Netflix DVDs had (and I'm pretty still have) the deepest and most complete catalogue. Its the real loss.

3rd party hacks will be a illegal and void your warranty.

He was actually only at apple for 25 years over a 35 year period. He was fired in 1985 and was rehired when Apple bought his company NeXT in 1996.

> the planet's far side from the lander

The title is botched, but the article clarifies. Theres only one sensor, and the quake was on the other side of the planet.

If you're in the US you're not on the hook for fraud anyway. CC companies keep it easy to abuse because the bottom line is better than making CC transactions less convenient. This is not the consumer's problem to solve.

Mainframes are as much about uptime as they are processing power. As far as comparing to _ancient_ computers the storage has also increased by orders of magnitudes, both speed and capacity.

Real world- there wasn't a computer in existence that could model the aerodynamics of the spaceshuttle stack in the 70s, it had to be done experimentally in wind tunnels. Today we have video games and web apps that are more than adequate.

Doctor Who makes a lot more sense with the subtitles on...

Christa McAuliffe was the first stunt astronaut, if that had worked out we would have seen more of them earlier.

I don't remember who said it- seems like Story Musgrave- she had no business on a shuttle flight because she had no idea the danger she was putting herself in. Most people were lulled into a sense of security, but someone with enough engineering to be an astronaut was in a position to comprehend how crazy dangerous it was.

The same is probably true of these folks, but the Falcon9/Dragon combo is considerably safer than the shuttle, so at least its got that going for it.

I had the same sentiment - then a month or two ago I started playing DnD. I've been inundated with dice and game supply ads. Many have been interesting, and a few I bought. If targeted ads were always that useful I'd be fine with them.

Exactly- its a very important distinction.

Wow- that seals it. I said as much up-thread, but its pretty clear: The only places that _might_ be safe are Russia and China, and I wouldn't assume Russia could hold out against NATO retaliation. I'm not talking about 'kinetic war' here, but Article V would require every country that matters except Russia and China to bring pressure on the target.

> records that last forever is a crime-investigator's wet dream

And are impossible to falsify*. Imagine if the entire economy ran on bitcoin- it literally self documents _everything_.

*I mean, if it turns out there is an exploit and they are falsifiable, then their value immediately vanishes.

I've seen that movie- just pay the crack addict selling magazines to launder it!

Exactly, I guarantee the NSA has (and has had for a long time) more visibility into bitcoin than the average bitcoin enthusiast thinks is possible.

Since every bitcoin transaction is public there are legit reasons to tumble that aren't illegal. Hiding my purchases from coworkers or acquaintances is legal- as long as theres not intent to defraud. If I'm a business and accepting bitcoin for payment, its 100% legit to tumble before spending, in fact not doing so would give my competitors insight into my operations.

I could see a requirement to report tumbling to the IRS, but it absolutely is a legit privacy issue.