Not true for both myself and my wife. We both love books, and we liked the idea of an e-reader for its portability. We picked an an e-reader which worked pretty well, I believe it was a Kobo model - built-in wifi, etc. We both liked the interface, the online store, etc. But after we read a book on it neither of us wanted to use it anymore. There were several reasons (most of which have been stated numerous times in this thread).

We were in our late 20's at the time, and we are both programmers by trade, gamers by hobby. I do not believe we are an exception.

You may or may not be a racist, but I have a strong suspicion you're an asshole.

Exactly this. My 60 year-old father was in hospital after being resuscitated from a heart attack. Several days after the attack he had little to no brain activity (breathing only), but due to the swelling in his brain he was kept on morphine. We chose to refuse palliative care and let him go. He lay in drug-induced coma, slowly dying for two days before he finally died from another heart-attack. That was two days and another heart-attack that everyone involved, including him, did not need to live through.

But it's "100% Beef" !

That's because you didn't read the full post. Your own post makes the exact same statement without using sarcasm, and is therefore inferior!

I think the 15 minutes just ended: 10 teens arrested on child-porn charges related to Snapchat images of their girlfriends

The article seems to center on the password thing, but from the court statement quoted it is implied that he engineered the single-authority situation as well as booby-trapped the system:

"...he knowingly prevented the city from being able to use its own computer system for a period of time, deliberately configured that system so that no one else could access it, set it up so that anyone other than him attempting to enter it would erase the data stored in it, and made the network more vulnerable to external attack by the filing of an unauthorized copyright application".

Maybe one could argue that the erasure of data was a security precaution, but the whole story reeks of a disgruntled employee with god complex.

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I think you're being a bit pedantic. The GP's point is valid - 98 MPH is too fast given other people on the roadway were likely going much slower, and that was only the average speed of the car.

While I really doubt the FedEx driver was at fault given the average speed of this car, this is exactly why people should drive at reasonable speeds and avoid distraction. Shit happens. People make mistakes on the road. But if you're driving like an asshole you increase the risk of accident/injury when those mistakes happen.

We can only hope he filmed it and ends up without a license like these idiots.

Do you think $10k will really cover the planning/cost/hassle of shutting down 2,803 miles of road?

Older plasma models were much more likely to have burn-in. Improvements in the technology have reduced the potential for burn-in on newer models, however it is still possible and is why you shouldn't leave static images on the screen for extended periods. I'm quite surprised that you got burn in from a "temporary" image only when changing channels (unless more than 50% of your viewing time is changing channels), in fact I doubt the burn in was from that limited exposure. Is it possible that the TV was shifted to an unavailable channel and the channel info was left displayed for an extended period? An example would be leaving the TV on a satellite channel that becomes inactive overnight - some setups will pop up the channel info until the feed becomes available again. I currently have a Panasonic plasma I purchased around 2006-2007. When I bought it the instructions were pretty explicit about avoiding static images for the first month of operation. A couple years in I accidentally left a game paused over night (8+ hours) which produced some burn in, but it faded within 24 hours.

and none of them are considered a British "province".

Article slashdotted - alternate story including updates below. Despite the obvious evidence, police continue to wave their arms wildly. http://gigaom.com/2013/10/24/uk-police-seize-3d-printer-and-printed-gun-components/

Ever play Super Mario Bros using only one hand? It's the HARDEST GAME IN THE WORLD111

Citation: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/nyregion/15dog.html?_r=0

I recalled this too and had to find the article :)