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"Mr. Nimoy, through Spock, showed how such characters can be more than just socially awkward, how through logic one can derive strong ethics, compassion, and integrity."

Perfect response to this sad event

I have a chip based debit card ( pretty much all cards in uk in past 2 years ).

I can buy in pubs, coffee shops etc with just a swipe ( most chains ) otherwise pin number.

On London underground you just use card over reader and it works out best ticket ( so if you spend more than 28 pounds in week it buys one weekly pass for last 7 days ).

Not sure how apple or Google add value to this. Rather wave my card around at random strangers and devices than an expensive phone.

Perfect quote. Thanks for that

Wonder how long it will be before tv's amp's speakers etc will be sold at premium because they have no 'smart features'?

Thanks for picture ( box duct-taped to bridge ). If no notification was given to bridge authorities and permission granted then taping that to bridge was nuts. uni should be sued

Adding cookie headers into isp traffic only possible for http. If ISP terminating https traffic that is a bit GCHQ/NRA level.

Consequence of evolution is genes in organisms which fail to breed mean others that adapt to change will produce the next generation. Am I missing something?

Now that is an interesting idea. Create a marketplace for leasing spectrum to commercial market on bandwidth range,duration and Locality.

Far better than mass block allocation in perpituaty.

Doesn't make any sense.

Well said. The whole point of education is to build core principals which requires hard work.

well informed comments like this is why I keep reading Slashdot comments. thanks

"Most programmers think something should be a certain level of difficulty. And when a project turns out to be easier than they think it should be, they add artificial complexity until it reaches the expected level of difficulty"

I like this. seen it a lot never seen it expressed so clearly. mind if I re-use?

shared insurance liability could be a great way of getting over what are likely to be a small number of high profile law suits in early days of adoption. as you say works great for vacination.

on side note people always quote the deaths from auto accidents. don't forget to multiply the figure by about 3 for accidents resulting in serious injury where long term care and support needed.

1) I call meeting in which case have screen up and lasts no more than 30 min to get clarity
2) big 'status meeting' leave when last action with my name on comes on.
3) get bored or have something to do so walk out.

got called out on 3 loads of times never actually harmed career.

don't hide from our data collection overlords just confuse the hell out of them.