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I'm sure Apple will get right on paying that.  Or they'll spend .5% of that on the best lawyers in the world.  I'd rather see Apple tell the EU to pound sand.  I'm not saying pull out of Europe. I'm saying they simply refuse to pay or defend the case any longer.  Piss off.  

chasm said:

sflocal said:

Well, that idiot kid is about to get a real dose of reality.  What he did was not only stupid, it put the plane at risk, and not to mentioned inconvenienced all those passengers.

Jail time (in JD at least, depending on their age), expelled from their school, and the kid had better hope none of the passengers who got that threat are or have parents who are trial lawyers.

There is no way that's happening.  It was a stupid prank, not an actual threat.  There will still be consequences, but this kid isn't going to Leavenworth because was a dolt.  He'll be fined and have to do community service.  There is no case to expel the student from public school, nor do the passengers have any cause of action (because as far as we know, there were no resulting damages).  

I'm kind of undecided on this. On one hand, it's a fast, swappable and durable option that is pretty reasonably priced. On the other hand, it seems to me you are paying for speed. Many prosumers don't need even 1GB/s. It depends on what you're doing. I deal with editing 4K+ drone video and transferring files. For that purpose, even an Sd card at 200 mb/s is fine. If I was working with larger files (like 40gb+) I might be more concerned about speed. Even then, I can get a 2TB Sandisk external drive that hits 1GB a second for around the same price as this. If you spend a bit more you can get 2.8gbs ($350). Still, the swappable nature and durability is compelling. Definitely seems like a niche market.

Let me get this straight...


Step 1:  Stop Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Google from purchasing bandwidth and content delivery prioritization (forcing net neutrality).  

Step 2.  Telecoms bitch that they can't earn enough money from the big data users like...Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Google.  

Step 3: Make Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Google pay the Telecoms for infrastructure to support....more bandwith.  

(Hidden, ultra-important step: Bureaucrats get a piece of everything, more regulatory costs, more government control).  


Got it.  

I don't have my large dogs Air Tagged, but my neighbors have their small dog tagged and it has helped. When he escapes in the neighborhood I assist tracking the little bastard down with my drone.  Let's see you outrun aerial surveillance and airtag tracking.  

By the way, my labradoodle swallowed a hard rubber ball and then regurgitated it two weeks later.  Completely unscathed (both her and the ball).  So I doubt the battery is going to leak.  



Now, just to pile on the article:  

Instead of putting an AirTag or other item tracker on your dog, it's better to get your dog microchipped, 

Microchipping is not an alternative to tracking.  If you're worried about swallowing the tag, get a GPS collar.  A chip is fine too, but it's not going to help unless it can be scanned by a vet or shelter.  

"Because AirTags contain batteries, there's a significant risk that they could leak....  

What risk, exactly? Dogs eat batteries and all kinds of horrible non-food items all the time.  They rarely get sick.  Stomach acid isn't generally strong enough to eat through the plastic and the battery casing.  

...and cause organ damage.  

Are we just making shit up now?  I googled it and saw nothing about organ damage.  It looks like stomach irritation, ulcers and even internal burns from the electrical charge of disc batteries are possible.  That's not what most people think of when they see "organ damage."