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In short; not sure I agree with your generalized statement. I'm sure there are cases where it is true.

Isn't this an issue with proper standards on yellow light timing, rather than red light cameras?

I know in NSW, Australia, light timings are standardized based on speed limits. That prevents stupid revenue tricks like that, as well as making all lights predictable.

Not surprising; 'Insurance' is less likely to have the impact people are saying it will - either it will be incredibly hard to get insurance in the first place (making it more of a non-factor), and/or it will not provide the same level of coverage/safety-net as you get with a Bank, and hence BTC will never get to the same level of trust.

Either case, I don't think 'Insurance' is going to be the magic thing that will make BTC as viable as traditional currencies.

Excellent points.

I worked in a bank designing systems at one point. Even with methods to retrieve money lost through fraudulent transactions, they still had monthly 'Fraud' budgets much larger than my salary for money they couldn't retrieve. Imagine BTC services 'Fraud Budget' when all transactions are non-reversible.

Banks do have a massive advantage in 'Practical' security as well in the form of a 'big stick' aided by the government. Since the practical risks of fraud against a bank are much higher than fraud against an online BTC service (who is the FBI more likely to help), the exposure would be much bigger.

Insurance isn't a magic word.

Insurance works on risk profiles. Insurance also works by limiting exactly what situations they do and do not cover (see: All the people who 'thought' they had flood insurance over the years).

Something tells me insurance is going to be a lot more expensive for BTC, which can have a range of impacts that will make it unpalatable for the average consumer, if they or online services can even get (try insuring a Audi R8 under an 18 year old's name...)

When I moved to the US, I spent a week+ living on cash until I had my bank account set up. Being able to buy pre-paid VISA cards for cash at retailers solves the part of the online issue as well. You can be a 'mattress' banker with cash if you wish, securing your house just like you would secure your computer.

Not sure there is as big as a difference between BTC and the current as people would lead you to believe. Emphasis on as since there obviously are differences - at least until new laws get thought up and passed.

Which is essentially saying BTC will never become more than a semi-serious play thing for the tech community. How is the non-tech user ever going to be able to use this with anywhere near level of trust/safety they do with current traditional currencies. Hell, a lot of my tech friends can't keep their computer secure/clean, not to mention backed-up, so how are Joe and Jane Average?

Or, alternatively BTC embraces the same banking industry setup it is trying to get away from.

That said, I don't disagree with what you are saying (and upvoted) - just pointing out some implications.

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But if I cut the pipe leading to the faucet then merely shut the cupboard door, my cupboard is not going to be very happy.

I think he's comment was that the gel isn't necessarily sealing the arteries/veins, only the 'hole in your leg' - the assumption being this could still result in fatal internal bleeding - that more traditional methods such as pressure on the wound or a tourniquet could have had better success with.

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Yeah, so sort of a moot point on whether or not Google has their own retail stores - it shouldn't affected peoples abilities to see and feel real devices before they buy.

I think it would make more sense to work out deals with existing retail stores to have small 'Google' sections much like happens with other brands. They could use that as a chearper/quickly/lower investment way start learning whether or not a real store would be viable.

Why couldn't Google just sell their hardware via other - more experienced - companies in the retail world?

I purchased by Dell screen from a store that was not Dell's, Likewise for my Vizio TV, Nintendo Via, HTC phone, etc.

I'm sure we could all live buying Google hardware from a non-Google retailer and so could Google.

(Not saying Google would do that, just saying whether or not they open their our branded retail store is really a non-issue, it should be more about it been available in any bricks'n'mortar store at all)

This made me search to see if there was any 256 key keyboards so I could have a key for every byte, but I apparently no one has been that crazy yet.

We did some sensible things to prevent non-sensible things. I don't think talking about the secret sauce would be appropriate though.

I worked at a bank, I did code for generating PINs. I can tell you the urban myth is incorrect. Perhaps a single bank did it, but it sure isn't industry standard.

Why would there have to be a door handle?

Just a note: 'It begs the question' doesn't mean what I think you think it means.

Assuming that the act of learning doesn't 'grow' the brain in a meaningful way as part of the process. I think that's probably an assumption too far though.

I send/receive about that in emails a day. On top of that you have IM's, Twitter, Facebook, Phone calls, etc. In short, that number is not surprising.

I moved from a place where it was illegal (NSW, Australia) to somewhere it wasn't (Colorado, USA).

People still did it in Australia, but no where near as much as here.

My biggest peeve is actually because of the people who are holding the phone to their ear. I have almost been sideswiped a stupid amount of times because someone is holding the phone/hand/arm up on the left side and decides to change lanes without looking, while talking and with body position blocking vision. It makes me angry that mine and others lives are less important than delaying their conversation.

I would assume if you had access to that, the device would have a web browser as well?

If you ever played the old game HyperBlade, it had it game ads about GE chickens. IIRC, they were boneless and bun shaped.

Maybe I don't use HN enough. How did you post here without a web browser of some form? Truly curious.

Not sure it is harder than I think. Other than that, I haven't nothing else to disagree with. :)

The difference is that a backup service shouldn't ever be able to corrupt your primary copy.

Bugs happen. If a bug happens on the sync-ing service and it trashes your 'back-up'/history then syncs and trashes your primary copy, your toast.

Sync'ing != Backup. They are for different problems and have different restrictions/pitfalls.

That would be the one hell of an annoying rage quit.

Early 2009. Date lines up with how old the ex-engineer thinks the device might be (3ish years old). So perhaps the Finnish text is explained by this being a piece of Hamina Data Center's original networking gear.

"Ex-Google engineer J.R. Rivers — who now runs a networking outfit called Cumulus Networks — says this appears to be an older switch, something that has been used for about three years or so"

Does Google have a data-center in Finland?

I often hear about Google's custom hardware. Are there any other large tech companies (who are not hardware companies) that build/design their own hardware to run internally?