Main reason for not using Edge is that MS has decided it’s their computer, not yours

I use DOS6 at work and am not thrilled. Is much rather have CP/M.

Warning - skip the link unless you want to see the embedded “The 5 Best Features in Windows 8...”

Non (er, Norm) should change his name to Veri-Zon

The satellite view of N.C. clearly revealed that National City is situated along a curving coastline, a la Los Angeles

The show has a budget, so all the crashes were stock footage

She may have Bitten off a little more than she could chew

I wonder about the failure modes. Planes divert, cars pull over, trains can stop and disembark the passengers. Ships have lifeboats.

How long before this shows up in Nice Price or Crack Pipe?

Good catch - looking at few photos, I’m thinking it was an Apache with the 30mm chain gun that day, not the Cobra. This seems very close to what I remember...

This is a thing in SoCal (and elsewhere). Happened to me several times.

Years ago we got to see an airshow demo. The pilot demonstrated how the 50 cal under the nose tracked wherever he was looking. I’ll never forget that when the pilot looked at us, so did that BFG. Still gives me chills.

That’s what I mean - after that meeting, the New York Times reported:

Add to that point - Mr. Comey, who claims they only want this tool this one time, is already in the business of providing Stingray devices to local police departments, and having them sign agreements to not disclose the use of the device in the prosecution of suspects.

Not entirely sure about that - it was an FBI request, and Director James Comey had a very public split with Obama lately over Black Lives Matter

Has anyone bought the rights to John Cartographer of Mars?

I enjoyed how the movie addressed post-apocalyptic resource scarcity by embedding a GWAR concert to chase a tanker full of breast milk.

Update: Just this morning, L.A.P.D. Chief Charlie Beck was on the news, explaining that the L.A.P.D. is not legally allowed to respond to FOI requests concerning the use of Stingrays. The narrator went on to describe how the FBI has PD’s sign non-disclosure agreements that prohibit the cops from describing or…

Yeah, I can see how that would work. Good for hair removal, too.

Network externalities. We were looking for “what are network externalities?”