Hey Aston, good to see you on here. I agree this is not how Flux/POWDER operates, I do not see Alex going up the hill and placing equipment without approval...
Funny you mention IRC in a Winamp thread, one of the devs (Tag, Tag's Trance Trip) from winamp/nullsoft was active in a IRC that we used to stream/DJ on Winamp. At one point Winamp was developing a music streaming store/service way before Apple, Google, and the rest came along... some great memories of modifying cable modems to unlock more upload capability
I am amazed how quickly and how many images we get from another planet....
For those that might not know, http://www.curiosityrover.com is a great site for the image feed, if you scroll down you can see the CHEMCAM images of the most recent drilled holes.
There are some out there, but not at the commercial/industrial level. Like you said, higher risk along with added shipping cost keeps them out of the mainstream. Also the need for lightweight UPS systems for servers is pretty low. One bad thing if a lead battery is involved in a fire is the spreading of lead contamination, that's not cheap to clean up, but it's low probability.
I've seen an iPad that acted completely normal despite the case separating due to oxygen expansion while under warranty. Worst part, the owner had to get rid of it since she was on vacation where a Apple store didn't exist.
Since you consider it a core product, what do you estimate the portion of Facebook's revenue comes from this core product in relation to the billions they receive elsewhere.
Have you personally dealt with receiving commodities like gold from CME group or something? My understanding is it is not simple at all. But would love to hear a person's first hand experience.
Based off that list are you saying companies like T. Rowe Price and Citigroup are offering ETNs and ETFs that have fund compositions that are random for each customer?
Have you ever seen a MSB offer Euros, Yen, or Dollars in random amounts as a product? Does not seem like the actions you list are similar at all to this situation.
Hopefully they take a more positive approach. By identifying retention issues advisors/educators can approach the students in trouble and offer support and services. Once they leave it is much harder to get them to return and you can sometimes run into FERPA issues trying to get them to return.
Same here, based on time on campus, time in labs/study areas I am able to predict pretty accurately who will succeed. Of course there are always outliers.
Using wood bleach was certainly not a panacea, it will be another tool we use along with tossing in powdered sugar. We can cycle through the various treatments but it is a losing war. This may allow commercial beekeepers to start using lithium chloride or oxalic acid. We will see if it gets abused.