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Comment Re:Long lasting (Score 1) 71

It's all designed for European and Asian body-weights. Put that stuff to regular wear in the U.S and it's gonna buckle under the weight quicker, that's just how it is. But I agree they could put some more thought into the products they sell over in the U.S.

I am unaware of the UNHCR dealing with American refuges. I'm sometimes a little out of the loop but I thought I would have heard of that by now. Is it that bad in Texas these days?

American refugees = Homeless. As for it being bad in Texas, I think you confused them for California. They have the debt, never ending drought and illegal immigration. All Texas has is illegal immigration and the occasional idiot embarrassing him during SXSW and dragging Austin in as well.

Comment Re:FTA (Score 1) 198

Amazon sells MANY things brick-and-mortars don't any more. Want to find a good precision screwdriver set? I can't find a good set at Sears any more, nor Home Depot, nor Lowes, or smaller hardware stores, nor at Best Buy, or even harbor Freight. Sooo, where do I turn? Amazon.

I'm an Amazon customer as well, but remember, Jeff Bezos is not your friend. Once Best Buy goes out of business, Amazon's prices for electronics will go up, just as their music prices went up after all of their big box competitors suddenly folded about eight years ago.

Jeff Bezos is a remarkable businessman. He is not your friend.

Maybe Not but I just got 1 Hour delivery. Amazon is the Sears of the 21st century. I don't care if Bezos spends his money or sub orbital craft and building a moon base. I'm happy.

Comment Re:Best buy (Score -1, Troll) 198

Actually no. I just hate it when U.S. companies have to barge into Canada and throw perfectly good brands in the Recycle Bin like that. Our country is too Americanized. But I too am shocked that they allowed this redundancy to last so long, plus how abrupt it was.

Your country is too Americanized? Exactly what do you have that is distinctly Canadian? Hockey? Nope. Coffee? Nope (although I wish I had a Tim Horton's in Houston but thats me) Beer? Nope. You should be thankful we haven't just annexed you and be done with it. So be thankful you have access to all the stuff we here in the USA have worked hard to build.

Comment Re:What kind of person did they study? (Score 1) 79

Which is why the UAC was useless to begin with and a primary contributor of the problem mentioned. Once we decide to do something, a innocuous box warning of nebulousness isn't effective. Its annoying and intrusive. I don;t have UAC enabled for that reason. I have tools enabled that simply do the job windows claimed UAC does without being inconvenient and pointless. That is the solution. Knowledge of whether the program is bad too begin with. Blocking of known bad actors beforehand. Prevention of said installation. Most people will NEVER know enough about computing to prevent 50% of all bad actors. Thats why things happen.

Comment Re:HOWTO (Score 1) 1081

Execution is not about punishment. Its about removing them from the victim and its family. If they murdered, then the US decided that consequence is returned. It is more cruel to lock a child rapist in a 10 x 10 for 30 yrs than it is to kill him/her.

Comment Re: HOWTO (Score 1) 1081

With so many high-profile prison escapes recently it might seem that inmates are fleeing like never before. First the "Texas Seven" broke out of a maximum security prison, and now six of them — one has since committed suicide — are charged with killing a police officer while robbing a sporting goods store. Then last month, two Oklahoma inmates escaped from another maximum security prison, pulling toilets from cell walls and escaping through a hidden maintenance tunnel and a vent. Pulled from ABCNews: This week, six inmates in Alabama, using a broom to sneak under a fence, managed to bypass correctional officers and high-tech security systems to make their way out of the medium security St. Clair Correctional Facility. Despite these three highly publicized escapes, experts say prison breakouts are less common today than they were 10 years ago. "Escapes are going down," said Camille G. Camp, co-president of the Criminal Justice Institute, which has been publishing the Corrections Yearbook on criminal statistics since 1981. "The reason we've heard about all these recent outbreaks lately is that you'll have something dramatic, sensational." In 1990, 2,583 inmates nationwide escaped from minimum, medium and maximum security prisons, according to CJI. That number does not includes "walkaways," inmates who leave work programs or don't return after furlough programs. Your statement is BS, the only guarentee that they will be a danger to anyone again is if they are not on the earth.
Privacy

AVG Announces Invisibility Glasses 150

BrianFagioli writes So what do these glasses from AVG Innovation Labs actually do? The security firm claims it can protect your identity in this new era of cameras everywhere. From the article: "'Through a mixture of technology and specialist materials, privacy wearables such as invisibility glasses can make it difficult for cameras or other facial recognition technologies to get a clear view of your identity', AVG claims. This is still in the prototype phase of testing, though it has been officially announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. There's a lot of science behind this -- a series of infrared lights surrounding the eyes and nose is not visible to other people, but cameras will pick it up making recognition difficult at best. There's also reflective materials involved, which aids in the blocking, or so it's claimed."
Twitter

ISIS Threatens Life of Twitter Founder After Thousands of Account Suspensions 533

Patrick O'Neill writes After a wave of account bannings that marks Twitter's most aggressive move ever against ISIS, new images circulated from militants shows founder Jack Dorsey in crosshairs with the caption "Twitter, you started this war." The famously tech-savy ISIS has met a number of defeats on American-built social media recently with sites like Twitter and YouTube banning the group's efforts in unprecedented numbers.
Cellphones

Ikea Unveils Furniture That Charges Your Smartphone Wirelessly 95

pbahra writes Swedish furniture maker Ikea unveiled a new range of furniture that it says can wirelessly charge some mobile devices. The Swedish furniture giant made the announcement on Sunday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Ikea's introduction of wireless charging functionality on some of its new furniture heats up the battle for a global wireless charging standard, of which there are currently three, all struggling to become the global leader.

Comment Re:Well, if they wanted to make it more realistic. (Score 1) 133

They would only be ripped apart if the black hole doesn't rotate. If you are making one to save the earth naturally you would want it to rotate, so the ring singularity would create a second event horizon that would allow transit and block spagettification. My wish is a better explanation of exotic matter with negative energy density.

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