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Also, if you have to need 10000 for a day to do some sort of dev/QA/integration efforts you don't have to actually own them. Or even physically deal with the things.

The older specifications are available as well, I don't think they have any specific requirements about their use. I think they called it CDF back then.

Correct, but I could go rent the cab for a flat fee and just drive it around for my own personal wishes if I wanted to. They might put some restrictions on it (don't drive outside …

Would you agree that none of those people pay their employer in that case? I certainly agree salespeople pay for leads, but it is usually an outside party supplying them.

It is largely one of timescale. Carbon dioxide is not only present in our atmosphere but essential for our life. We've just got more of it than the atmosphere than we need without …

This doesn't "capture" them. It just puts them in a place they think won't be a problem anytime soon.

Sink it all to the bottom of a cold freshwater lake?

It's not that dogs can "see past" the fact that humans aren't dogs. They can't tell that humans aren't dogs at all. In fact, if an animal is non-aggressive domesticated dogs are of…

When I bought my house in TX I had to explicitly go through a separate agreement with the mortgage defining what a flood plain was and how it could affect my property. I'm not even…

It's rather remarkable to read this about a current leader of a nation like China. I've always enjoyed reading autobiographies because figures often relate a personal evaluation of…

Yeah man, LEDs are just a scam created by the government. Candlesticks made from all natural paraffin wax are what you want!

Someone on the scale of Atlas Copco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Copco

When Tesla sues you over it, can you afford a lawyer to defend yourself?

So MegaCorp A buys a huge amount of Cisco gear to modern their internal networks in all their infrastructure. Two years later OmniCorp B enters into a deal to add them to their por…

Readable text is overrated in 2017.

That's pretty much it exactly. You use two stolen accounts. One with a large balance, one without. ACH from one to the other with a fraudulent. Hire someone to go into the bank in …

I believe you meant to say the "SR-71". A SR71 would not have "War Emergency Power". I'm not even sure I've seen reference to "War Emergency Power" on any turbine engine. It's simp…

I "agree".

I wouldn't hold up any Century Series aircraft as an example of anything other than extravagant expenditure. They were all garbage when compared against the actual missions they ne…

MBT usually means Main Battle Tank. I agree, I have no idea how it relates. Plenty of MBT's have very high top speeds under ideal conditions. The actual top speed is usually to som…

Probably for "emphasis".

Ah yes, just run a square wave at twice the range of human hearing, then use a combination of filters to extract the desired ranges. Unfortunately you'd also need an infinite arran…

Forgive my ignorance, what is RTP?

Where do you live that you can get a receipt? The printers never have any paper in my area.

There are a number of reasons, but limiting the amount of fuel provides a certain amount of safety in a crash. It also prevents an arms race for ever increasing horsepower amongst …