I kept wondering why in the 'verse they'd ever bother with ships again. They can beam across space to other planets without that pesky years-in-hard-vacuum bit in the middle.

Transwarp makes negotiations easier, too:

"Captain Awesome, the Klingon ambassador demands--"

*teleporter sounds*

"I beamed him into the sun. What's his successor want?"

You're so cute.

I get the feeling these so-called random searches are from an NSA-built profile. Someone with a similar name or nearby location made some references online, and this guy's getting gloveloved because some computer flagged him as a "possible".

I got flagged once as a "possible" back when I was in school. Some guy robbed a bank and escaped by bike. I happened to be wearing a blue vest, same ass the suspect.

Last time I travelled (Belize) I left my luggage in the shed and called an exterminator before I brought it inside.

I washed everything hot as soon as they were done, it was all good.

It cost something like $60. It would have been a couple grand to get them out of the house.

In Canada, you can face 5 years in prison for uttering a threat.

And yes, freedom of speech is listed in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

He doesn't need to, as the loser will pay the winner's court costs up here.

They have nothing to stand on legally, and the fact that their lawyers let this go through is astonishing.

Libel has to be false, and in this case he honestly believes it to be true. The hotel has zero legal standing, and there's a good chance that the judge will... ... oh wait, this is Quebec, so they'd be using Napoleonic code vs Common. I really don't know what would happen, but if it got to SCC, they'd toss it. That's about a million bucks in legal fees start to finish though.

In Canada, a password means that the police require a specific warrant to access your phone.

If it's not protected, they can just put their dick in there if they're arresting you or even just asking you questions.

Kickstarter products don't exist until you've opened the package. It's like software. If your best friend that you trust with your life promises the software will be ready tomorrow, then you don't depend on that software being ready until you've installed it.

This Skip is available in real life.

I shower after spin and runs. Otherwise I hardly break a sweat.

Mondays I go to Zumba.
Tuesdays I teach a vigorous spin class.
Wednesdays there's a weight class.
Thursdays it's yoga.
Fridays I tend to go to another weight class.

Now, I'm tweaking my body for endurance and not bulk. I'm sure that there's people who are like BRO you aren't lifting enough! I shower after spin, but not after the other classes.

... created by the government and sent to the lowest bidder on a system with no accountability for failure.

We'll be lucky if the oxygen tanks work properly.

It takes me 20 minutes to bike to work. I do that every day except Thursdays, when I run in instead.

I work out most lunch hours at the gym next door.

I own my own house (albeit with a mortgage). I am a professional engineer.

I used to weigh 250#. Now I weigh 160# and teach spin classes.

That was my favorite part of the article.

Actually, the frigates are a specific colour of grey to hide optically in Canadian waters.

From a distance you can't see them.

I have an S3 with CM. The whole process took about an hour, there are guidelines everywhere, but make sure you download everything, including Gapps, before you get started.

Camera works fine in movie and still mode, and lots of options exist. The buttons require long presses to access functionality that I thought was lost when upgrading.

I unplug my phone in the morning, use it for tracking my ride or run with Runkeeper while playing MP3s on PowerAmp. It generally plays MP3s all day long, often while I check FB using Chrome.

Zero problems with phone and text, I have called 911 from my car stereo no problem.

The only problem I've had is that GTA: Vice City doesn't work. For some reason, when you get into a car the screen freezes until you get out of the car.

Oh, and the Bluetooth stack is done different, so I don't get track / album data transferred to my car stereo. Apparently this is because CM is doing BT correctly, which is different than everyone else so it doesn't work. I still get audio transfer. The text did transfer before I flashed to CM.
It will run out of power within 24 hours with that usage.

The problem with BT is that the way the stack handled got overhauled completely.

I call it Linux Developer Syndrome, wherein the new code is technically correct, but practically nonfunctioning.

It just happens -- by conicidence -- to hit every piece of hardware I have.