Slashdot Mirror


User: Lumpy

Lumpy's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
20,433
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 20,433

  1. did you push the button to make it park? Then you are 100% liable.

    It's really simple, but wont stop a scumbag from trying to lawyer his way out of it.

  2. Re:Teething pains are going to be a bitch. on Tesla Model S Software Updates Lets Car Park Itself With No One Inside It (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    More likely is the drooling idiot that parks his giant bro-dozer truck in the "compact car only" spot consuming 2 and 1/2 spots.

  3. Even my 1980 pontiac would do this because slippery conditions will cause RPM's to spike and trip the safety off. Problem is that's not a safe thing to do on ice because now you have a dramatic change and your tires will break loose.

    My BMW on the other hand will trigger an ice and slipping warning on the dash and start changing the drive ratio of the AWD power to each wheel while lightly letting off the gas pedal to slow down very slightly. it actually will lightly let the throttle decrease slowly and lower the cruise speed settings.

    I know this as I found where in the coding of the traction control module the speed reduction ratio for the slippery condition detection. It also as a automatic braking ratio for when the follow radar detects a threshold of rate of change with the distance to target and you can set that as well to be more or less aggressive. I am assuming based on tire type. but I was surprised it did not have two ratios stored for that because you don't want it braking hard in slippery conditions.

  4. parallel parking is a problem for people because do not do it enough. If people stopped being lazy and went out and practiced parallel parking into 10 different spots around town each weekend then suddenly their proficiency goes up dramatically.

    Some it will not, but those people also have problems with going straight down the road safely. Plus they cant avoid that siren song of their phone begging for them to play with it and text their BFF OMG!

  5. Then you should buy a 1968 car if you dont want a beta car.

    ALL cars you buy today are running on beta firmware in the ECM, BCM and infotainment systems. If you think everything has been heavily and completely tested then you dont even have the first clue as to how the software world works today.

    Software, outside of the military and space program is about how fast can you get it out the door, not about making a complete and safe product. Testing is what the customers do after it's sold to them.

  6. I know their direction... on The FSF Is 30 Years Old; Where Should They Go From Here? (fsf.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They need to hire more lobbyists and lawyers. get people to actually band together to be members and scare the hell out of the congress critters that are hell bent on being the enemies of the people and work only for their corporate masters.

    congress is afraid, deathly afraid of the NRA.... we need to get the FSF at the same level of fear.

  7. Re:So that most of the world gets an idea... on UK Cuts Men's Recommended Weekly Alcohol To 14 Units (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    True, All we get is the Guinness Crap here, Or that horrific pisswater called Carling from GB.

    now Beamish, that is a proper good pint with real flavor.

  8. Re:So that most of the world gets an idea... on UK Cuts Men's Recommended Weekly Alcohol To 14 Units (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And us americans weep, but enjoy our COLD and slightly smaller pints.

  9. Re:Left wing PC crowd did this on UK Cuts Men's Recommended Weekly Alcohol To 14 Units (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then the freaking women need to start drinking more if they want to be equal.

  10. I need to start drinking more. on UK Cuts Men's Recommended Weekly Alcohol To 14 Units (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I am no where near the 14 units.

  11. Re:Europe on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    IIRRGGBB

    WW= White light
    RR = Red light
    GG = Green light
    BB = Blue light

    That setting is a bright sun yellow color. Good bulbs have White, Red Green, and Blue led's in them for decent color rendition and decent brightness to simulate a 60watt white lightbulb properly.

  12. Re:This is just crazy on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. there are over 100 2.4ghz AP's that I can receive in my home. the 2.4Ghz band is so saturated that it works WORSE than 5ghz here.

    I can see over 20 "linksys" named routers alone.

  13. Really? IT's not that hard to read CP/M disks on Gene Roddenberry's Floppy Disks Recovered (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    CP/M machines are readily available on ebay.

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html...

    Click buy it now, whip out the credit card, wait for delivery.

  14. They do that for a reason. on Comcast's Xfinity Home Security Flaw Leaves Doors Open (rapid7.com) · · Score: 1

    Because the damn thing would be non stop false alarms if they did. Zigbee is NOT reliable enough for an alarm system.

  15. Re:those signals propagate better NOT on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 0

    eggzactly. 2.4g and 5g works great with gain antennas. product makers refuse to give us good antenna designs and would rather we live with the craptastic unity gain $0.001US tinfoil stamped crap they put in everything.

  16. Re:This is just crazy on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I cant get 5ghz to work 30 feet away because I have walls. I had to install 4 separate 5ghz AP's to get full coverage of my house.

  17. Re: Europe on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Should not be IOT. should be non IOT reporting to a hub that sends out your alert. that way it's 100% hacker proof and you dont need to add 4096 bit RSA encryption.

  18. Re:Europe on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2

    My fridge is networked, so is my chest freezer in the basement. I have an ESP8266 in each reporting the temperatures and if it's running the compressor or not for power consumption graphing.

    It allows me to get an alarm if the temps rise or if the compressor stays running and does not shut off.

  19. Re:Europe on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They dont even need that. Z-wave lives in 900mhz land and it's 115Kbps and it is faster than all of those devices need. Unless you are trying to upload a video to play on your RGB light bulb a 16 byte command to turn on and go to EEFEFE00 is instant for 99% of all users.

  20. Re:Europe on 802.11ah Wi-Fi Standard Approved (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They plan on spattering the hell out of 915.

  21. Re: no one cares on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Slackware and Debian as well don't spy on me either.... in fact I am certain that BSD does not as well.

  22. Re: no one cares on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Only free countries.

    Dystopian societies like the united States allows companies to enforce that kind of crap on it's citizens.

  23. Re:Why the fuzz? on Copyright Expires On Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now Disney can make an animated movie of it.

  24. Majorit of americans are stupid as well. on Majority of Americans OK With Warrantless Internet Surveillance (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Honestly, people in general are panicky dangerous animals.
    Most people would sell their neighbor to the FBI as terrorists if they though they could get money from it.

  25. As long as it's better hardware. on HP's Spectre X2 Is a Solid Core M Powered Surface Pro Alternative For Less (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Surface pro 1,2,3,4 all use shit marvell chipsets that people are STILL having issues with. here is hoping that HP understands this and is using intel.