I'm wondering how much of the factory will be automated. That really cuts down on the labor cost.

SSD technology is equally as old if you count CCROS and Core memory. If we're talking flash-based, then we can look back to 1989 when it became commercially available.

As to the price issue. Doing a bit of cursory price checking on Amazon, it looks like a decent SSD will cost around $0.35/GB, and HDD around $0.035. That's 10x the price for technology that's nearly half as old. Now compare the first commercially available 3D XPoint memory to current ssd. Right out of the gate, it's about $2.40/GB, just under 7x the price of 28 year-old technology. Not too shabby by comparison. Now we'll have to see if price/performance tradeoff is as reasonable as flash v. hdd.

You're right.

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why'd the change it? I can't say. Maybe people just liked it better that way?

It could work, look at the LEGO Movie. Similarly, Minecraft has no narrative, so they have quite a bit of creative liberty. If they do it well, it could be pretty entertaining.

Don't forget the flying killer robots. The AI sure as hell won't.

Two. You meant 2 Indiana Jones movies, right? I'm sure you meant 2, because I really only remember seeing 2 (worthwhile) Indiana Jones movies.

Seriously though, it's sad when a poor sequel like Kingdom of the Crystal Skull makes a mediocre prequel like Temple of Doom look good.

Charcoal grill, indirect heat. Kind of in between roasted and smoked.

I thought ChromeOS used Upstart, not systemd. When did this change?

And it's fine after you've reached a certain point of understanding of the underlying concept. Once you've learned and understand that 3*4=3+3+3+3, you can move on to memorizing your multiplication table. However, the table shouldn't be the primary method for teaching multiplication.

It sounds like a poor implementation of the standards. It's not supposed to be about rote memorization, nor does it define curriculum. It's about the student explaining their thought process. However, this is difficult to score on a test, and can lead to corners being cut to fit outdated standardized test scoring.

Critical thinking is central to the Common Core standards. If businesses are really concerned with lack of those skills, they should be promoting Common Core.

The standards really need help from a marketing standpoint. A lot of what is circling social media are complaints about weird and confusing (to parents) math instruction, and on how the standards are a big government takeover designed to indoctrinate our children (standard FUD). There are valid concerns and complaints with them to be sure, but these are not the points that should be debated.

Many carriers have such exclusivity deals with municipalities, Comcast included. This is why there's little to no competition in many areas.

Also, I wouldn't get your hopes up with any improved service, though I share your sentiment in simply wanting a choice.

Looks like a lot of Bologna.

I'll see myself out.

In hopes that the 'malicious actors' would get tired of waiting for the required binaries to be built and give up?

No...just, no. THAC0 is wacko.