this is Nevada. Have you *seen* our bad drivers? We have bad habits from all over the country. The last times looked, my uninsured motorist coverage was higher than my liability coverage!
Quite frankly, the average AI driver in my Judson' Mario cart game has more business on the road than our "real" drivers . . .
No, that wouldn't have been successful--the context of the question was thT he was a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit; as with any other type of suit, the plaintiff is entitled to investigate similar incidents where the defendant might have behaved similarly. It's really no different than asking the drunk driver that hit your mother about the rest of his driving record.
Now, if he had answered, "Yes, she came on to me, and I happily took what she offered. We did it all over the oval office every night that week, and I'm glad e did," it would have shut down the line of questioning and pretty much ended everything there--it wouldn't have been the similar conduct Jones' attorneys had been looking for.
>The only one of those I haven't read is the Churchill book.
Ooh, a must read. He writes well.
His British conceit shows when he refers to "American conceit" of a devastating defeat of the British forces at New Orleans (A classic case of, "You and what army?" afterwards), but otherwise informative and enjoyable. Cuts off at about the turn of the 20th century.
Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, Gibbon (3 volumes) The Hobbit, Tolkein History of the English Speaking People, Churchill (4 volumes) The. bible, God Freakanomics, Leavitt
>Most will confuse this with a SOPA action, which > will make it that much easier to hype.
No, this is a piracy action and it's well known that pirates loath sopa and water . . .
And it is long established that Captains of any nation may capture pirates of any other nation and hang them.
More seriously, there is nothing new or novel about deliberate events and actions projected into a country granting jurisdiction. Stand on the US side of the border and shoot a Canadian, and Canada will certainly claim it has jurisdiction.
The company had servers in the US; claiming jurisdiction over those directing them is not novel. For that matter, deliberately targeting the downloads into the US from a foreign server really isn't a stretch under traditional notions.
Whether the law is a good idea or not is another question, as is whether the law should be changed to limit jurisdiction.
Much as I'd like that, altitude control on my iPad would be nicer.
Not only for those adverse gravitational incidents that tried ice altitude to 0, but if it would just hover 8 inches above my desk, it would be perfect for holding my coffee!:)
Slashdot Mirror
I've drivien in New York. There, it's the accelerator and horn that are binary. . :)
hawk
Crashes, hydroplaning, erratic driving?
this is Nevada. Have you *seen* our bad drivers? We have bad habits from all over the country. The last times looked, my uninsured motorist coverage was higher than my liability coverage!
Quite frankly, the average AI driver in my Judson' Mario cart game has more business on the road than our "real" drivers . . .
hawk, from las vegas
"remembering" to use the clutch or downshift???
I thought you said you were familiar and experienced driiving manual transmissions.
These aren't things to be "remembered"; they are just as instinctive as which way to turn the wheel, or "remembering" to use the brakes to slow down.
Now, with an automatic, downshifting for engine braking is generally a conscious decision, which must be remembered. In a am UPL, you simply do it.
hawk
We've given up on them figuring this out.
Oh, wait--that *must* be backwards . . . :)
hawk
There are still perverts out there measuring in metric tons?
Really?
hawk
I may be slow, but how would that be different thant Emacs today??? :)
hawk
No, that wouldn't have been successful--the context of the question was thT he was a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit; as with any other type of suit, the plaintiff is entitled to investigate similar incidents where the defendant might have behaved similarly. It's really no different than asking the drunk driver that hit your mother about the rest of his driving record.
Now, if he had answered, "Yes, she came on to me, and I happily took what she offered. We did it all over the oval office every night that week, and I'm glad e did," it would have shut down the line of questioning and pretty much ended everything there--it wouldn't have been the similar conduct Jones' attorneys had been looking for.
hawk
Huh?
Debian, stable, update: pick 3 . . .
Err, that's not fair.
Debian, update: pick one . . .
And it's not my fault! The only time I personally caused a Debian release to be held up, it was for less than a week. :)
hawk
But who would have thought that *snipers* of all people would have to worry about becoming obsolete due to new technology . . .
Next: a self-administering poison . . .
hawk
Err, yes, it's stuff like this that has led us to mock windows for decades now.
"Sure, the keyboard vanishes, but . . . "
"Windows is stable, it's all those third party things you need to make it usable that make it crash."
"Yeah, the windows automobile explodes killing all its occupants every 200 miles, but that's a 47% improvement over the prior version."
It's not that we hate windows. It's like the French military: we mock it because it writes all of our material for us.
hawk
You'll find better results if you shop for these in Vegas.
We sent a secret shopper into ten different stores to ask for a W8 phone.
Only two steered him to other phones.
Seven gave him a mental health referall.
The tenth sighed, and then punched him in the nose. :)
hawk
>The only one of those I haven't read is the Churchill book.
Ooh, a must read. He writes well.
His British conceit shows when he refers to "American conceit" of a devastating defeat of the British forces at New Orleans (A classic case of, "You and what army?" afterwards), but otherwise informative and enjoyable. Cuts off at about the turn of the 20th century.
You must be new around here . . . :)
hawk
Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, Gibbon (3 volumes)
The Hobbit, Tolkein
History of the English Speaking People, Churchill (4 volumes)
The. bible, God
Freakanomics, Leavitt
Enjoy :)
hawk
what pass?
I've been switching my search engine on each program as I log in all week . . .
hawk
So where are these autonomous vehicles coming from, if not the auto manufacturers?
The car fairy?
And who will fix them, and what will they run on?
Yes, some jobs will go the way of elevator and punch card operators.
hawk
>The jet I'm currently flying (A320, a pretty ordinary passenger jet)
For heaven's sake, put down the computer and pay attention to flying!
And I thought texting & driving was bad . . . :)
hawk
>Most will confuse this with a SOPA action, which
> will make it that much easier to hype.
No, this is a piracy action and it's well known that pirates loath sopa and water . . .
And it is long established that Captains of any nation may capture pirates of any other nation and hang them.
More seriously, there is nothing new or novel about deliberate events and actions projected into a country granting jurisdiction. Stand on the US side of the border and shoot a Canadian, and Canada will certainly claim it has jurisdiction.
The company had servers in the US; claiming jurisdiction over those directing them is not novel. For that matter, deliberately targeting the downloads into the US from a foreign server really isn't a stretch under traditional notions.
Whether the law is a good idea or not is another question, as is whether the law should be changed to limit jurisdiction.
hawk, esq.
>The balloon expands as the stack rises and will eventually burst.
Not a problem; you won't have to watch. As there is no pressure suit in that $300' your eyeballs will have burst long before the balloon . . . :)
hawk
Much as I'd like that, altitude control on my iPad would be nicer.
Not only for those adverse gravitational incidents that tried ice altitude to 0, but if it would just hover 8 inches above my desk, it would be perfect for holding my coffee! :)
hawk
>rent a timeslice
If memory serves, someone makes a PDP-10 board . . . :)
That usajobs contraption is a disaster.
Several years ago, I had an agency *very* interested in (in fact, they had been for a couple of years).
I sent everything through that wretched site, and it jus plain black-holed. It never even went for screening.
hawk
I code for a nuclear reactor, you insensitive clod!
Your emotions need better insulation . . .
hawk
Oh, yeah?
Well +++