Comment Re:And yet (Score 1) 212
Anything that can get a person on the internet is pretty useful to someone who wouldn't normally afford it.
In that time, the IRS approved perhaps dozens of applications
Ok not that I'm really following this story, I'm sure there are better numbers elsewhere, but in this quote: "perhaps dozens"? What does that even mean? Perhaps thousands? Perhaps millions? Perhaps none? This implies they don't actually know any numbers.
Until someone can prove that the referendum was done under duress, or the vote was rigged, why will no one accept the Crimean's decision?
I would consider my country's government being occupied by foreign military forces a pretty good sign of being "under duress". Also if the occupying force held a referendum where status-quo was not an option, it would be pretty easy to argue that I am being forced to go down one of two paths that I do not want.
Maybe things look different from the perspective of the Crimean populace, and maybe this really is what the overwhelming majority wanted. But from outside it certainly doesn't seem legit.
But what is the point of mandating that police use it? Nobody on the selling side of this product is advocating forcing this gun on the populace. This is a private company selling a particular product to a particular market. That market is probably gun owners who have young children.
Nobody is forcing anyone to buy electric cars today either.
The brilliance of two-thirds of the world's web servers
FTFY.
Fridge: Can track things like how old your milk is, and text you to bring some home.
I realize you're grasping, but why would the fridge need/want to do that? Unless your milk is somehow hooked up to sensors in the fridge that monitor its freshness, you are only getting texts based on some data you input into a system somewhere. In that case you might as well use an app on your phone to track it, and remove the risk of someone hacking your fridge and spoiling your food.
An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says 'Beam me up, Scotty'.