And that makes sense to me. Relative to things nearby. Fine.

We get these reports with phrases such as "rocketing through space".

Um, relativity teaches me that it is relative, whatever it is. So, rocketing through space relative to what, us? And the Solar System is also rocketing through space, relative to what?

I'm guessing there is some reference point the experts have declared to be THE reference... And like that, the experts just make it up, in this case for convenience...

Or not. Comments?

Well, and not only that, but the article itself clearly says that it was the tariffs that killed the company, not Lena Khan. So the headline looks a bit like it's just clickbait nonsense, and Lena Khan had nothing to do with this. Sure, if Amazon had acquired them, maybe they would have operated at an apparent loss in order to collect all that hot hot private home use data, but that would not have been a win.

The worry that iRobot would be acquired by Amazon was reason enough for me to disable my device—I hadn't actually heard that the merger was canceled, because I moved shortly after that and we sold the Robot so we wouldn't have to move with it. :/

And all this time I thought the point was you were trying to prove how clever you were, how stupid I am, how I don't get it, and how you are just superior. Which of course you don't think I get because I don't believe you. Why would I? Why would you believe me if I said the same things to you? We all think we're right. And in the end it's all a big whoosh.

I've been reading a lot about this and for the last 20 years largely the agw global warming advocates have INSISTED that food crops wouldn't flourish in higher CO2 environs (despite obvious logical and ample evidence - cf greenhouses commonly run at higher co2 concentrations for just this reason).

www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2017/Q1/rising-co2-due-to-climate-change-may-not-improve-agriculture,-model-shows.html
Rising CO2 due to climate change may not improve agriculture, model shows

https://yaleclimateconnections...
"A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer and more expensive. "

https://www.sciencedaily.com/r...
"Carbon dioxide could reduce crop yields" Are we conceding that now? "OK yes it will help them grow but they won't be as nutritious" is th new line?
Just want to be sure I'm current where the argument's at.

And I live rent free in your head. Honestly, is that all there is for you?

What's wrong with you?

Being one of many does not make you less guilty.

If you're selling (or just giving away) copyrighted content, they will seize your domain, and then go about trying to sue or arrest you.

So it's just who did you offend. You and me, getting malware because we tried an old site? Feh, as if they care. Sports league, yeah, we gonna hunt you. Movie studio, cut your Internet access off, suer you for billions, can we put you in jail?

It's just who you offend. And it's not just about the Internet...

Actually, it's domain registrars who 'park' domains and sell the access to scum.

My long-time corporate employer used 3 network security teams, cooperating but competing...

One of course examined external 'threats'. Their definition of 'threat'? traffic. All incoming network traffic was a threat.

The next examined all internal 'threats'. Uh, they meant traffic, of course.

The third had several roles. First, they actively and continuously challenged both of the threat teams. A former team member regaled me with stories of copycatting a newly discovered vulnerability, hammering both teams as they could. They made outright attempts looking like black hats. And they employed hosts worldwide, to more fully emulate the real threat actors. While both other teams may have employed honeypots, this challenge team most certainly did. They had the best times, trolling CVEs and those great Internet security mailing lists to beat the bad guys to the fix.

And this weas for a business that also had to protect against frauds of several flavors, which meant there were two (or more, I do not really know) teams working at different levels or vectors of frauds. Great fun.

I wished sometimes I was in that group, but after a 20 year career in small business It, and the rapid changes in data security, I do not miss it. Having a mail server and a WordPress server is enough. Having been baptized into Internet security thanks to cDc, I became a bit cynical. They are not forgiven...

TANSTAAFL

Oh, I got it. You're not even going to shut up and let it lay there.

I cook my own breakfast. Not in a facility. So wiggle your way out of it, but you're a typical Lefty, not disrespectful, but dismissive, superior, and unassailable.

You might be all that, but cheap shots don't look good on you. So blame me for not getting the joke. Yoi weren't trying to be funny, you were just being you.

Oh yeah, those ad hominem insults settle the issue. You've won.

Hey, we're going to have a room set up just for breastfeeding.

Should I put in a webcam connected to the internet?

Of course!