Big business continues to be the problem. The only reason they installed catalytic converters, eliminated lead, added power plant filters, etc, etc was because they were required to by law. I remember when all these environmental mitigations were being introduced. Industry spread FUD through the media that everything would cost more, cars wouldn't run as well, blahblahblah. After the FUD campaign failed they shut up and grudgingly took care of things.
A side note: cars are actually cheaper (inflation adjusted), safer and more reliable than they were in 1972.
I just finished reading the excellent novel "The Sheep Look Up", written in 1972 by John Brunner. I was amazed at the many parallels between the novel's dystopian vision and today's environmental issues. Even though some of the novel's environmental issues were mitigated (at least in the West) by education and regulation (DDT, leaded gasoline, smog, etc), many continue to this day. One thing that struck me particularly was the collusion of big business in denying that environmental issues exist and the draconian measures they went to to discredit and silence their critics. Also striking was government's powerlessness to act in the face of lobbying and bullying by big business.
A recommended read, as appropriate today as it was 40 years ago.
What's with the Russian dashcams anyway? I saw that spectacular Russian plane crash last month on some driver's camera in addition to the more recent recent meteorite.
This is all cool and what-not but he's not there. He drove away in a car he left where the burned out truck was found.
This dude is scary as shit and they're not going to find him this easily.
Verizon was pulling the same trick years ago. They were even trying to include LG env3 phones in the data phone category which is a joke of course.
The current crop of non-data phones available from the carriers is a joke. Want a full qwerty keyboard for texting? Forget it, that's only on a data phone.
It's basically a plot to get everyone on board with the more expensive data plans.
So-called "brogramming" is simply a fictional creation made for movies by non-engineers and non-programmers.
The closest you'd come to seeing this in reality might be a group programming project at a university.
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Good gracious! This place is getting as bad as 4chan.
The last time I posted a comment about Chinese products containing malware I was voted down as flamebait and accused of being a racist.
Doesn't sound like anything that a few drone strikes couldn't handle.
Yes, but will he be required to register it as a firearm?
Frankly I was expecting more.
I do hereby criticize you in the harshest way possible. :p
So there.
They weren't hipsters, they were Swedish.
Funny how the initial release of Napster coincides with the start of the music industry's doldrums (1999).
They've used the same style GUI on NCIS and it still looks horrible to use.
Big business continues to be the problem. The only reason they installed catalytic converters, eliminated lead, added power plant filters, etc, etc was because they were required to by law. I remember when all these environmental mitigations were being introduced. Industry spread FUD through the media that everything would cost more, cars wouldn't run as well, blahblahblah. After the FUD campaign failed they shut up and grudgingly took care of things.
A side note: cars are actually cheaper (inflation adjusted), safer and more reliable than they were in 1972.
I just finished reading the excellent novel "The Sheep Look Up", written in 1972 by John Brunner. I was amazed at the many parallels between the novel's dystopian vision and today's environmental issues. Even though some of the novel's environmental issues were mitigated (at least in the West) by education and regulation (DDT, leaded gasoline, smog, etc), many continue to this day. One thing that struck me particularly was the collusion of big business in denying that environmental issues exist and the draconian measures they went to to discredit and silence their critics. Also striking was government's powerlessness to act in the face of lobbying and bullying by big business.
A recommended read, as appropriate today as it was 40 years ago.
What's with the Russian dashcams anyway? I saw that spectacular Russian plane crash last month on some driver's camera in addition to the more recent recent meteorite.
Also, oblig: "will they use sharks too?"
This is all cool and what-not but he's not there. He drove away in a car he left where the burned out truck was found.
This dude is scary as shit and they're not going to find him this easily.
Adult movie theaters should be snatching (pun intended) these things up. New 21st century peep show technology!
I thought the only essential needs were food, water and shelter.
I doubt it's 99%. I'm somewhat strange but I can't believe I'm that strange to not want a data plan.
That's fine, but why put handcuffs on those who don't want it?
Verizon was pulling the same trick years ago. They were even trying to include LG env3 phones in the data phone category which is a joke of course.
The current crop of non-data phones available from the carriers is a joke. Want a full qwerty keyboard for texting? Forget it, that's only on a data phone.
It's basically a plot to get everyone on board with the more expensive data plans.
So-called "brogramming" is simply a fictional creation made for movies by non-engineers and non-programmers.
The closest you'd come to seeing this in reality might be a group programming project at a university.
And does it blend?
"Oh wait! I can't shoot anything because the screen's all blue!"
Pewpewpewpewpew!
They'll be prying my copy of Battle Toads from my cold, dead fingers.
I think there are more than 30 people on the internet named "Anonymous Coward"