I might actually consider a passcode if I had this feature. As it is, I don't have a passcode on my phone because it's too big of a hassle. Any passcode which is sufficiently secure will be simultaneously too complex to enter every time you unlock your phone. I struggle with this using my password manager. I had to simplify my master password just to make it usable on my phone since typing in a 24 character password with upper/lower/numerical/specials on a phone is annoying at best. I'm back down to a 10 character pw, and even that has some "patterns" in it to simply entry.

If it only takes you 2 seconds to enter your passcode, your passcode is insufficiently secure.

I run an SGI Indigo R4400 with "Elan" graphics, and a 2nd rev Blue & White Apple G3. ;-)

Now, stop crossing areas of domain knowledge in ways that create false correspondence.

Cite? You can only use webkit on iOS. btw, when you say "competing with iOS" you weaken your argument by way of sounding like a prat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

Google has 70% of the search market. Many companies with much less market dominance have fallen under this act for a much smaller share of the market, because they could exert monopoly power (most likely due to network effects).

Read up on baseload power plants: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...

Essentially solar energy activists aren't out to throw away all coal or fossil fuel plants - just to increase the diversity of power (with a gradual push towards renewables as battery technology and solar extraction improve). Some solar proponents also even support properly implemented nuclear (me!) - anything to get us off the coal crack-pipe.

btw, an industrial scale solar molten salt facility does have a built-in battery - take a look here - its not like this is unfamiliar territory - it's been implemented. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

They'll be like autonomous trucks might be: 95% of the journey is GPS controlled, but the final approach and dropoff would be piloted by remote link. Making hundreds of landings a day will be mind-numbing and it will make the packing jobs at the warehouses seem like a day at the beach.

Think of Amazon 1-hour as your maintenance contract, except not one one that leeches operating funds off of you every fucking month while the maintenance guy does nothing. Why hire a person to keep track of your supplies, when Amazon 1-hour can be your supply cabinet and you can stop tying up operating revenue with a stock room? Why spend all your time as a party coordinator when you can press a button on your phone and go enjoy your own party?

If you're a maintenance guy, or a paid planner, or a stockroom attendant then Amazon is going to make you go get another job. Maybe it's time to go figure out how to make a nice espresso and become a barista somewhere. Better yet, learn to fix plumbing and make a real living. You can even use Amazon to deliver a replacement part so you can install it.

Care to qualify that with an actual citation? (pro-tip: link to a non-partisan website for more believability)
Saying "do a little searching" is bullshit.

I'm kind of surprised they didn't buy into the radio shack storefronts to get every-town distribution locations - even if it's just a "pick up" site.

The presumption would be that someone holding a pilot's license would both understand the regulations and SOP which apply to aircraft, as well as have (their license) should they violate the agreement. Since, iirc, you need a medical to have a license, the summary (and likely the article) are playing up a non-issue.

The FAA wants to be in the loop, doesn't want anything unexpected to happen, and wants asses to kick (and a way to kick them) if it does.

All in all, this is a win for Amazon.

Heh..

Is the wealthy "Libertarian" way of dictating social standards.

More likely, just like older folk that insist on hand-writing letters, having a land-line, and banking in person, you will not be forced to give up your driving. Instead, your costs will go up, while other more inexpensive or convenient options will become available for those who don't care to drive to get from A->B.

Feel free to yell at those folks from your porch to stay off your lawn as they blissfully ignore you.

Yes, but unless GM decides to build all those stations - which would cost more than their entire net worth - there's no purpose in building cars for them.

Might as well start building cars with a mini reactor that use U/Pu/Th as fuel. That would be even more awesome. And just as practical for the end user.