Did I miss something?
The video I saw seems to be about a new RJ45 socket, not a plug. So it has nothing to do with making cables. This looks like they're trying to replace the standard punch-down
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I lived through the 60s and 70s too. And I remember these studies sponsored by the tobacco companies.
One question, though... Which huge companies are backing these studies? The tobacco companies have been actively trying to discourage and outlaw e-cigs because they cut into their profits. It's only recently that they've taken an "If you can't beat them, try to take them over" attitude.
Excepting these guys, who would rather you stayed with cigarettes, here are no big multi-billion dollar companies in the e-cig business who can afford to sponsor studies or buy politicians.
Once again, we're seeing someone who can't distinguish between 'nicotine' and 'cigarette'
Cigarettes cause cancer and heart disease. It's because they contain something like 6000 nasty chemicals. Fortunately, nicotine isn't one of those harmful chemicals (unless you drink it or bathe in it, I guess)
I remember maybe five years ago, Canadian governments were issuing press releases stating that smokers cost the health care system something like $4.5 billion annually. People were up in arms.
What was not reported anywhere near as prominently was that tobacco taxes were generating about $7 billion a year...
You're starting to see a lot more trailers with large fibreglass fairings below the trailer running from just behind the truck almost to the back wheels. I'm told they make a huge difference in increasing fuel economy. If they can survive driving over railway crossings, I'm sure bars would as well.
Yeah, my thought was the company in question might be in for a serious, and possibly expensive discussion with building and fire inspectors if there is no emergency egress. Also, I'd think if you were trapped in such a building, you could be justified in doing whatever was necessary to get out, such as a chair through a window or a prybar/hammer/whatever on a door lock.
"What's the point of buying it at all if you have to hide it away because it will look awful if you don't?"
If you have to ask, you're obviously not part of the target demographic.
The point is, you can show off your shiny new Darth Vader iPhone to increase your coffee shop cred. Once the novelty (and the finish on the phone) has worn off, you put it in a case and wait a few months for the iPhone 7S or 8 or whatever to come out so you can start all over again.
This just reminded me of the breathless wait for the white iPhone 4 and the endless stream of articles in mainstream media anticipating it's arrival, about how Apple couldn't get the proper shade of white on the button, then announcing it once it finally came out as if it was a major paradigm shift in mobile communications.
If Apple can do it, why not others?
Exactly. I've lost track of how many times I've read that this will be so superior because the phone doesn't have to convert the digital audio to analogue, completely ignoring the fact that the earbuds still have to convert it, using less processing power, or all your music is going to sound like a fax machine connecting.
Now all we have to do is evolve digital ears and we'll be living in an audio utopia
They're just catering to the people who think having to change a password once every five years is a real pain in the ass. I'm sure their clientele would prefer if it just presented them with a list of names for them to click, which would then fill in all of those annoying fields like 'Credit card number' and such.
The yellow (amber actually) sodium vapour streetlights were justified by saying that they were easier on the eyes, but mostly they were just easier on the cities' electricity bill than the old greenish mercury vapour ones that they replaced. You can tell, because now that they're starting to install LEDs, they're being sold to the public as giving off more natural white light, allowing things to be seen more clearly, when in reality, they're just saving yet more electricity
I agree. Everyone has fixated on a car crash involving a system that was never meant to completely control the car and bring up "what if" scenarios about white trucks and cyclists, while conveniently ignoring the number of white trucks and cyclists that get hit by regular cars with humans at the controls every day.
"If introducing self driving cars on the roads increases the risk of collision, noone will do it in the first place."
BUT, if driverless cars prove themselves to be much safer than meatbag controlled cars, the premiums on meatbag controlled models will increase, as they will be proven to be a higher risk.