I stopped buying or using Android apps from the Amazon store because they stopped working after a while without an internet connection. If they couldn't call home, they died.

They're not killing nearly as many people as toddlers with guns, and we're not doing anything about those!

http://www.snopes.com/toddlers...

SAS has at least five different ways to express "not equals" in the data step, one of which ("") means something completely different in a different part of the software (SQL). So the case for using NE is pretty good.

The t-mobile plan I have on my hotspot is unlimited in the sense that there will never be overage charges, but after a specified usage it reverts to a much slower connection. The main advantage is not having to worry about large unexpected charges.

My Verizon hotspot has 15GB, but I have to watch to make sure I don't go over, because on their plan the overage charges add up very high very fast.

Yes, I have two hotspots. One stays at home and is my full-time internet service there. The fastest DSN I can get in my location is half the speed of my mobile hotspot.

I used to have a Sprint unlimited hotspot; they took that plan away from me, so I switched to a Clear device with an unlimited plan. That worked very well until Sprint bought Clear and turned off the local tower. So I dropped that plan and went to Verizon. That made me discover how much better Verizon coverage is, so I also switched my voice service. Sprint lost a couple of hundred dollars a month from me just because they were being greedy.
 

Microsoft rescued Apple financially in 1997. And yet Apple is relatively independent of Microsoft today.

Poor San Marino, they're a brutal theocracy and don't even know it. Founded 301 CE.

There's probably a local organization that helps foster children who have aged out of the system. They really get a raw deal in life.

Local arts organizations are also good choices, especially if they have full-time local performers on staff.

And the usual biggies - the ACLU, EFF, Greenpeace, Amnesty International - and some smaller ones, like the American Friends Service Committee and Friends Committee on Legislation.

Huh? Some churches already do, and have for decades. Many more will perform blessings instead of marriages.

Exactly. When I tell Here to download California, I know what I should get. Not with Google Maps.

I will have to give Bing maps on the desktop a try also.

Google has "improved" the Android version of Maps so much that I switched to Nokia's Here maps app. It's much easier to use, faster, and I can download maps for offline use.

It's free from http://windows.novellshareware... . There are also other app-building tools out there. When I had a Palm, I used several programs from Tealpoint Software. Their web page is dead tonight, but the Google cache copy from yesterday shows dates from 2013. Perhaps your question provoked a huge run on Palm software and their server couldn't handle the load. https://webcache.googleusercon... Palm had the best calendar program (DateBk, not to be confused with DateBook) I've ever used on any platform.

Latin is still spoken in the Holy See. If you want to learn to speak it, you could try Rosetta Stone or Transparent Language. Or learn to speak it in Rome! http://www.slate.com/articles/...

When I see the word "semiconductor" I think "transistor". I wonder if this discover can lead to a new type of commercially practical semiconductor. Obviously not on the size scale of seismic plates, but perhaps this effect can be created in other materials,now that we know it exists.

It doesn't really matter if the algorithm is wrong for an individual, as long as it it generally correct for the population.

We didn't gain that until some time later. We're celebrating the declaration of intention to gain sovereignty.