Australis13

Are Trump’s handlers trying to destroy the US’s ability to make scientific progress and innovate? This is insane.

With Trump’s isolationist tendencies, the US is going to end up losing much of its influence in the world. China is the likely candidate for filling that void, although the EU, Russia and India are major players too.

It’s going to become quite dangerous to fly in US airspace soon.

I honestly wouldn’t put it past Trump to say something like that.

He probably doesn’t even know that the flight recorders (black boxes) are orange. I’d imagine he’ll take credit for making them easy to find (the reason for the colour) once he learns that they’re not actually black.

Probably prisoners and those in detention.

If that’s an example of your typical writing, then I would encourage you to apply!

That has to be one of the best Onion articles I’ve read in a while.

Sorry, I’d prefer not to since they are a local retailer and this was in 2012, so maybe, just maybe, they’ve upped their game by now.

I contacted VCAT at the time, but it was going to cost me roughly half what the product (a HDD) was worth to open a case. The retailer in question would only give me a replacement, not a refund (I sourced an alternative elsewhere, so wanted a refund).

Because of the cost involved with chasing the issue, I ended up just getting the replacement and selling it to a colleague (including the receipt so they could follow up warranty if needed, although I did warn them about the retailer’s behaviour). I’ve told everyone I know to avoid that retailer ever since.

When a product has a major problem, consumers can choose between a refund or replacement.

Try telling that to a few retailers I’ve dealt with. When I said I wanted a refund because the product did not work at all, they basically pointed me to their lawyer.

What?!

Is this really as dystopian as my inner cynic thinks? That this is to keep people from understanding how technology works?

I’m not a huge fan of tinkering with things like this, but if they’re going to edit it for release, at least use streaming branching on the disc so the viewer can choose whether to watch it as originally presented or with the edits.

People definitely need refreshers. Every time I go out I see at least one idiot on the road who would cause an accident if the drivers around them weren’t paying attention.