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Comment Pounds Head Into Desk.... (Score 0) 133

"Requires your phone to be rooted"

Well, Shit.

I seem to have the unrootable phone now. This Nexus-S just won't do it, and I have done everything by the book, followed all the guides... Hell, I even watched the damned video just in case I was doing something wrong!

Must be something my provider does to them. Cincinnati Bell has a new obsession with doing interesting things to phones now.

Comment Re:AZ isn't anti-immigrant (Score 1) 835

Only after they are detained for some other reason can they ask for immigration status.

So what? The problem is that AZ still requires the police to determine the immigration status of a person by doing little more than looking at them. That it only happens in the context of some other event doesn't make it any more reasonable.

Anyway how is this any different than anyone else getting stopped by the police and being asked for identification such as a drivers license?

Well, that's illegal. The cops have no legal grounds to demand ID of anyone unless they have reason to suspect wrong-doing. At best they an ask for a person's name, but they can't demand ID.

I wish that were still true here in Ohio, but thanks to the Ohio Patriot Act Sec. 2909.31, Law enforcement may demand Identification of anyone at anytime. Failure to comply, if you have legally issued ID, is a misdemeanor.

Comment Re:They sucked at busting it (Score 1) 795

Yeah, the episodes regarding things exploding in a car (Soda Cans and Lighters) pissed me off quite a bit. Problem with the science in the lighter episode was that they chose one brand (a bic) and did all experiments with that lighter. I have never seen a bic malfunction, explode in a car, or have the wheel and spring come flying off, while cheaper lighters have those problems often. I have had more than a few soft drinks explode in a hot (or cold) car, and had lighters explode in my car. (Working with wax, you keep them around a lot) Mythbusters never replied to my criticism of either.

Comment Re:One man's "garbage"... (Score 2, Interesting) 507

Wow dude, way to try and down fark while pushing your own weak ass bullshit site in your sig.

So what (it's not "my" site anyways)? Challenge: Post this url in any Fark thread.

No, he has a point. Bannination is mostly fark ex-pats. Some banned, some not. But moderation at bannination is crowd based and rarely utilized. Nothing legal is verboten. Try that on Fark.

Comment Re:From the point of view of QA (Score 1) 776

Could be.

My 1990 Acura had a problem starting when it was really hot out, but not all the time.

Turns out there was a relay below the steering wheel that was related to fuel pump operation. That relay would fail to work if it was over 100F in the footwell of the passenger compartment.

So, if I parked in the sun on a hot day, and went in to get groceries, the car would not start when I came back out. If I left the window down enough to let some air cooling happen, the car would start.

Now, I used to work on cars for a living, and I was totally stumped as to why on some days the car just refused to start.

It was not until I was stuck in traffic on a really hot day that I found out that the issue was related to the temp in the passenger compartment, not the temperature of the engine.

Comment Re:And this is news why? (Score 1) 285

Well, it seems to depend on the market.

I've done fetish shows and high end precious and semi-precious gemstone shows where I would estimate that at least 50% of the selling goes on before or after hours.

Basically, any kind of product where;
1) The retailer may not be comfortable with the products for fear of blackmail [Just because you are a high end jewelry and clothing boutique, doesn't mean you don't sell latex corsets and vac beds on weekends]
2) Prices are based more on what the seller knows than what the product is worth. [gem shows are huge for that kind of thing.
3) Where price depends on venue. [That $200 piece of white turquoise might be worth $100 in Tuscon, but $500 in Chicaqo] So prices are best discussed in a private setting.

Comment Re:Human-level AI (Score 1) 903

How do you know that c is not a local phenomenon?

Maybe this arm of the milky way is a cosmic "No Wake Zone" and maybe that is even what makes the development of life possible.

Wow, we could live in a cosmic "School Zone" and when we graduate from the local cluster we can get back up to speed.

I think I just blew my own mind thinking that.

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