Have you never actually shipped a package? They may not open every package (or any package), but when you are tendering items for shipment you are agreeing to their terms and conditions, which expressly state what you are and are not allowed to ship.

They all say something to the affect of "no illegal or dangerous items". FedEx is saying "Our lawyers haven't figured out if this CNC mill that is marketed with the express purpose of manufacturing weapons is legal or not, so we aren't going to ship it." What's the problem? They are a private company that has a published set of terms and conditions.

Not that I am in agreement with the whole "we need the keys to the kingdom" mentality, but there is a problem with your "demand the keys" argument. The gov't, via the 5th amendment, is not able to compel you to turn over the keys (in this case the "keys" are a password). Even if there were legal precedent to allow that, what are they going to do with the "I lost my keys" ("I can't remember my password") response? Beat it out of you?

Again, I'm not saying I support this, I'm just curious what the thoughts are on how access is obtained once legal permission is given?

Let's go through those one at a time: So, you were already breaking the law (traveling over the speed limit). Somebody wanted to break the law more than you (getting on your ass for not going fast enough). So you switched breaking one law for breaking another (not overtaking someone while in the passing lane). Then colluded with another driver with the express purpose of being an asshole?

Yup, CLEARLY the other driver is 100% at fault.

The tailgater's behavior in the entire encounter was unacceptable, but what exactly did your actions do to make the situation any safer? Do you think your "road justice" did anything to correct his future driving habits? Or do you think the adult thing to do would have been to continue breaking the law for another 30 seconds, or heaven forbid drive 2 MPH faster than you currently were, then get the fuck out of his way?

I can't tell if you're trying to be funny or serious. Your statement just defined what the placebo effect is.

I drink water regularly, for various obvious reasons. And I can state with some confidence that I can do math better after drinking water, because I think I can do math better after I drink water. And after drinking water regularly for many years, I still think I can do math better after drinking water. So drinking water must increase math skills, based on my personal experience.

It's the same theory as a gold rush. The guy selling buckets and shovels is going to make more money than 99% of the people that go there to dig up gold.

I would think that most admins are going to look a little deeper than marketing material when they are selecting a product. Marketing material is great for a first pass, but I'd think speaking to a sales rep, and eventually some technical people would be par for the course.

Btw, here is Microsoft's Advertized "details" (they call theirs "Top Features") for exchange: http://products.office.com/en-...

I know, I know, you can go on TechNet and find anything you want. Do you really think that Amazon doesn't have similar documentation stashed around somewhere?

Am I only one that read the title as "Bit Bang by Balloon"?

I had visions of sending serial data by balloon, I get here and it's an article about science... What a crock.

When your "widget" is a congressman, and your dollar value has a few more zeros on it, it is most certainly "the more you pay the more you get".

That's a funny joke. I tried the snapshot. What a fucking joke. Three cars: Me, 20 mile daily rush hour commute. Wife, 15 mile "off peak" daily commute. Daughter, car literally sat in the driveway for the three months, with the exception of 2 trips from Minneapolis to Fargo and an occasional trip to the gas station around the corner. Me: 0% (ok, I expected that.) Wife: 3%, daughter 3%. Seriously? What do you have to do to get their 30%?

Yeah, looks like they came in a little hot, and slightly off-kilter.

Isn't that why you bring in experts to explain in, non-IT, terms what the purpose of TOR is? The jurors don't have to know how a gun works to be able to decide if it was used illegally or not. Now, if we are deciding whether or not the evidence was collected legally or not, that's a different story. And that isn't a decision made by the jurors. Which leads to my complaint: You have a huge problem if you have an inept judge that cannot understand the technical aspects of the evidence involved, to determine if it is admissible or not.

If you think that there is ever such a thing as a "free ER visit" you are delusional. Yeah, they are required to treat you even if you don't have the "ability to pay", if you have a life threatening condition. But you can be god damn sure they are going to do everything in their power to extract their money out of you, regardless of your "ability to pay". They have no qualms about suing somebody making significantly less than the poverty line and garnishing their wages. What? Don't have a job? Don't worry, they will wait till you get one, then the collectors will come say hi.

So your argument about it being a "non-issue" is the same argument as mine? Because you think it's a non-issue? Compelling.

Find me a "reasonable person" on here that thinks it makes sense that you need tools, a half hour, and contortionist abilities to change a damn headlight.

If I'm driving in the dark in snow a storm I want both low-beams on. It's not a "convenience" thing, it's a safety concern. If you're cool driving around with impaired ability to see what's in front of you, giver 'er hell. I'm not cool with it. Period. And again, needing to lay in the snow to change a light bulb IS A BAD FUCKING DESIGN.

You must get off on pedantry. Fine, put the fucker in the glove box where it isn't going to bounce around.

Definitely your prerogative. Some people would make a different choice, especially when a "more convenient time" could involve many hours worth of driving. Which leads me back to my original point, again. Changing it out shouldn't require tools.

Headlights should be replaced in pairs. If one went out, the other is (more than likely) shortly behind it.

Who said anything about needing to acquire them in bulk? Buy a two pack, replace them both, put the spare in the trunk. Why is that such a hard concept?