> flight crew doesn't get paid til they pull away

Not in civilised countries that require that staff be paid for the duration of the time they are at work and performing their duties.

Firstly, the light is red for the car, so the pedestrian is not jaywalking in this scenario. Secondly, at least 2 people have died because of actions like this in the UK alone.

You've never seen anyone sitting at a red light suddenly shock to attention thinking that something has changed and start to move forward? I've seen it hundreds of times. Put a pedestrian in front of them, and thud.

If you want command of a ton of steel in a public space, the least you can do is pay attention at all times.

A hardcover book is as likely to kill you as a tablet - and they're allowed under current rules.

I just want to be able to read my Kindle during takeoff and landing. I'm a nervous flyer, and having something to distract me from the mass violation of the law of gravity and the impending death that I fear every time we push away from the stand would really help!

It does keep me buying books in the airport stores though :)

> And to answer your question. If you like GTA. Your pretty dumb.

Pot, meet kettle...

I wasn't aware of that... That makes crashplan much more appealing actually. Thanks - I'll read up on it!

I was replying to
> The country most similar to US would be UK. It has a total gun ban.

That statement is a complete lie. We have many guns legally available here. I have a semi-automatic shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle. My semi-auto shotgun is a cheap Turkish make, so I wouldn't trust it in a combat situation, but it does fine for wildfowling and clay shooting.

With rifles, we actually have _fewer_ restrictions on things like magazine capacity than many places in the USA. It's harder to get a rifle, but once you are licenced, accessories and magazines are fairly easy to come by.

I'm fine with information being gained under a warrant because then I know someone is looking at me.

With the US warrantless searches and gag orders where warrants are used, I can't be told that I'm being investigated. That doesn't sit well with me, so I'm avoiding US based services for new stuff and moving my existing services out of the USA.

A total gun ban? Really ? Shit - I best give up my SGC and FAC and the 3 shotguns and rifles I currently own.

Oh, wait - we don't have a total gun ban - that's just senseless bullshit that is regularly trotted out despite having no basis in fact.

I looked into crashplan early this year and decided I didn't want it because they can't guarantee that my data will be safe from US authorities.

With some of what we've learned this year, I'm glad I chose not to do that ...

Not sure how to raid my laptop without voiding the warranty, opening it up and replacing the DVD drive with a second SSD...

rsync is nothing at all like time machine.

Look a little harder into the versioning aspects of time machine and let me know how to make rsync do that.

And when you've done that, please let me know how to get rsync to manage space and remove the oldest backup first when a full backup cannot complete.

eBay require that most accounts and auctions accept paypal. It's a condition of being allowed to list in many cases.

I tried that when buying my last car, but still ended up saving an extra 500 quid at a dealership. I guess dealers want to compete with the online side of things still...