I guess it comes down to how much sellable gold could be converted from gold chloride. I saw an estimate recently that put the value invested in gold at around $9T. I haven't looked into it enough to know if that's accurate, but given the amount of gold and the price of gold, it's plausible. In a world where the US…

Poor wording. I was commenting on this "Maybe this critter can save us all from the global economic crisis?". Not on the science or what the bacteria can or can not do, just on the idea that if we could suddenly have more gold than we do now that it'd "help".

So, hypothetically (not saying this article suggests this is possible), if we could suddenly create lots of gold, it would retain its value completely?

If I have $10,000 in gold and gold suddenly loses its value, what happens to my $10,000?

Thank you for the intelligent response.

A bacteria that can create gold wouldn't save us from the current global economic crisis, it'd destroy the global economy altogether. You realize that precious metals like gold retain their value because they're rare, right? So being able to cheaply produce as much as we wanted of it would... anyone... anyone? …

If you wait long enough, depending on the age of the perpetrator, they may send it back out, causing you to receive it a second time and forward it back to them a second time, thus causing an infinite forward loop and destroying the Internet.

I wasn't aware that this was less publicized. I found it easily on the accessories page in the Apple store, but as others have mentioned, it's sold out for weeks. Also, every Apple Store sells out of them the same day they get them in. I was finally able to snag three at my locale Apple Store earlier today. …

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It's astonishing how many people think this argument is comparing the Maps app in iOS to the (Google) Maps app on Android.

Just let it go man. Let it go.

You read my mind.

Facts are facts.

You've basically summed up the Internet.

Interesting, perhaps I just haven't run into it, or maybe it doesn't affect me for whatever reason. Is it just that ALL push notifications don't work, or particular apps or services? Is it isolated to a particular device?

In web security, you should almost never rely on IP address. Don't authenticate based on it. Don't think that you can limit access based on it. And definitely don't assume that your worst case scenario, the very situation you're securing AGAINST, is going to behave like a typical user and make requests from a…

I've never experienced that problem, so it may be unique to your device or a particular app that you're using. I'd take it in to the Apple store and talk to them about it.

That cable is $6.40 now.

You're comparing Apple's Maps iOS app to Google's Maps app ON ANDROID. While that's certainly worthy of a discussion, the issue here isn't comparing Apple's OR Google's iOS Maps app to Android's, it's comparing Apple's iOS Maps app to Google's (the "Maps" app present in all versions of iOS before iOS6). The features…

Ugh. It has become apparent that you do not understand the issue that's being debated here.