That raises the question- Where are the large router and telecom equipment manufacturers on this issue? Don't they have lobbyists too?

If the bomb was a time bomb. If it happened to be triggered remotely, why not bring assets into play that might be able to block such signals? Since we don't know the bomb characteristics, or even if these is a bomb, it is a safe move to play. And fighter jets can almost certainly get on station quicker than an AWAC type plame.

1 nanoamp is so tiny that it may be being recharged from the environment somehow.

This will bite them in the ass eventually, if not sooner. Verizon refuses to be price and feature compeditive on wireless. They are coming under pressure from increased wireless competition. The duopoly between Verizon and AT&T isn't such a duopoly anymore- there are lots of wireless players.

I have heard very few complaints from people about the fiber service aside from "it isn't available in my area". It is a lot easier to maintain a monopoly on fiber lines compared to wireless.

Like countries? Cuba, Iran, and the DPRK (North Korea) have been demonized a lot. None of those countries are going to fly away to another planet and conquering them militarily is just as unlikely. Waiting for them to change is just as pointless as waiting for a spouse to change. Diplomacy is the only option, but when it comes time to open up a dialog and fix relations, there is a never-ending parade of assholes who do everything they can to sabatoge the process. It isn't their fault though, they have been indoctrinated since birth by the media to hate XYZ country, and they lack the capacity to accept any solution less than "bombing the motherfuckers".

Some of the nasty products of combustion may be contributing also. Vaporizing marijuana has a very different compared to smoking (burning) it. When marijuana is burned, Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide, benzene, toluene and naphthalene are produced. Some of these (or a combination thereof) contribute highly to the "couch lock" effect, which different users either prefer or dislike. When you vaporize marijuana, these compounds are not produced- a "couch lock" state is substantially more difficult to achieve with vaporizing marijuana, and therefore the effects of vaporizing/smoking marijuana are markedly different.

I am not a tobacco user myself but it could be that many of the tobacco combustion products contribute to the pleasure of smoking tobacco.

I think the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 10" is pretty compelling. There are Android (x86) and Windows 8.1 models. The Android one is $249 with a 16GB of storage and no keyboard, and the Windows one is $369 with 32GB of space and a detachable bluetooth keyboard. All the other hardware is the same between the two models- 10.1" IPS touchscreen at 1920x1200, 2GB of RAM, MicroSD slot accepting XDSC cards, and dual-band 802.11abgn.

I wanted a tablet with a high-resolution screen, 5GHz networking (2.4Ghz is completely saturated in my apartment), a proper multitasking OS, and a small form factor because I travel frequently for business. The Windows version is pretty much the perfect device for my needs. I prefer Android for phones but for a general-computing device, it isn't for me. Will something like this ever get near $100-150? I won't say it will never happen but there is a definite line between "toy" tablets with low-resolution screens, limited RAM, and poor battery life, and something that people would actually want to use on a daily basis. Despite the availability of very cheap tablets in recent years, the line between "toy" and "actually OK to use" hasn't shown any sign of getting less than $200-$250.

I really hope 8 and 10" x86 tablets stick around, because they are the perfect size for using on a plane, on the couch, or in bed. 12" is too large and heavy for my uses.

With each new release, my low-powered devices get even more sluggish with Chrome. My Lenovo Tablet 10 is a speedy little tablet- everything on the tablet is fast. Except when I open up more than 4 or 5 tabs in Chrome. The memory usage and high CPU usage (when idle / not loading pages) is getting completely out of hand.

I have 4 tabs open right now -Random webpage 38mb ram, Gmail 147mb ram, Facebook 112mb ram, this window 135mb ram. Add the "GPU Process" at 195MB ram, and the "browser process" at 177MB ram, and we're up to 804MB of ram. That doesn't include any extensions. That seems ridiculous for a web browser with 4 tabs open.

I have 2 kids. You can't "watch the kids" and play a video game (the types I enjoy playing anyway) effectively at the same time. One or the other is going to suffer. Watching someone play a videogame is not a substitute for playing myself but it passes the time while the kids watch Frozen (again). Playing video games really needs 95% of my attention. If I had 80% of my attention available, I would watch a TV show or Movie. Watching others play video games is a background media, something to do when I can only devote 30-50% of my attention to leisure.

I see market potential for a hybrid auto insurance plan. The little accidents could be handled by a sort of trust account of $10k or so. Combine that with liability insurance with a $10k deductible and an insurer could offer *very* low rates. Maybe if the insurer was collecting the interest/dividends on the trust account, it is possible they wouldn't need to charge rates at all.

The bigger savings will be by more accurately calculating the risk. Insurance rates (should be) based on the risk. The more accurately the risk can be calculated on an individual basis, the less tolerance needs to be added to account for an incorrect calculation. And with big data, more information = more accurate predictions in general. Insurance companies have access to a large amount of data, but Google probably has bigger datasets. I am also sure there are a great many insurance companies which are lazy and not calculating the risk as accurately as might be possible.

And I have confidence that it was made in China by the lowest bidder. I had about a half-dozen "dead car battery" incidents during the several months that my car had their Snapshot device installed. After I sent the device back, the problems disappeared. I am not the only one to have a problem with the device draining my battery. Many people had more serious problems.

Fry's has gone downhill a lot too. I am reminded of Best Buy whenever I go in there, and dislike going unless it is an emergency.

But Real World City Planner isn't a fun game. It's a job with stacks of paperwork and dealing with lawyers, accountants, etc. People want to play Authoritarian City Planner.

We want kids to have quality educations. Implementing standards and then following them is the cornerstone of even the most basic quality program. Having a good quality control system doesn't guarantee the result will be good. However, NOT having a standardized system of maintaining quality standards means that it is a lot more difficult to have a consistent good result.

There are very few white-collar professions where a person uses their entire 4-year university experiences every single day. As an engineer, I certainly don't need differential equations, integrals, or high-level geometry often, if at all. In fact, a majority of what I learned is of little practical use in my career. It was taught so that I might "be aware" of the topic in case I ever came across something like it. I'm not sure why you think Teachers would be any different. A 4-year degree is not job training. It's an education. There is, and should be, a difference.