I'd also be OK with upgrades via USB. Let me download the update from the manufacturer's website and install (or not) at my leisure.

A shitty harbor may run a Taco Bell better than some people.

And they are starting to lose confidence. They only work for Vizzini to pay the bills, not a lot of money or revenge.

As far as I can figure, it's because at best we have a mishmash of electronic means that don't talk to each other. I wish we had a universal method but we don't because we are overall a stubborn society that sometimes needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the present. Which is somewhat ironic, the country that (at least used to) lead the world in technology innovation can't be bothered to keep up with the rest of the world unless there is a profit to be made.

But "Murica! Yeah haw!"

Ok he managed to lie and bluff his way up, but at some point he had to have gone through an FBI background check for a security clearance, right??!

Yeah you might get something past Eunice in HR, but a security clearance background investigation??

i would generally agree that recomputing a contract is generally good, IF the competing entities have the experience and expertise in executing the terms of the contract. I think the thought process here is that the contract will be steered towards one of Trump's political allies that has no experience or business running JPL.

I was about to make a comment that you had to prove you are a US citizen to get a RealID, but then found that it is for identity only, not citizenship.

https://factually.co/fact-chec...

"The REAL ID regime sets federal minimum standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards and requires applicants to present documentary proof of identity and lawful status, but the card itself does not definitively prove U.S. citizenship because compliant REAL IDs may be issued to noncitizens with lawful presence [1] [2] [3]. Practical proof of U.S. citizenship remains specific documents — U.S. passport, Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship, or state-issued enhanced driver’s licenses in some states — and those documents, not the REAL ID star, are what federal and administrative processes treat as evidence of citizenship [1] [4] [5]."

This will get kicked down the road again, just like RealID (so important to airline security after all) was kicked down the road 20+ years.

The only way I can express it is by borrowing a line from (I think) WWII British prime minister Winston Churchill: "The Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, when all other options have been exhausted."

This reminds me of the line from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" when Dr. Jones (the elder one) is asked about something regarding the grail contained in his diary (at that point being in the possession of the Nazis) but he couldn't remember it. When given the scornful "what do you mean you don't remember?" look, his reply is "I wrote it down in my diary so I wouldn't HAVE to remember!"

The key phrase is "if used correctly." Part of that is knowing when to look something up "in the moment you want to know them," and when looking up a particular thing can wait until later. Too often I see searches being made for answers to questions that don't warrant an immediate answer, interrupting the ongoing conversation or activity, or even diverting the whole train of thought onto a dead-end side spur completely unrelated to the original topic.

If it's germane to the present topic, then sure, look it up. If not, it can wait. If you forget to look it up later, then it wasn't that important.

This is called "Slashdot Editors Not Doing Their Jobs." Another example is the story headline: "How Teachers Fight Students' Shortening Attention Spans *(missing a : here)* Shorter Activities, Hands-On Projects, and Meditation."

That was my first thought too.