The AV wIll not be usable without a valid, unforgeable drivers license or valid state ID.
Unforgeable ID? My 2003 Oldsmobile has a flawless self driving system installed, I'll sell it to you for a reasonable price too. But it won't go into autonomous mode unless you have an unforgeable ID. Come to think of is, my 1970 Impala had that too.
I think I'm going to take a cue from the IAU's attitude and go ahead and make my own definition for the IAU:
"The International Astronomical Union is defined as a member body of navel-gazing self-important wankers who use grant money to travel to exotic locales to get drunk and make shit up in the name of science."
I'm sorry, your definition strays too far from the IAU's attitude...
Daytime too. It's helps with targetting, especially for cyclists.
My father taught drivers ed back in the 60's and early 70's. He always told his students they shouldn't hit people on bikes. Not because someone would get killed, but because the spokes would scratch the hell out of the paint.
And as far as speed and fuelÂ... unless you're a race car driver I'm having a hard time believing you can't check these two things safely while driving.
Until I bought a car with HUD, I would have agreed with you. Granted, It's a sports car and is really useful for track days, but it's really nice to not have to glance down at the instrument panel and keep your eyes on the road. I've had to swerve to miss cars on the highway that suddenly veered into my lane when when glancing at my speedometer, gas, etc. Having that extra fraction of a second to react makes it a little less scary. I think it could be a bigger distraction if there's too much information on a HUD though. The largest displayed item on mine is speed. There's a bar graph for the tachometer and a very small one for gas and oil pressure and very small arrows for turn signal indicators.
People have been doing it for decades, and only the most beginning of driver can't watch his speedometer and drive.
People also drove for decades without seatbelts and airbags. We're safer with them. I agree with everything else you said though.
Hum that canÂbring 'smart' features to 150 million existing carsÂof various vintages going as far back as 1999
With all of the potential for malicious hacks in modern cars with "smart features", why would I want to introduce an attack vector into a car that's relatively secure? And pay fifteen bucks a month for it?
So, basically AT&T is placing their advertising on someone's web site without paying for the privilege?
Yes, on a free (to the user) airport WiFi connection.
Were I the content owner, I'd be speaking to my lawyers first thing.
Which means you don't want the traffic from someone who's delayed at an airport with free WiFi, in this case.
The sad thing is that major companies don't even seem to worry breaching the public's trus or their reputations anymore.
I'm sure it's covered by the EULA for access to "free" WiFi.
How long until Comcast decides to force extra advertising into my cable internet browsing.
Hopefully never as you're paying for that connection. Though I wouldn't put it past Comcast.
Oh! That's right, I cancelled them after the NetFlix throttling episode.
Lucky you. Comcast is the only real option that I have where I live.
So now, I guess I have to cancel DirecTV (AT&T) too.
Why? Because their "free" WiFi service at the airport does this? Unless I misunderstood something, this is not occurring on paid home internet service. I cancelled DirecTV a while back as the prices are ridiculous and the customer service was awful. I actually owned my receivers, yet they charged me a receiver leasing fee. When I argued this point, they accused me of stealing them.
That sounds like a waste too. You'd be better off jumping a larger hollow planet around it, then extracting all of the useful elements and compressing what's left to around the size of a basketball. You can keep the compressed planet in a trophy room, and balance the gravitational forces with others. They should make a Doctor Who episode. Douglas Adams can write it using an alias.
So we should prosecute jokes as lies now? And there's a new rule: if you include "actually" in your joke, then it can't be a joke?
Granted, it's been a very long time since I was in high-school, but as far as I know there's still a big damn difference between being suspended and being charged with a crime, let along being prosecuted for one.
You can be suspended in some high-schools for violating the dress code. It doesn't make it a crime, but it's also permissible (even if you or I don't agree with it). As I child/minor you have considerably less rights than an adult.
I can't say I'm familiar with the story, or that I even RTFA. But it sounds like this kid did something he really shouldn't have, to begin with. Then the adults over reacted and it escalated into a whole lot of fucking stupid from there.
If nothing else, I hope he learns that making defamatory statements as an adult can get you sued for libel.
Fuck the politically correct grammar nazi police. Fuck em if they can't take a joke. Joke 'em if they can't take a fuck.
Well put.
Fuck that teacher, he's way too thin-skinned and is probably guilty as fuck that's why he's overreacting so strongly.
I surmised from TFS that the student was male, and assumed the teacher was female. But I could be completely wrong. Even so, making false claims could cost this teacher their career. So if it's not true, then I doubt the teacher is being too thin skinned. Administration may be though.
You don't need to give hints to make it warmer by turning up the dial; if the cold outside has made the temperature go down in the building then the temperature controls will keep heating until it goes back up. It's not like it goes into overdrive and heat faster just because you push it to the max
I'd guess that in most offices that is correct. However I have a new HVAC system for both the first and second floor in my house. The one on the first floor runs the heat pump for heat in the winter, unless the room temperature is below 2 or 5 (I can't remember which) degrees of the set temperature. Then it kicks on the gas furnace. The upstairs system does the same, but I think it's between 5 and 10 degrees before it kicks on a 20K watt heating coil. When the secondary heat kicks on, it makes a big difference in how fast it warms up.
I've known plenty of people who kept shotguns loaded with rocksalt shells for trespassers. I've also had them fired at me during my misguided youth. If having shells ready implied premeditation, then anyone who owns a baseball bat and not in a league could be also.
It's not difficult to take the pellets out of a shell and put rocksalt in. The end of the shell is simply folded plastic and is very easy to unfold. The pellets are directly underneath the plastic, no wadding either, so you can simply pour the pellets out. Using a funnel or even a folded peice of paper, you can dump the salt in and press the plastic ends together. I'd prefer to use one of my presses for this, but you can do so without if needed. With a butter knife, a peice of paper and a solid flat surface, I could do it in under 2 minutes.
I haven't gone hunting in several decades, but I did when I was younger. I've had pellets from careless people's shotgun rain down on me a couple times. No, they don't maintain their lethality It'll scare the hell out of you, but it's not even close to lethal.
It's not clear from TFA, but it does say that the drone crashed in a field behind his house and that he fired at the drone when it was over his property and that he did not fire over other residences.
I don't know the full details of the story, so I'll reserve judgment, but I'd be inclined to do the same myself, depending on the situation. I'd probably use rock salt rather than lead though.
That'll be the FIAT that owns Ferrari and Maserati, which are quite well thought of.
Quite well thought of by teenagers who have no clue as to the ongoing cost and other things that go along with owning them.
A Ferrari has to be taken in for a "tune up" every 15,000 miles. That "tune-up" will set you back about $7000. I can buy a new crate engine from GM for my base model Corvette for $5K and the labor to have it installed will be less than $2K.
Ferrari also neglected to set the change interval for the coolant in may late models. So once the anti corrosives in the coolant breakdown, the radiators start to clog and overheat.
Don't get me wrong, they are beautiful cars, and a hell of a lot of fun to drive. But you don't want to do it often because the miles you put on on are very expensive compared to most cars. But the reliability and durability of them is not like your typical Honda. It's akin to hooking up Secretariat to a horse drawn plow.
Maserati was so well regarded in the US, that they stopped selling them for about a decade.
I glanced through the above story about Hillary and misread the title of this story as "Four legged Senate fossil..." but then I remembered that Stromberg Thurmond died a few years back.
Why bother with a lost cause? New York City is the most disgusting place in the world. Filthy air, trash everywhere, run down buildings. The whole place is like a big slum.
In other words, it's the only heavily populated city you've been to.
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The AV wIll not be usable without a valid, unforgeable drivers license or valid state ID.
Unforgeable ID? My 2003 Oldsmobile has a flawless self driving system installed, I'll sell it to you for a reasonable price too. But it won't go into autonomous mode unless you have an unforgeable ID. Come to think of is, my 1970 Impala had that too.
I think I'm going to take a cue from the IAU's attitude and go ahead and make my own definition for the IAU:
"The International Astronomical Union is defined as a member body of navel-gazing self-important wankers who use grant money to travel to exotic locales to get drunk and make shit up in the name of science."
I'm sorry, your definition strays too far from the IAU's attitude...
It matches reality much too closely.
Have we learned nothing from Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima?Â
That the bean counters should never be in charge of making operational decisions?
My corvette has oil and gas on the HUD. I'm sure they've changed them some between models.
Daytime too. It's helps with targetting, especially for cyclists.
My father taught drivers ed back in the 60's and early 70's. He always told his students they shouldn't hit people on bikes. Not because someone would get killed, but because the spokes would scratch the hell out of the paint.
And as far as speed and fuelÂ... unless you're a race car driver I'm having a hard time believing you can't check these two things safely while driving.
Until I bought a car with HUD, I would have agreed with you. Granted, It's a sports car and is really useful for track days, but it's really nice to not have to glance down at the instrument panel and keep your eyes on the road. I've had to swerve to miss cars on the highway that suddenly veered into my lane when when glancing at my speedometer, gas, etc. Having that extra fraction of a second to react makes it a little less scary. I think it could be a bigger distraction if there's too much information on a HUD though. The largest displayed item on mine is speed. There's a bar graph for the tachometer and a very small one for gas and oil pressure and very small arrows for turn signal indicators.
People have been doing it for decades, and only the most beginning of driver can't watch his speedometer and drive.
People also drove for decades without seatbelts and airbags. We're safer with them. I agree with everything else you said though.
Hum that canÂbring 'smart' features to 150 million existing carsÂof various vintages going as far back as 1999
With all of the potential for malicious hacks in modern cars with "smart features", why would I want to introduce an attack vector into a car that's relatively secure? And pay fifteen bucks a month for it?
What's an "official scientist"?
Anyone wearing a white lab coat standing in front of panels with lots of blinking lights, in this case.
So, basically AT&T is placing their advertising on someone's web site without paying for the privilege?
Yes, on a free (to the user) airport WiFi connection.
Were I the content owner, I'd be speaking to my lawyers first thing.
Which means you don't want the traffic from someone who's delayed at an airport with free WiFi, in this case.
The sad thing is that major companies don't even seem to worry breaching the public's trus or their reputations anymore.
I'm sure it's covered by the EULA for access to "free" WiFi.
How long until Comcast decides to force extra advertising into my cable internet browsing.
Hopefully never as you're paying for that connection. Though I wouldn't put it past Comcast.
Oh! That's right, I cancelled them after the NetFlix throttling episode.
Lucky you. Comcast is the only real option that I have where I live.
So now, I guess I have to cancel DirecTV (AT&T) too.
Why? Because their "free" WiFi service at the airport does this? Unless I misunderstood something, this is not occurring on paid home internet service. I cancelled DirecTV a while back as the prices are ridiculous and the customer service was awful. I actually owned my receivers, yet they charged me a receiver leasing fee. When I argued this point, they accused me of stealing them.
We don't need mini-Trumps wandering around seeking media exposure.
From the summary:
The brain, which is about the size of a pencil eraser
At least it's already larger than Trump's brain.
On the other hand, both programs have been absolutely stellar successes
On the other hand, these are the planes for the Internet generation.
Just how many hands do you have? Oh wait, you're a defense contractor, aren't you?
That sounds like a waste too. You'd be better off jumping a larger hollow planet around it, then extracting all of the useful elements and compressing what's left to around the size of a basketball. You can keep the compressed planet in a trophy room, and balance the gravitational forces with others. They should make a Doctor Who episode. Douglas Adams can write it using an alias.
Of course, but right in TFS the police chief of that town is quoted as making the (legally ignorant and unamerican) claim
Agreed, ignorant and unamerican.
that the tweet was a felony, and thus implicitly threatening prosecution.
He can threaten all he wants. It may even cost the police chief his job too. But I'm pretty sure I covered that in the below snippet from my post. ;-)
Then the adults over reacted and it escalated into a whole lot of fucking stupid from there.
First, there's an issue of the age of the people involved, which can lead to statutory rape charges even if both parties clearly consented.
I only read TFS and not TFA, but doesn't there have to be some kind of actual sex involved for there to be a rape, statutory or otherwise?
That account asked if Sagehorn had made out with a particular female teacher, and Sagehorn jokingly replied, "Actually yes."
Perhaps "made out with" has a different meaning than it did when I was in school.
So we should prosecute jokes as lies now? And there's a new rule: if you include "actually" in your joke, then it can't be a joke?
Granted, it's been a very long time since I was in high-school, but as far as I know there's still a big damn difference between being suspended and being charged with a crime, let along being prosecuted for one.
You can be suspended in some high-schools for violating the dress code. It doesn't make it a crime, but it's also permissible (even if you or I don't agree with it). As I child/minor you have considerably less rights than an adult.
I can't say I'm familiar with the story, or that I even RTFA. But it sounds like this kid did something he really shouldn't have, to begin with. Then the adults over reacted and it escalated into a whole lot of fucking stupid from there.
If nothing else, I hope he learns that making defamatory statements as an adult can get you sued for libel.
Fuck the politically correct grammar nazi police. Fuck em if they can't take a joke. Joke 'em if they can't take a fuck.
Well put.
Fuck that teacher, he's way too thin-skinned and is probably guilty as fuck that's why he's overreacting so strongly.
I surmised from TFS that the student was male, and assumed the teacher was female. But I could be completely wrong. Even so, making false claims could cost this teacher their career. So if it's not true, then I doubt the teacher is being too thin skinned. Administration may be though.
Fossil CEO...
Perhaps the name of his company should be a clue.
Possibly a Planet X
Wouldn't that be "Planet IX", with Pluto's demotion and all? ;-)
Â"Oh no, he's going to eat my petunia bulbs and make holes in my lawn!"
Considering that your user name is "Farmer Tim", I'd think you'd be a little more concerned.
You don't need to give hints to make it warmer by turning up the dial; if the cold outside has made the temperature go down in the building then the temperature controls will keep heating until it goes back up. It's not like it goes into overdrive and heat faster just because you push it to the max
I'd guess that in most offices that is correct. However I have a new HVAC system for both the first and second floor in my house. The one on the first floor runs the heat pump for heat in the winter, unless the room temperature is below 2 or 5 (I can't remember which) degrees of the set temperature. Then it kicks on the gas furnace. The upstairs system does the same, but I think it's between 5 and 10 degrees before it kicks on a 20K watt heating coil. When the secondary heat kicks on, it makes a big difference in how fast it warms up.
I've known plenty of people who kept shotguns loaded with rocksalt shells for trespassers. I've also had them fired at me during my misguided youth. If having shells ready implied premeditation, then anyone who owns a baseball bat and not in a league could be also.
It's not difficult to take the pellets out of a shell and put rocksalt in. The end of the shell is simply folded plastic and is very easy to unfold. The pellets are directly underneath the plastic, no wadding either, so you can simply pour the pellets out. Using a funnel or even a folded peice of paper, you can dump the salt in and press the plastic ends together. I'd prefer to use one of my presses for this, but you can do so without if needed. With a butter knife, a peice of paper and a solid flat surface, I could do it in under 2 minutes.
I haven't gone hunting in several decades, but I did when I was younger. I've had pellets from careless people's shotgun rain down on me a couple times. No, they don't maintain their lethality It'll scare the hell out of you, but it's not even close to lethal.
It's not clear from TFA, but it does say that the drone crashed in a field behind his house and that he fired at the drone when it was over his property and that he did not fire over other residences.
I don't know the full details of the story, so I'll reserve judgment, but I'd be inclined to do the same myself, depending on the situation. I'd probably use rock salt rather than lead though.
but they'd certainly get my attention in the circumstances.
But not for long.
That'll be the FIAT that owns Ferrari and Maserati, which are quite well thought of.
Quite well thought of by teenagers who have no clue as to the ongoing cost and other things that go along with owning them.
A Ferrari has to be taken in for a "tune up" every 15,000 miles. That "tune-up" will set you back about $7000. I can buy a new crate engine from GM for my base model Corvette for $5K and the labor to have it installed will be less than $2K.
Ferrari also neglected to set the change interval for the coolant in may late models. So once the anti corrosives in the coolant breakdown, the radiators start to clog and overheat.
Don't get me wrong, they are beautiful cars, and a hell of a lot of fun to drive. But you don't want to do it often because the miles you put on on are very expensive compared to most cars. But the reliability and durability of them is not like your typical Honda. It's akin to hooking up Secretariat to a horse drawn plow.
Maserati was so well regarded in the US, that they stopped selling them for about a decade.
I glanced through the above story about Hillary and misread the title of this story as "Four legged Senate fossil..." but then I remembered that Stromberg Thurmond died a few years back.
Why bother with a lost cause? New York City is the most disgusting place in the world. Filthy air, trash everywhere, run down buildings. The whole place is like a big slum.
In other words, it's the only heavily populated city you've been to.