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peet wrote:QUOTE (peet @ Sep 27 2017, 03:41 AM) Longread of The Atlantic. If you are a software coder this article might be interesting.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ ... de/540393/

Thanks Peet - Great article.

I disappear for 10 years (law school, marriage, kids, divorce, restart IT career) ... and what do I have to greet me when I check back in... WOW!!!

So not a developer, but I will look at Github and get a build to work.

And I need to read up on forums, reinstall, and see where the current state is ...

http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english.html

Guess its official ...

DELAYS IN OVERSEAS PASSPORT PROCESSING

Due to a systems issue affecting global passport operations, there is currently a delay in the printing of U.S. passports that were approved at overseas passport facilities ...

You aren't kidding ... it is crazy.

The U.S. is turning into a pawn of large Intellectual Property Corporations ... it is insane.

I don't think this trend toward strong corporate rights will last forever, but it has already gone farther than I thought possible.

I must be watching the wrong video ...

While the deaf signers are serious about their religion ... I don't think anyone watching it is serious about Jehovah's Witnesses

Thanks madp and peet.

There is a legal listserv for law/technology issues. (I think anyone can join)
http://www2.americanbar.org/sections/scite...px?com=ST230002

A lot of the discussions are more armchair quarterbacking , like with Stuxnet and Flame, but the posts are usually pretty current ...

Please post here if you PM me so others know .. I have one Key for next weekend's beta.

http://register.thesecretworld.com

PM me with your email and I will forward the key and details.

Awesome. Thanks.

There is a cool article in Discover magazine in which they talk about the fact that Einstein didn't quite go far enough in relativity.

Discover, as usual, skips the mathematical bit, but the gist is that if you truly make all measurements relative some of the 'weirdness' that we see under Einstein ...

Take a look at: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Skyrim

It has code to allow you to complete quests on the PC. If you actually want all the loot it gets a bit more complicated.

If you are playing on a console ... sorry ....