The fact that the TSA/DHS still believe that the primary threat are passengers depresses me. Surely the terrorist attempts in Britain, particularly the one in Scotland, show that passengers are most likely terrorist TARGETS, not threats?
All that they TSA/DHS has done to people traveling within the US is either :
a) frighten them (in the case of people who do a relatively small amount of travel and aren't used to being in airports and who certainly aren't used to having incomprehensible orders barked at them in the name of security)
or b) frustrate them - in the case of people who travel regularly, and who experience first hand the arbitrary rule changes and their heavy handed application.
As for people from outside the US, the more this sort of nonsense goes on, the lower their opinion of the US will be, and, given the overwhelming goodwill the rest of the world had towards America immediately after 9/11, this is a tragedy. The people who suffer the most from this, of course, are Americans traveling abroad, who often find themselves trying to explain that the vast majority of clear thinking Americans are appalled at the state of affairs.
The automotive industry could be the next big battleground for operating systems and software in general.
The Autosar project, which is made up of automotive manufacturers such as
BMW, DaimlerChrysler and Ford as well as all sorts of electronics manufacturers.
Their goal is : "The primary goal of the AUTOSAR partnership is the standardization of basic system functions and functional interfaces, the ability to integrate and transfer functions and to substantially improve software updates and upgrades over the vehicle lifetime."
Microsoft doesn't appear to be a member - anyone know why Ford is subjecting their drivers to an MS operating system?
Anyone know
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The fact that the TSA/DHS still believe that the primary threat are passengers depresses me. Surely the terrorist attempts in Britain, particularly the one in Scotland, show that passengers are most likely terrorist TARGETS, not threats? All that they TSA/DHS has done to people traveling within the US is either : a) frighten them (in the case of people who do a relatively small amount of travel and aren't used to being in airports and who certainly aren't used to having incomprehensible orders barked at them in the name of security) or b) frustrate them - in the case of people who travel regularly, and who experience first hand the arbitrary rule changes and their heavy handed application. As for people from outside the US, the more this sort of nonsense goes on, the lower their opinion of the US will be, and, given the overwhelming goodwill the rest of the world had towards America immediately after 9/11, this is a tragedy. The people who suffer the most from this, of course, are Americans traveling abroad, who often find themselves trying to explain that the vast majority of clear thinking Americans are appalled at the state of affairs.
The Autosar project, which is made up of automotive manufacturers such as BMW, DaimlerChrysler and Ford as well as all sorts of electronics manufacturers.
Their goal is : "The primary goal of the AUTOSAR partnership is the standardization of basic system functions and functional interfaces, the ability to integrate and transfer functions and to substantially improve software updates and upgrades over the vehicle lifetime."
Microsoft doesn't appear to be a member - anyone know why Ford is subjecting their drivers to an MS operating system? Anyone know