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JonDav··on Why are antennas popping up over the Salt Lake City foothills?
Hey Aston, good to see you on here. I agree this is not how Flux/POWDER operates, I do not see Alex going up the hill and placing equipment without approval...
JonDav··on Winamp Skins Collection
Funny you mention IRC in a Winamp thread, one of the devs (Tag, Tag's Trance Trip) from winamp/nullsoft was active in a IRC that we used to stream/DJ on Winamp. At one point Winamp was developing a music streaming store/service way before Apple, Google, and the rest came along... some great memories of modifying cable modems to unlock more upload capability
JonDav··on Momentum is building to explore Venus
Venus has more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere and has the added bonus of the surface being pressurized like you are deep sea diving....
JonDav··on NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Able to Drill Holes into Rocks Again
I am amazed how quickly and how many images we get from another planet....

For those that might not know, http://www.curiosityrover.com is a great site for the image feed, if you scroll down you can see the CHEMCAM images of the most recent drilled holes.

JonDav··on Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business
There are some out there, but not at the commercial/industrial level. Like you said, higher risk along with added shipping cost keeps them out of the mainstream. Also the need for lightweight UPS systems for servers is pretty low. One bad thing if a lead battery is involved in a fire is the spreading of lead contamination, that's not cheap to clean up, but it's low probability.
JonDav··on Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business
Dendrites can form in both over and under charge situations, maybe it's just that the over charge to short is blamed on thermal runaway instead..
JonDav··on Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business
I've seen an iPad that acted completely normal despite the case separating due to oxygen expansion while under warranty. Worst part, the owner had to get rid of it since she was on vacation where a Apple store didn't exist.
JonDav··on Facebook Employees Are Reportedly Deleting Controversial Internal Messages
Since you consider it a core product, what do you estimate the portion of Facebook's revenue comes from this core product in relation to the billions they receive elsewhere.
JonDav··on Generating $32,000 in 30 days selling a crypto-filled USB stick
Have you personally dealt with receiving commodities like gold from CME group or something? My understanding is it is not simple at all. But would love to hear a person's first hand experience.
JonDav··on Delivering world-class healthcare to everyone by using blockchain
Search Results: "FDA Approval" Missing: glialab

Let me know when this changes.

JonDav··on Generating $32,000 in 30 days selling a crypto-filled USB stick
Based off that list are you saying companies like T. Rowe Price and Citigroup are offering ETNs and ETFs that have fund compositions that are random for each customer?
JonDav··on Generating $32,000 in 30 days selling a crypto-filled USB stick
So now you are comparing global mediums of exchange to fruit? Before you go too far maybe consider why we have FinCEN, FDIC, FTC, SEC, etc.
JonDav··on Generating $32,000 in 30 days selling a crypto-filled USB stick
Have you ever seen a MSB offer Euros, Yen, or Dollars in random amounts as a product? Does not seem like the actions you list are similar at all to this situation.
JonDav··on A US university is tracking students’ locations to predict future dropouts
Hopefully they take a more positive approach. By identifying retention issues advisors/educators can approach the students in trouble and offer support and services. Once they leave it is much harder to get them to return and you can sometimes run into FERPA issues trying to get them to return.
JonDav··on A US university is tracking students’ locations to predict future dropouts
Same here, based on time on campus, time in labs/study areas I am able to predict pretty accurately who will succeed. Of course there are always outliers.
JonDav··on OpenWrt in a WiFi card reader (2017)
There are very small wifi antennas out there. One of my favorites is a 3mmx4mm cube:http://www.molex.com/molex/products/datasheet.jsp?part=activ...
JonDav··on Lithium chloride kills a honey bee parasite by a systemic mode of action
Thanks, I reworded it it for clairity, on mobile :/
JonDav··on Lithium chloride kills a honey bee parasite by a systemic mode of action
Using wood bleach was certainly not a panacea, it will be another tool we use along with tossing in powdered sugar. We can cycle through the various treatments but it is a losing war. This may allow commercial beekeepers to start using lithium chloride or oxalic acid. We will see if it gets abused.
JonDav··on The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this holiday season
What was the freebie?
JonDav··on The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this holiday season
Problem is now the outrageous cost to own a lighthouse.
JonDav··on On the Darknet, Reputation Is Everything
almost a sort of survivor bias.
JonDav··on ScummVM 2.0 released
I do not know if ROMs is the right word but I copied the files of the floppy disk or CD that the original game came on (yay for keeping floppy disk organizers and CD wallets). If you don't have the disk in hand it would be tough to get legally since they can be hard to find and possibly contain one or more bad disks.

As others have said you can some rereleased on gog/steam.

JonDav··on ScummVM 2.0 released
Ah Christmas, the time of year to snuggle with a cup of cocoa and play games of Phantasmagoria and Leisure Suit Larry.

In all honesty thanks so much to all the people that work on this project.

JonDav··on Cassini's “Grand Finale” Will Be a Blaze of Glory
It could, but the Deep Space Network is the bottleneck 100kbit speeds and hours round trip makes getting the data difficult in best conditions, eg. orbiting out by titan
JonDav··on Cassini's “Grand Finale” Will Be a Blaze of Glory
It is very bittersweet, the near future does not look promising for multi function probes like Cassini. NASA looks to be sending less "risky" probes from here on out. Cassini was a huge engineering success given the possible outcomes.
JonDav··on Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You
And that is why you state you are recording the call.
JonDav··on FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky
The NSA is under the defense department, they handle national security level information. As marco said, SIGINT and ELINT for example.
JonDav··on FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky
This is correct, FBI have aided in the securing of many private sector systems in the past. When a few critical flaws in the consumer credit network (eg visa,amex) were detected it was with the FBI's assistance and they oversaw the implementation of improvements.
JonDav··on I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon
If Amazon retaliates and was involved in a USPS fraud case. I would think the business owner would have a very good chance of a large settlement.....
JonDav··on I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon
Are you a state bar? how can he practice being a lawyer and provide legal services. I expect to see an article on Monday, from you, which explains how you are able to confer the ability to individuals to act as a legal agent.

See how much that sounds like I am an asshole? Maybe read your comments out loud before posting.

Maybe he was commenting on the idea posted elsewhere in this conversation about getting USPS to investigate and explaining how one agent could do so. But your "understanding" may be the correct one.

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