Posts by Dick

Re: The cost of Win10 is far too high.

Amen brother!

Re: About California's initiative process

Not only corporate, a lot of the political money in California comes from a handful of unions.

Re: I can hear sirens

Not really, in the U.S. call it a "supplement" and you can get away with pretty much anything until maybe the FTC goes after you, and that process will take years. The FDA can warn about dangerous supplements, but otherwise have no power in that area. The FTC can go after you for deceptive marketing. See http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/jellyfish-memory-supplement-prevagen-hoax-ftc-says-n704886

Don't forget the very destructive California ground squirrel!

Re: Confused Brit

My bet is that under a popular vote system participation would be higher in states like California where one party has an overwhelming majority such that non-majority party voters feel a presidential vote is meaningless under the electoral college system. California has about 18 million registered voters, less than half voted for any presidential candidate.

Re: pork by-products get everywhere, including the propellant in rifle cartridges

...or by a bear?

Re: Was it an IP cam?

Pee to Pee cam?

Re: :'(

How very sad :(

Re: What have the Britons ever done for us...

You forgot the magnetron, no microwave burritos without that ;)

Re: Alltogether Now

VW was the only one to claim that their diesels didn't need urea/magic blue fluid injection to keep the nox in check. That claim never really passed the smell test (sorry) and should have been subject to more scrutiny when these vehicles were type tested.

Re: The Golden Cow?

...or use Adblock Plus.

Re: Exploding somethings

"The smart meters are built by the lowest bidder in China who could produce a document which said they were designed to IEC123-XYZ and built by an engineer who had a vague idea it meant to leave 2mm between power traces and the case but isn't sure."

My PG&E Smart Meter is from Landis and Gyr, they're Swiss in case you didn't know.

Re: Risk?

What you write about the stock market is only true if you spread your risk across multiple different stocks, there are any number of individual tech startup stocks you could have invested in and ended up with nothing.

Don't judge kickstarter by a single failure, there have been many projects that have concluded successfully.

At a fairly tender age I joined an amateur radio club in a city in the midlands. It was very educational, especially the one meeting a month devoted to showing porno films.

Re: Additional source

See this article:

http://www.dailytech.com/Mississippi+AG+Drops+AntiGoogle+Subpoena+After+Dirty+MPAA+Ties+Are+Revealed/article37014.htm

Re: I can second the fuel prices.

But the gallons are smaller, the octane rating is lower, and it's full of ethanol that rots your fuel system ;-)

New sub-contract with Foxconn?

Re: Pedants beware!

AVON is German for telephone directory

AVON ist die Abkürzung für Amtliches Verzeichnis der Ortsnetzkennzahlen

Re: Keepass FTW

Nowhere in the article does it say "Another company was hacked where users were registered using their yahoo email address and the same password as they use on Yahoo Mail."

Re: Maybe if they bought relevant ads?

How much were they asking?