Has Our "Earthquake Predictor" Been Called Out?

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CZroe

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Just updated my home PC to FF4 and I'm disappointed that they haven't resolved this:
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If you secure your stored passwords with a "Master Password," you're frequently prompted to enter it. That doesn't bother me so much, except that the dialog seems to have been written by someone who doesn't speak ENGLISH. Anyway, I only want a master PW so someone can't go into the FF options and take a screenshot of all my important PWs. I really don't want to enter it all the time...why bother allowing it to store passwords at all?

Rong threed.
 

JTsyo

Lifer
Nov 18, 2007
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I would think it would work the other way. An earthquake on one end would relieve the pressure build up on the plate and reduce chances of an earthquake on the other end. Let's say you take a piece of paper and lay it flat on the table. Then put your hand on two ends an push towards the center. If you release one end, it'll flatten out the paper, so that releasing the other end will have no effect. I'm sure plate tectonics aren't that simple but the point this guy is making seem counter-intuitive.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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I would think it would work the other way. An earthquake on one end would relieve the pressure build up on the plate and reduce chances of an earthquake on the other end. Let's say you take a piece of paper and lay it flat on the table. Then put your hand on two ends an push towards the center. If you release one end, it'll flatten out the paper, so that releasing the other end will have no effect. I'm sure plate tectonics aren't that simple but the point this guy is making seem counter-intuitive.

Unless the earthquake on one side it what pushed it up into an arch and it needs to relieve itself on the other side due to the direction of plate tectonic forces.