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At this point it's going to make the "news" every time a Carnival ship has a single clogged toilet. "Only 14 miles per hour" doesn't seem actually *that* slow for a cruise ship. Don't they generally top out around 20 knots, if that? If people actually cared about this they'd insist on cruise ships that were US flagged and regulated! But instead it's just over-dramatized filler for 24 hour "news".

Obama was capable of showing empathy for others *not* related to him, and of being convinced through reason. This asshat was anti-gay until his own son made it clear the issue now affected him personally. And even then, he "bravely" waited to address it until he was out of the running for VP...

RA's got the actual experience, I have the armchair fascination with flying. I don't think I've heard of an incident like this in the jet age, but would be interested to know more. There have been instances of pilots accidentally shutting down or pulling fire bottles on the wrong engine... Also getting "locked in" on trying to figure out a spurious indication on an otherwise fully functional aircraft and either creating problems in troubleshooting or simply forgetting to fly the plane.

Agree. Well washed with soap and water or ran through dishwasher (isn't that a thing?), fucking deal with it. Possibly with a condom. Dirty in any way: NO FUCKING WAY.

Sounds like Julianne's about to get towed...

"Works" in some basic ways, sure. But every other WiFi router on the planet you just setup/administrate through a web page, so you can do it from *anything*. Apple's AirPort? No, you have to run this asinine app, only on OSX, IOS and maybe Win if you can stomach the stupid shit it installs. Android apps are a bit of a mess, I'll give you that. But many many free ones, and much less locked down on what you can and can't do on the devices you own.

I also have this problem with upgrading my phone right now:

This thread on Reddit is similarly touching.

It's typical Republicanism: against it until it affects them personally. It's too bad his son didn't come out as poor.

Favorite quote I saw somewhere: The new Pope says that gay adoption is a form of child abuse, but what would Catholics know about child abuse... oh, right...

Thanks, I guess that's a no, those all seem like clubs at best.

Oh, and the single weirdest thing I noticed in Vancouver (is it all of Canada?)... ICED TEA. Top of the line restaurants are proud to serve fucking FOUNTAIN ICED TEA (Brisk from a soda machine). Many offered me the choice of brewed or fountain! High end places mind you, who the hell asks for canned iced tea over fresh??? Medium to low end places usually just had fountain/canned. Bleck!

If you drink the kool-aid then replace everything you own with Apple's version it generally works together really well, and you get certain synergies like being able to display stuff on your TV from you phone with AppleTV. But it all costs more and it generally doesn't play as well with non-Apple devices. You can do similar stuff with Android, they have a bunch of TV-connectable appliances for example, but it's a not nearly as slick or easy to setup.

RA1, I also have seen customs at the airport get a little deeper than you'd expect into people's business. A friend of mine ended up with a protectionist agent worried he was their to steal Canadian jorbs. FUNNY for those of us in entertainment that are regularly having our work stolen by much less talented--but governmentally subsidized--Vancouverites! I wish I'd tried Steamworks. Otherwise loved the city. Granted I've not yet been to New York, but downtown Vancouver felt the closest to what I'd expect of it of anywhere I've ever been! Wonderful hotels and food downtown... but parking at my hotel cost something like $20/day. Might mention the weather in the piece... I was there on a gorgeous weekend but quite a few people went out of their way to tell me it wasn't normally like that! Dreary/rainy often cold was the implication. My hotel had complimentary (to borrow) golf umbrellas in each room... it's basically Seattle North, after all. Also, you kind of alluded to this, I was surprised by the ethnic variety of the city, with a surprisingly large Asian population. Many many restaurants are some kind of Asian fusion and many of the escorts I looked up were Asian as well. Is there any gay strip club scene in Vancouver?

I have a Samsung already too and am pretty interested in the S4. The new features sound cool but also mine seems to have hit its expiration date and is going downhill fast. Which doesn't exactly make Samsung my first choice for a replacement, but the S4 is pretty cool...

The thing that annoys me in all this is there was an *American* company that made some of the best **and safest** batteries available. A123. And they were pretty much bankrupted because everybody just wanted the cheapest. Last I heard they were getting bought out by the Chinese and that's going to keep the US Military from being able to use them as much.

No problems here.

What do you call a prostitute with a runny nose? Full. -----------

Actually the self parallel parking still exists and is getting fairly common, to the point it's not made that big a deal of anymore. Some lower end cars are starting to get it, all Prius may have it now. Problem is, in America outside of cities a lot of people never have to, so they don't want the extra expense. Great for city cars... though they're not hard to park anyway...

Speaking of babies... Somebody needs his nappy changed before he gets lifted into that car seat!

I was just ranting against irrational fear retarding progress in another thread Expat... embrace the future! Driving is the most dangerous thing any of us does every day, and having cars able to at the least autonomously prevent accidents is something I'm thrilled to see, and am eager to see that spread into more models. And advancements like these, beyond accident avoidance... I can't wait. And I love to drive. Unfortunately there'll be one or two fuckups, somebody will be injured, and the press will go fucking nuts about it, completely ignoring the dozen driving deaths in their own media market *that day alone* that the technology would've prevented... grr...