My suggestion to the owner of the "Smart" TV was to get a Roku, Amazon Fire or some other stand alone device and ignore the TV's smart features.

Hah.. that's exactly what I've done. I have an AppleTV just because I've already got a pretty large iTunes library. When I wanted my current TV, I got a Samsung "Smart" one, only because it was the one of the size, quality and price I wanted. I played with the "smart" stuff for a few minutes, then basically never touched it again.

Damn good as a TV... beyond useless "Smart" features.

It's also go a camera with an attempted xbox kinect-like control features that (just like the rest of the "smart" stuff) was buggy at best. Thankfully said camera is a small module on the back that pops up and can be kept down so that it isn't on nor can actually see anything even if it were. I haven't popped it back up since the first days after I got the TV over a year ago.

You know what else is caused by global warming? Nearly everything.

http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/globalwarming2.html

I agree. This is my favorite book and I hope they do a decent job of it.

Hey, what do you know? That's exactly how Apple Pay works.

Trust the scientists, they know what they're doing....

Dinosaurs, Season 4, episode 7: Changing Nature

Yeah, I know. They are a much better experience.

Sometimes they offer audio files for just a few dollars more. They are way better, but I am usually too cheap for it. And I don't want any hassle from questionable downloads. So I will stick with my robot voice reading to me for now.

I got my phone to read Kindle books and it changed my life. Look up accessibility settings, iPhone and Android can both do it. Any Kindle book is now read during my commute. Sure, some pronunciation is awful, but giving me an extra 5+ hours reading each week is a godsend.

But hell, I will at least admit the DMV does tend to get its mailings out on time and in proper fashion.

Here in CA, especially around the LA area, this hasn't been so true this year. There have been a few news reports about how people are finding that they can't even get an appointment inside the (usually) 3 month window the mailer gives them, because the DMV is so overloaded. So, to make the deadline (what I saw reported was for license renewals) people have to go in without an appointment and usually waste an entire day. I had to get mine renewed (birthday 1/26) and my appointment made online (mid December) was about 3 weeks out. Even then the place was packed on a Saturday, and it took about 90 minutes (no test, just redo thumbprint, eye check, new pic).

Some won't directly say it, but it's basically due to the massive increase in requests for new licenses, since the new rule kicked in to give licenses to illegal aliens in CA.

Because the credit card companies say it is, and are willing to charge smaller fees due to it being secure. They wouldn't do that if they didn't have a ton of faith in that security.

I was referring to Apple Pay in that line, which has not been hacked in any way that I've read. At the very least, not by simply sniffing your phone via the NFC bits since it's tied into the AppleID fingerprint reader to authorize a payment, using a token on the phone vs your CC info.

The next time U.S. cardholders receive a new card it will probably be equipped with an EMV chip, and most likely be contactless.

When I got my 2nd new card in a year (Target & Home Depot hacks) it came with the chip. Also the numbers are no longer the pressed-in type and are on the back. Every time I've used it I have to let the person know the last 4 numbers are on the back.

I'm still hoping more NFC in terminals and more support for Apple Pay. The handful of times I've used that, it's been much faster and it is more secure.

Jordan was asked that question at a reading and confirmed it was just Lews Therin drawing too much of the One Power to hold. So much power, in fact that he vaporized himself and a large portion of the ground (down to the mantle?) resulting in DragonMount.

He specifically stated it was not balefire.

I doubt they discount the expected value based on the possibility of a split pot.

Without knowing how many people are playing this round, you don't have totally accurate estimates.

"Don't have that much cost..."

People don't want to give up affordable cars for battery cars that cost $10k+ more, have less range, take longer to refill, and have battery packs that need to be replaced well before 200,000 miles.

Electric companies realize that transient alternative energy still requires full tradition infrastructure for weeks when the wind don't blow and the sun don't shine. This costs a lot for underutilized plants and peoples rates will skyrocket.

Mandating more auto inspections will lead to increased costs for consumers. Who drives old cars that are probably out of spec? Poor people. Why do you hate poor people so?

These things cost billions an billions, cause hardships that you have not considered, and are not extremely effective.

What the hell was Lexx? I don't know, but I liked it.