You have a funny way of spelling feature...

Yes, and other than marketing greed, there's not a single reason why said screen saver cannot be a black screen, or at most, random color washing built into the unit. No set top box needs to download HD images, especially in GB amounts that threaten bandwidth caps. Marketing bullshit at it's finest. We should learn to enjoy it, since marketing-subsidized hardware is the setup de jour these days. You don't get to buy the $300 leave-me-alone hardware option. You only get the $79.99 ads-for-life option.

An alternative to track your perspiration? Yes, I do. It's called my nose.

And don't worry about alarms. My mouth works too.

Only downside is I don't have much of a silent mode. I tend to fart a lot. Part of my self-calibration program.

Your smartphone has a screen too. Time to chuck out that old-fashioned monitor, along with your HDTV, calculator, paper, pencil, and deck of cards. That's why smartphones were invented. Obviously.

What the hell are you still doing with an ISP at home? Your smartphone has internet access too. Cancel that home shit already grandpa and get with the times. No reason you need a second internet provider...

And I've yet to hear a biker say "oh, you did not pass your motorcycle driving test, but I think it's cool so here's my custom bike for you to take for a spin."

Qualifications are qualifications. The snobbish part is treating those differently simply because we're talking about Mensa here. One does have to perform certain tasks or achieve certain levels of certification to become a member of either.

Ironically, I'd challenge most Mensa members to see if they qualify to drive a motorcycle. Then perhaps we can talk about snobbery as they amaze us with mathematical wizardry but cannot seem to grasp the simple physics behind two wheels.

Yup.

Ironically the main provider of that "VERY fast connection" to Office 365 is Google.

18 minutes of tape was hardly the only evidence.

If we've forgotten anything as a nation, it's how to act when a President gets out of line. Seems the concept of impeachment was also on that 18 minutes of tape.

Dunno. How many tubes are we talking here?

And how big? Politicians always seem to exaggerate when it comes to the size of their internet tubes.

Or, they could just cut costs and realize that not all of us need shiny blinking lights for every bit of activity flowing through hardware.

Use the option the vendor doesn't provide you.

I too, have an insanely bright array of LEDs on my router. Didn't realize when I bought it how annoying it really is. Put electrical tape over all the LEDs on the router and cable modem. Instant blacked-out hardware. Works like a champ.

How ironic, as my gym is more often a Yoga studio than not.

Yes, I learned to work smarter while beating my body up with rigorous exercise years ago. Then I found certain exercises (like Yoga) are just as efficient while not beating my body up as bad. Running became cycling and so on.

You tend to become wise to this as your body starts reminding you that engines only last so long, and parts wear out. If you don't accomodate for this, unending pain can be the result, which can be as bad mentally as it is physically.

Why, because it's so difficult to believe these days that any system would have vulnerabilities that need to be addressed?

Perhaps I would question the source a bit, but being alerted via email isn't exactly the standard Way of the Black Hat. They prefer you find out the hard way, and given that fact alone, I'd probably put some value on the face of the notification.

The legal reaction described is quite pathetic. Hiding behind your lawyers instead of trying to look into an identified problem isn't going to bode well long-term. And hiring a dozen more of them isn't going to get customers to buy your shitty, broken product you refuse to fix.

I did clarify in my original post that a proper diet is key. I think we both agree that eating shit all day will result in you feeling like shit, and your body acting like shit. I found I could fuel myself with quite a few more calories when you use the right fuel, but that was also combined with good exercise that helps burn it off too. Again, it's both working in unison that creates maximum efficiency.

Yes, and I stand by my argument that 95% of the population thinks that exercise is optional, along with eating right, so the variables don't really matter when you haven't even made it past the first step in fixing ANY machine, regardless of shape or size. Blood pressure, cholesterol, sugar levels, all of these are factors, and for 95% of the population, they can be controlled with good diet.

The body reacts massively to change, which translates to efficiency. Watch what happens to overall efficiency when you feed the machine RIGHT. Then watch what happens when you burn that GOOD fuel to help maintain the machine.

Start packing on some muscle, and you'll watch your metabolism go through the roof. It's like adding a turbocharger to an engine.

On top of that, after you've printed your (non-serialized) lower, you can order the rest of the parts over the internet with ease, and no further requirements for registration are necessary.

This is about the only valid issue that I think gun-fearing goofs will want to address today, even though milling machines have been around for decades, and Cavalry Arms was making plastic lowers long ago.

The UK tests were rather pointless. Even a moron should understand plastic isn't going to support the pressures in the chamber or the barrel.