More than half of my power comes from domestic hydro, wind, and landfill gas sources, with the rest most likely produced from nuclear and domestic sourced coal and natural gas.

Ritalin (speed) literally numbs your emotions - which is why it's used as a "solution" for situations like the one above.

Ritalin is methylphenidate, not amphetamine (speed).

Ritalin (speed) literally numbs your emotions

What is the scientific basis for this claim?

Methylphenidate and other dopaminergic stimulants can reduce hyperactivity for those with a genetic variant that affects the dopamine D4 receptor. Since D4 is also linked to emotional processing, this could explain a subjective reduction in emotions in some individuals. I think there are many people who do NOT feel emotional numbness on methylphenidate.

I can only speak for the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, but modern Android devices are faster in part because of software performance improvements. Android 4.1 and 4.2 both have performance improvements, and upgrading the Tab 2 from the 4.0 it came with to 4.1 or 4.2 makes the OS visibly faster. The Nexus 7 comes with Jelly Bean (can't recall if 4.1 or 4.2 out of the box), so everything is fast to begin with.

In this way, Android is similar to Mac OS X - initial releases were rather slow, and subsequent versions (10.1, 10.2, maybe 10.3) were faster simply because there was a lot of easy optimization work to be done.

As an iOS user I didn't really like Android until Jelly Bean.

I recall seeing this before.

They give devices away, but don't pay to have them shown:

Gavin Polone, who produces HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, says about the Apple-producers relationship that “Apple won’t pay to have their products featured, but they are more than willing to hand out an endless amount of computers, iPads, and iPhones. It’s kind of a graft situation.”

5:5 pulldown is real (playing each frame from a 24 fps source five times on a 120 Hz display), and does not involve motion interpolation. Watching content played at constant frame raters looks better, but it's a luxury many will find unnecessary.

Some people like motion interpoltaion too.

People aren't buying expensive TVs because they are 3D; they are buying high end TVs which mostly happen to have 3D.

Now if these 3D TVs had real 120 Hz input (for two frames of 1080p60 in 3D using shutter glasses) it might be a useful feature to use without the glasses on. But so far I think they all only support two frames of 1080p30 at most - standard HDMI doesn't have enough bandwidth, and newer spec hardware and cables are required.

With 48 fps movies, we may see more TVs using 240 Hz, but probably none with any high-bandwidth inputs, especially if 3D goes away.

In California, insurance companies will require a minimum of two employes and want to see your unemployment insurance contributions to verify that both are working for the company. If you have fewer than 50 employees then everybody is charged according to age.

spam levels have increased since the takedown!

http://www.eleven.de/botnet-timeline-en.html

fast forward to Grum Botnet part of timeline.

The initial Level 0 backup for my 2.5TB took weeks, yes, but eventually completed.

My backups are encrypted before they go over the wire. I'm fairly sure this is not a feature unique to Backblaze.

in the short run and in the long run. Also, storing locally does nothing to protect you from flood, fire, theft, etc... Backblaze is $5/mo, unlimited storage. I'm sure there are others with similar/better deals. What's a NAS inside a fireproof safe going to cost?

the adult film star?

but whenever I read his name, my mind keeps wandering to Stephen R. Donaldson novels and off the point he's trying to make.

Too bad it will return zero results. :)