Last time I checked, my local library didn't require me to have a library card to use their facility. In fact, I have to be a community resident to get a library card, but not to walk in, use their internet terminals, browse their books, etc.
This is pretty interesting, mostly because I have a related and perhaps backwards question. I have a logitech PS/2 TrackMan Wheel hooked to my Linksys 4-way KVM switch. I have a windows game machine (win98se), a linux router/firewall (mouse irrelevant), a Sun sparcstation (wheel irrelevant), and an occasional Linux machine hooked up.
The Linux machine has ALWAYS recognized my wheel, regardless--SuSE 7, SuSE 8, RH9, various hardware, and whether the mouse was "active" on the Linux box during boot or not. The windows machine, however, only recognizes the wheel when I am NOT "active" on that machine during its boot. If I switch away, power on, wait until the blinkenlights stop, switch back to it, the wheel works like a champ, but if I stay connected, it never does....
If the majority of a library's patrons are adults, and every time an adult wants to use the net they ask that the filters be turned off, and then someone has to remember that the filters need to be turned back on....seems to me there's going to be a lot of time wasted turning things on and off. How likely is it that the staff of a small library are going to be able to handle that along with the rest of their workload? "Hire someone to help handle it"? With todays funding levels? Riiiight.
I'm not saying that the Supreme Court is wrong (I haven't read the opinion yet), but the whole idea of making the filters switchable seems unlikely to be implemented. The filters will be on 100% and that will be that.
All these folks accusing this guy of being a troll have had nothing of substance to counter his position with, yourself included. Care to explain how he's wrong, in detail? Otherwise it would appear that YOU are the troll.
Exactly how many of these games have you actually played? I've played Bitin' Off Hedz, Kill Dr. Lucky, and particularly love Girl Genius: The Works (btw go read up on GG, it's a great comic). Neither myself nor any of the coplayers noticed any "weak gameplay", we just had a great time.
ABS is invoked when I decide to put my foot on the brake, and it is designed to automatically do what I was taught to do manually before ABS existed--pump the brakes. That is all. Just because it can pump the brakes faster than I can myself doesn't change that basic fact.
A radar system, on the other hand, presumes to be better able to detect an impending collision, in 2 dimensions or so, better than I can in 3. That sounds like some sort of intelligence to me. If it were so simple, we'd have had radar tracking cars long ago.
A lot of hardware vendors actually test before they ship. But aside from that your basic math is about right. A controlled number of units is tested (possibly in stressed environments) and used to build the statistics that say what the expected MTBF should be.
Last time I checked, who's insurance had nothing to do with safety. And I don't recall a head on collision being the only alternative to being rear ended.
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Nope, because it's wrong.
Last time I checked, my local library didn't require me to have a library card to use their facility. In fact, I have to be a community resident to get a library card, but not to walk in, use their internet terminals, browse their books, etc.
Because you know, libraries are staffed to have enough people to actually create logins for every random person who comes through the door.
The Linux machine has ALWAYS recognized my wheel, regardless--SuSE 7, SuSE 8, RH9, various hardware, and whether the mouse was "active" on the Linux box during boot or not. The windows machine, however, only recognizes the wheel when I am NOT "active" on that machine during its boot. If I switch away, power on, wait until the blinkenlights stop, switch back to it, the wheel works like a champ, but if I stay connected, it never does....
Can you say "unfunded mandate" ? Sure, I knew you could.
Reminds me of the old days of mom-n-pop video stores....
And how does the librarian prevent you from lying about your age? :-)
I'm not saying that the Supreme Court is wrong (I haven't read the opinion yet), but the whole idea of making the filters switchable seems unlikely to be implemented. The filters will be on 100% and that will be that.
All these folks accusing this guy of being a troll have had nothing of substance to counter his position with, yourself included. Care to explain how he's wrong, in detail? Otherwise it would appear that YOU are the troll.
And that's why it was unclassy. You can be a pot smoker and still be functional.
The drugs reference was also very unclassy.
Exactly how many of these games have you actually played? I've played Bitin' Off Hedz, Kill Dr. Lucky, and particularly love Girl Genius: The Works (btw go read up on GG, it's a great comic). Neither myself nor any of the coplayers noticed any "weak gameplay", we just had a great time.
bullSHIT. They may THINK that, but the only thing that causes a single to increase album sales is ClearChannel flogging it.
Whoopty do. Someone wants to appropriate 14 year old kernels, let 'em.
Of course it will provide more ammunition, but they'll go out of business soon enough.
So you tell me which 80 lines of code he's talking about then.
Radar can't see the vector. It looks in one direction, and sees one dimension of a presumably 2 dimensional velocity. I can see the vector.
Good thing I don't have any tattoos, but then I have to beg to differ. I rather like my wife's tattoos, and have for 10 years, and will for 50 more.
Opinions are, after all, what makes someone a bigot.
A radar system, on the other hand, presumes to be better able to detect an impending collision, in 2 dimensions or so, better than I can in 3. That sounds like some sort of intelligence to me. If it were so simple, we'd have had radar tracking cars long ago.
Spoken like a true bigot. You obviously aren't looking very hard
A lot of hardware vendors actually test before they ship. But aside from that your basic math is about right. A controlled number of units is tested (possibly in stressed environments) and used to build the statistics that say what the expected MTBF should be.
ABS is not invoked automatically based on criteria which the driver has no control over. I still trust real intelligence much farther than artificial.
Last time I checked, who's insurance had nothing to do with safety. And I don't recall a head on collision being the only alternative to being rear ended.