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Amazon's Fire TV stick could prove useful as a "back-up browser". It now supports the Silk browser and has voice recognition for fast communication. Bought not long ago when they were half price.

Found it here: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/259553-750-raspberry-pi-mini-computers-turned-supercomputer-los-alamos-national-laboratory Clever idea. Saves using their expensive supercomputer to test certain programs.

Always change your email password, as soon as you realize another account has been hacked. There's always a chance they got access to your email first, and used that to get access to other accounts.

Ironically, the note he wrote that on just sold for a not so modest price of $1.3m https://www.cbsnews.com/news/albert-einsteins-theory-of-happiness-1-3-million-auction-jerusalem/

"a quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest." Albert Einstein

I think you have to click on the person's name or avatar, then click on the "Start a conversation" link. I think that is the equivalent of a private message on XenForo.

Just happy to hear you are both still here and well on planet Earth!

I suspect that campground is closed to the general public for the winter. They may have had the phone disconnected until spring.

The post you are looking for is here: https://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/dwellings.2170/#post-16551

Airlander 10 reaches 'highest altitude so far': http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-40272708

Yes, it was and that was the maximum they could borrow via a government guaranteed mortgage.

Tax havens for corporations, not for the locals. Ironically, it is very difficult for someone who lives here to avoid tax. Not quite as expensive as central London, but not far off. The difference, however, is that you can have a well paid job in London but not live there. I used to live just...

I could never afford to buy a house here, or even an apartment. I live in my mother's house which is built on a small plot which was the garden of an older house which was owned by several generations of my family. I've lived elsewhere at various times. The house cost my parents £5000 to build...

Why's that trailer so expensive? Does it come with some land as well?

I guess this whole Trump thing is good news for our queen, and monarchists. You can keep your elected head of state. LOL

It wasn't the dog then? :D

Seems Google's Project Loon has worked out the navigational side of it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39944929

Sailing vessels make use of ballast, in various forms, so that they don't simply blow over. Of course, if the wind is too strong, the sails have to come down. I don't think a wind powered airship would need sails. I mean, with a hot air balloon, the balloon is the sail. A very simple but...

Sounds possible. Hot air balloons use the wind to move.

The situation is the same with ships, airships and planes. The ground is your enemy number one. Landing or docking in a storm is where the risk is. Flying and sailing in open water/air is not really much of a problem, there's nothing to crash in to. Compared to planes, an airship has the...