The point made by viperidaenz is valid, OSMAnd has this flaw and it does not seem to be possible to change settings to fix it. OSRM has the same bug. The issue has been reported over and over again, with proposals for fixes, but for some reason the makers of these applications are not able or willing to solve the issue. The underlying problem is that their route calculation says it is the fastest road, so they show it. The problem is that they do not give proper penalty for taking an offramp and/or intersection.
Which is strange, because I never had those kind of issues with Garmin or TomTom.
Programs that work with OSM data are abundant. True, some better than others. There are nice pages in the OSM wiki about various mobile OS'es, like Android or iOS which list all applications available for those platforms (at least all applications that someone put the effort in to make a OSM wiki page for it and add the correct tags).
For simple navigation, there is a choice of pickings. If you want realtime data like Waze or TomTom gives, I don't know if that's available yet, but the biggest problem with that is infrastructure and the cost associated with that. That's probably why Waze was sold to Google. Just try to set up and maintain a serverfarm that does live traffic reporting and you'll know.
These kind of "strange" permissions are quite common. Lately, my online banking Android app asked permission to access the camera. Now why would a banking app require access to the camera? Apparently because they have added the possibility to scan checks.
Ok, all very nice. But now you have access to the camera. How can I see that you are not using it all the time? Just ask for access when you are going to use it, not when you install an app that may want to use it.
IMHO this is a flaw in Android app permissions.
"or are consumers going to just get screwed in the long run?"
Of course they are. When you need to install extra hardware that is not used, it costs money. Even when you do not use it. Not only money to manufacture and install it, also to drive it around (weight costs fuel). The money for manufacture and fitting will have to be paid by the customer, regardless of whether they will use it or not. The extra fuel consumption... well of course the customer has to pay for it.
Screw, screw, screw. Roll over and get f*cked in the *ss, you stupid consumer. Consume some more so we can screw you some more.
Yet, this is a great revenue model, so expect every carmaker to adopt it. Screw, screw, screw some more.
There was some hubbub recently about Google announcing Android integration in Audi and Honda cars. The general objection was that now Google (and, of course, GCHQ or the NSA by extension) could even track motorists while driving! But already people commented that that probably already was the case with current navigation packages.
Boy, was this a correct assumption.
Assume that all data you send out anywhere gets tracked.
Tell her that I also don't look at religious websites. Or David Cameron's personal website. Because I also find those too offensive to watch.
You play a poor game of chess.
I honestly believe the Satanists don't care a rat's ass if someone else build a monument next to their to mock their own. As if they believe they are being mocked. I also do not believe their intent is mocking the monument built for the 10 commandments.
What they are seeking is equal rights. They have my support.
Granted, I do not have a Tesla, nor is my car electric. It is an old fashioned car with an ICE. It does however have "electronic gizmo's". Keyless entry, navigation, a digital clock (remember when we thought digital watches were cool?).
It also has one 60Ah 12V battery. That's a theoretical 720 Wh. Maybe half of that in practice, so 360 Wh.
With that capability, and the battery drain of a Tesla, it would be dead in 8 hours. Yet, it still works after 14 days (yes, it has been that long one time). That makes a maximum of 25Wh per day or 1W continuous consumption.
I would be very, very interested to know what is causing the (in comparison) humongous load in the Tesla.
Remember Apollo 13 where they had to figure out how to save a few amps to get back?
Odd how everyone thinks its ok to steal a little electricity, is it also ok to siphon some gas out of a school bus?
Valid point. In the early ages of mobile phones and PDA's I once plugged in my PDA in a bar. The owner got mad at me for stealing electricity. Oddly enough, I was taken aback and did not understand why this was stealing.
Although there is a difference between stealing 5 cents worth of electricity and 5 dollars worth, your point is still valid. Why would this be acceptable?
Because the counting hadn't begun yet. For "security" USA, everything started on september 11, 2001. That is year 0, day 0. Everything before that is dark territory, everything after that is fair game.
So as far as DHS is concerned, she never attempted suicide in 2001.
What is that second object in the two animated gifs? I assume ISON is the one going fastest left to right, but there is also one that has a downward trajectory (seen about when the vertical line appears in the first GIF).
50 mp(US)g is 4.7 l/100 km.
I give you:
Alfa Romeo MiTo, Audi A1, A3, Citroen C1, C3, DS3, Daihatsu Cuore, Fiat 500, Panda, Punto, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai i10, i20,... well,the list is long.
To compare to a Geo Metro, I think an Audi A3, VW Golf, Renault Clio estate will be suitably comparable.
If we lower the bar to 42 mpg, then you can drive Mercedes E-class for that. (E200 Coupé, 5.6 l/100 km = 42.01 mpg).
The reason the fuel consumption has not dropped so dramatically is that cars get more luxurious, get heavier, need bigger engines, and all that kills fuel efficiency. A Geo Metro appears to be a Suzuki Swift, and a 1989 5-door hatchback model weighs less than 800 kg. The real challenge here is to find a current model of the same size with the same weight.
There isn't (except for some extreme sports cars).
And to add to that: does the filling/charge of the tank/batteries influence it? How does a fuel tank with 5 litres of fuel compare to a 60 kWh batterypack that is almost discharged (both in easy of combustion and duration of fire)?
If we are going to be fair here, this is an electric car. Drawing a direct comparison between the rates of internal combustion cars and electric cars hardly seems wise.
That is an interestinging question. Would you think that a car with an ICE with 60 litres of highy flammable fuel is more or less prone to fire than a car with 60 kWh worth of LiPo batteries?
Initially I would think the fuel is more flammable than the batteries, but I have no research to support that.
Which is why I don't understand they let it come down uncontrolled. Wasn't there all this hubbub when ROSAT and Phobos Grunt came down that satellites should have a final fuel supply left to do a controlled de-orbit? And here is GOCE which has engines and at the end of its lifespan was even lowered to make better science... and they let it de-orbit uncontrolled.
Rather the "this car wil self destruct in 5 seconds", free to Mission Impossible.
On a more serious note: the fact that my car bursts into flames would not be a big consideration whether or not I'll buy the same make and model again. I know it's an unlikely event to happen again. It still is an issue that needs to be investigated though. On average, 1 in 150,000 cars in the US catch fire while in traffic. For Tesla it now stands on 1 in 6,300.
And that is why you never, ever, in a security situation allow people access without prior written notice.
This random dude shows up at your desk and tells you to change your machine? Go away and have someone validate your presence and purpose here. At least talk to my boss because I haven't been told anything needs to be done. And yes, believe me: these things are announced prior to it taking place. If they are not, well do I really have to explain it's a big security hole?
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That is pretty much when I decided bicycle commuting was not for me.
I guess you react the same to motorcycles and plane travel. Both also modes of transport that give you little chance of survival when you get in an accident.
When you get in an accident. I've never been in one (with my bicycle) but I live in a country that caters for cyclists. Move your community officials to do the same.
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The point made by viperidaenz is valid, OSMAnd has this flaw and it does not seem to be possible to change settings to fix it. OSRM has the same bug. The issue has been reported over and over again, with proposals for fixes, but for some reason the makers of these applications are not able or willing to solve the issue. The underlying problem is that their route calculation says it is the fastest road, so they show it. The problem is that they do not give proper penalty for taking an offramp and/or intersection.
Which is strange, because I never had those kind of issues with Garmin or TomTom.
Programs that work with OSM data are abundant. True, some better than others. There are nice pages in the OSM wiki about various mobile OS'es, like Android or iOS which list all applications available for those platforms (at least all applications that someone put the effort in to make a OSM wiki page for it and add the correct tags).
For simple navigation, there is a choice of pickings. If you want realtime data like Waze or TomTom gives, I don't know if that's available yet, but the biggest problem with that is infrastructure and the cost associated with that. That's probably why Waze was sold to Google. Just try to set up and maintain a serverfarm that does live traffic reporting and you'll know.
And in the mean time they have the ability to pull EVERY message from your phone. That is the reason to be concerned.
These kind of "strange" permissions are quite common. Lately, my online banking Android app asked permission to access the camera. Now why would a banking app require access to the camera? Apparently because they have added the possibility to scan checks.
Ok, all very nice. But now you have access to the camera. How can I see that you are not using it all the time? Just ask for access when you are going to use it, not when you install an app that may want to use it.
IMHO this is a flaw in Android app permissions.
Of course they are. When you need to install extra hardware that is not used, it costs money. Even when you do not use it. Not only money to manufacture and install it, also to drive it around (weight costs fuel). The money for manufacture and fitting will have to be paid by the customer, regardless of whether they will use it or not. The extra fuel consumption... well of course the customer has to pay for it.
Screw, screw, screw. Roll over and get f*cked in the *ss, you stupid consumer. Consume some more so we can screw you some more.
Yet, this is a great revenue model, so expect every carmaker to adopt it. Screw, screw, screw some more.
You're probably referring to images of the elephant's foot like in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z82GkhcqDKw
There was some hubbub recently about Google announcing Android integration in Audi and Honda cars. The general objection was that now Google (and, of course, GCHQ or the NSA by extension) could even track motorists while driving! But already people commented that that probably already was the case with current navigation packages.
Boy, was this a correct assumption.
Assume that all data you send out anywhere gets tracked.
Tell her that I also don't look at religious websites. Or David Cameron's personal website. Because I also find those too offensive to watch.
You play a poor game of chess.
It's about time the US police exerts their power to search every laptop within 100 miles of the border to include every member of congress.
And the president.
I have not seen a reference to your "Deutsche Vaterlands" yet (what is it supposed to mean?), but Jacob Appelbaum is still a US-citizen.
I assume Windows 7 and 8 use a different algorithm in the update mechanism? Otherwise they will be affected just as well.
I honestly believe the Satanists don't care a rat's ass if someone else build a monument next to their to mock their own. As if they believe they are being mocked. I also do not believe their intent is mocking the monument built for the 10 commandments.
What they are seeking is equal rights. They have my support.
Granted, I do not have a Tesla, nor is my car electric. It is an old fashioned car with an ICE. It does however have "electronic gizmo's". Keyless entry, navigation, a digital clock (remember when we thought digital watches were cool?).
It also has one 60Ah 12V battery. That's a theoretical 720 Wh. Maybe half of that in practice, so 360 Wh.
With that capability, and the battery drain of a Tesla, it would be dead in 8 hours. Yet, it still works after 14 days (yes, it has been that long one time). That makes a maximum of 25Wh per day or 1W continuous consumption.
I would be very, very interested to know what is causing the (in comparison) humongous load in the Tesla.
Remember Apollo 13 where they had to figure out how to save a few amps to get back?
Odd how everyone thinks its ok to steal a little electricity, is it also ok to siphon some gas out of a school bus?
Valid point. In the early ages of mobile phones and PDA's I once plugged in my PDA in a bar. The owner got mad at me for stealing electricity. Oddly enough, I was taken aback and did not understand why this was stealing.
Although there is a difference between stealing 5 cents worth of electricity and 5 dollars worth, your point is still valid. Why would this be acceptable?
Because the counting hadn't begun yet. For "security" USA, everything started on september 11, 2001. That is year 0, day 0. Everything before that is dark territory, everything after that is fair game.
So as far as DHS is concerned, she never attempted suicide in 2001.
It's only logic.
What is that second object in the two animated gifs? I assume ISON is the one going fastest left to right, but there is also one that has a downward trajectory (seen about when the vertical line appears in the first GIF).
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'Nuff said.
50 mp(US)g is 4.7 l/100 km. I give you: Alfa Romeo MiTo, Audi A1, A3, Citroen C1, C3, DS3, Daihatsu Cuore, Fiat 500, Panda, Punto, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai i10, i20, ... well ,the list is long.
To compare to a Geo Metro, I think an Audi A3, VW Golf, Renault Clio estate will be suitably comparable.
If we lower the bar to 42 mpg, then you can drive Mercedes E-class for that. (E200 Coupé, 5.6 l/100 km = 42.01 mpg).
The reason the fuel consumption has not dropped so dramatically is that cars get more luxurious, get heavier, need bigger engines, and all that kills fuel efficiency. A Geo Metro appears to be a Suzuki Swift, and a 1989 5-door hatchback model weighs less than 800 kg. The real challenge here is to find a current model of the same size with the same weight.
There isn't (except for some extreme sports cars).
And to add to that: does the filling/charge of the tank/batteries influence it? How does a fuel tank with 5 litres of fuel compare to a 60 kWh batterypack that is almost discharged (both in easy of combustion and duration of fire)?
If we are going to be fair here, this is an electric car. Drawing a direct comparison between the rates of internal combustion cars and electric cars hardly seems wise.
That is an interestinging question. Would you think that a car with an ICE with 60 litres of highy flammable fuel is more or less prone to fire than a car with 60 kWh worth of LiPo batteries?
Initially I would think the fuel is more flammable than the batteries, but I have no research to support that.
Which is why I don't understand they let it come down uncontrolled. Wasn't there all this hubbub when ROSAT and Phobos Grunt came down that satellites should have a final fuel supply left to do a controlled de-orbit? And here is GOCE which has engines and at the end of its lifespan was even lowered to make better science... and they let it de-orbit uncontrolled.
Why?
Rather the "this car wil self destruct in 5 seconds", free to Mission Impossible.
On a more serious note: the fact that my car bursts into flames would not be a big consideration whether or not I'll buy the same make and model again. I know it's an unlikely event to happen again. It still is an issue that needs to be investigated though. On average, 1 in 150,000 cars in the US catch fire while in traffic. For Tesla it now stands on 1 in 6,300.
And that is why you never, ever, in a security situation allow people access without prior written notice.
This random dude shows up at your desk and tells you to change your machine? Go away and have someone validate your presence and purpose here. At least talk to my boss because I haven't been told anything needs to be done. And yes, believe me: these things are announced prior to it taking place. If they are not, well do I really have to explain it's a big security hole?
That is pretty much when I decided bicycle commuting was not for me.
I guess you react the same to motorcycles and plane travel. Both also modes of transport that give you little chance of survival when you get in an accident.
When you get in an accident. I've never been in one (with my bicycle) but I live in a country that caters for cyclists. Move your community officials to do the same.
The health benefits? I lost 20 kg in 5 months (that's 44 lbs in about as many moon phases) just by cycling more.
Okay, and eating a little less.
Maybe a hint for the #2 country in the obesity rankings.