mean more than 5 bucks? I'm interested in how other people handle banking nowadays.

On average, more of my ATM visits are to DEPOSIT checks, not take money out. And my credit union just rolled out mobile depositing, so there's that done. Generally, if I need cash less than $50, I just grab it when I check out at Target or the grocery store. No fees, no extra trip. Though your supermarket visits may be less frequent than ours - we seem to go go about once a week to keep the 3 kids fed.

But even then, none of my bills are paid by cash - all but one are autopay or e-pay. And everywhere we go for fun or business takes debit or credit. Cash is for the odd times I need a soda at work (cash only)...

Googled the code, read link; still confused. Aereo's conceit was that each antenna / paid stream was a single performance to a single person. I don't see what your line regarding the antenna wire passing any number of anybodies has to do with it.

I'm no Supreme, but I saw it like this. Am I allowed to receive OTA broadcasts in my market? YES. Am I allowed to time (see Betamax) and place shift (see Cablevision) my reception? YES.

Is the real issue that Aereo made money off this rather than me personally finding a nice rooftop and willing landlord to put my own antenna on? I'm so disappointed by this...

Well, depends on your definition of voluntary.

Because, after all, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Or their comfy chair!

lol - 10 points to Pedant House ^^

Still, have you seen a 2J? Crazy ground-effect sucker car. More downforce than weight. Fairly unreliable. Amazingly inventive tho'!

What do you use to manage this?

Xposed Framework + XPrivacy. It breaks out ALL permissions under the main groups and each is selectable per app. In most cases, denying permission will provide fake / empty data so that app functionality is maintained. It lists ALL permissions and marks the app's requested ones so you know what it wants to use.

Best yet, it has a sort of permissions tripwire - a usage log shows you when an app has tried to use a blocked permission. In very rare cases, I've seen apps call permissions they didn't explicitly request up front.

Pretty much every app on my phone (and I don't install many) is denied accounts, contacts, location, sensors, phone ident, and web access. If an app force-closes under this template, I check the usage log and decide if I want to allow the failed permissions until the app works. I can either groan and take it or uninstall and look for a better behaved alternative.

Ever heard of Chaparral? Their cars /really/ sucked!

Ah, the amazingly useful Borland "Like a Book" license. As I recall, you could install to your heart's content (possibly limited to your own household or business), subject to the agreement only one person can "borrow the book" at any given time. They didn't manage this with technological measures, just the good ol' fashioned honor system.

Repair shops are going to hate this game.

I suspect the typical Tesla S buyer is neither a DIY-er nor the sort that takes his baby to Pep-Boys for repair...

If they had gone Microsoft, Bada-Bing would soon be followed by Big Bada-Boom ^^

Why would a one-time supervillain wannabe turned adoptive father want to eat a poor, endarkened Slashdotter?