I've ridden bikes and driven cars. One thing that surprised me is that car drivers aren't tought "life savers." They check their blind spot when they change lane (sometimes), but not when pulling out of a junction, not when turning into a road, not when pulling back in after passing a hazard (parked vehicle etc). Every. Single. Manouver. that requires moving off from stationary should be preceded by checking the appropriate blindspot. Without exception.
In the interest of fairness, it might make life easier for car drivers to see bikers if they got over the "Oh no, I look so uncool!" factor of wearing high visibility clothing while out and about. It is really hard to spot a biker in black leathers, black helmet, no lights on on an overcast day, even from a very short distance ( Re: Anti-lock brakes: The trouble is that I was tought to apply cadence braking, and never how to work ABS. When the wheels lose traction, the only way I have been tought to behave is to release my foot from the brake until traction is restored. It is an extra conscious thought to keep your foot mashed onto the carpet and let the ABS do the work, but it's one I've managed to incorperate properly. It might take others more time (as they may not have had need to use it before...).
I'd be happy if car drivers would learn to observe better, and bikers would make themselves more visible. Nobody looks cool skidding across the asphalt.
Mod parent up! Hazards in the air are infantesimal. The only issue we have with aircraft atm (excluding equipment failure, which can just as easily happen in a car) is impact by a bird. Very few of them at a passenger jet cruising altitude, where autopilot is used.
I could see this possibly being used on motorways (freeways), but only on long journeys. Maybe a segregated lane, expanding as support increases. Local routes and minor roads: I think not.
... Which would only be possible with true 3D (unless you consider the new "3D" DS as being 3D. Yes, there's occlusion, yes, there's perspective, yes, there's headtracking, but everything is still behind the "fourth wall").
I have a pack of peanuts at home which states "This package may contain traces of nuts." and I've eaten numerous hazelnut chocolate bar which has the phrase "Manufactured in a plant which handles nut products." or "Cannot guarantee nut free."
I wouldn't mind, but the last time my brother ate a peanut he couldn't breathe unaded. These warnings help nobody, and are all about litigation prevention. It makes me angry.
(On a lighter note, I've had boxes of cakes which say "Do not turn upside down" on the bottom of the box!)
Indeed. I expect Wikileaks staff to be under some serious scrutiny for the next two weeks.
Traffic violation? Jail. Jaywalking? Jail. Running an unlicensed copy of Windows on your home computer? Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail.
Indeed. Name dropping in advertising only occurs when there is cast-iron proof of the statements being made.
"314 lower prices than Asda, 275 less than Sainsbury's!" says a Tesco advertisement. At the bottom of the screen, you'll note a specific date is mentioned, and own-brand produce is not included in the price comparisons. On that day, this was true, and they have the figures to prove it. You won't get that with a "Daz is better than the leading brand!" style advert.
You will neither understand the impact these things can have on 5-6 year old kids nor appreciate their ability to capture, understand and reason under such repressive regimes if you have never experienced it.
Of course he can! He's read 1984! He read about Parsons' child reporting him for talking against the party in is sleep! He can trot out the line "1984 was a warning, not a manual!" and quote the script verbatim, which makes him a formidable political opponent!
I'm running Ubuntu on my NES. No fancy labelling, I just slipped an old cartridge into the empty 5.25" bay until it fit and wired up a controller to the serial port.
At first it wouldn't boot, but blowing on the cartridge contacts worked a treat.
I'm testing Android on a WinMob device now. The kernel image is badly out of date, but a lot of the hardware works. Wireless, Bluetooth, some app support... Camera and accelerometers are an issue, but being worked on. Right now it HaRET is used to load the kernel from within WinMobile (Kills Windows, replaces it with Android) but as soon as it's working it'll be cooked into a ROM image ready for flashing.
We always get one "feel good" story during our two-minute-hate. Don't go thinking it's all Doom and Gloom.
Still, my local has put the price of beer up before the budget is formerly announced, and no doubt will do so afterwards too. Guess I'll have to start drinking in a Wetherspoon's with the rest of the proles.
Anyway, the real defence is moving to a (software patent) free country.
I hear Somaiia has quite a lackadasical Software Patent system at the moment. As long as you're willing to harbour a few pirates (no inverted commas here!) you're pretty much ok to go!
It's like the costume designers for Keira Knightly: She's already perfect. Their job now is to swap the earrings every so often.
Oh, and fix that smile.
N.B. I quite like her smile. It's goofy and makes her seem more human than other celebrities. This is totally off topic now, but hey... I'm thinking of Keira Knightly!
You did not disclaim yourself with the acronym "IANAL" and therefore I take every word that you say as legal advice. Further, I didn't see "IANAPP" "IANANC" or "IANATP" and therefore expect everything you say to be absolutely correct regarding particle, nuclear, and theoretical physics.
I blaim the failure of nuclear energy squarely on your shoulders, Gertlex. I hope you can live with that.
Slashdot Mirror
... the first instance of a website being slashdotted before /. runs the story?
Actually, if you really want to get back to the source, it was all His idea.
Hmmm... Funny or Troll... PLACE BETS NAO!
I've ridden bikes and driven cars. One thing that surprised me is that car drivers aren't tought "life savers." They check their blind spot when they change lane (sometimes), but not when pulling out of a junction, not when turning into a road, not when pulling back in after passing a hazard (parked vehicle etc). Every. Single. Manouver. that requires moving off from stationary should be preceded by checking the appropriate blindspot. Without exception.
In the interest of fairness, it might make life easier for car drivers to see bikers if they got over the "Oh no, I look so uncool!" factor of wearing high visibility clothing while out and about. It is really hard to spot a biker in black leathers, black helmet, no lights on on an overcast day, even from a very short distance (
Re: Anti-lock brakes: The trouble is that I was tought to apply cadence braking, and never how to work ABS. When the wheels lose traction, the only way I have been tought to behave is to release my foot from the brake until traction is restored. It is an extra conscious thought to keep your foot mashed onto the carpet and let the ABS do the work, but it's one I've managed to incorperate properly. It might take others more time (as they may not have had need to use it before...).
I'd be happy if car drivers would learn to observe better, and bikers would make themselves more visible. Nobody looks cool skidding across the asphalt.
Mod parent up! Hazards in the air are infantesimal. The only issue we have with aircraft atm (excluding equipment failure, which can just as easily happen in a car) is impact by a bird. Very few of them at a passenger jet cruising altitude, where autopilot is used.
I could see this possibly being used on motorways (freeways), but only on long journeys. Maybe a segregated lane, expanding as support increases. Local routes and minor roads: I think not.
... Which would only be possible with true 3D (unless you consider the new "3D" DS as being 3D. Yes, there's occlusion, yes, there's perspective, yes, there's headtracking, but everything is still behind the "fourth wall").
Do you ever pick up fast food, come to get a plastic lid so you can take it out with you, and find that there are none left?
Now we know where they all are: ISS Minibar.
Fortress of Solitude = Command Centre = Mom's Basement.
Does the ISS have a basement?
We have a similar thing in the UK with allergies.
I have a pack of peanuts at home which states "This package may contain traces of nuts." and I've eaten numerous hazelnut chocolate bar which has the phrase "Manufactured in a plant which handles nut products." or "Cannot guarantee nut free."
I wouldn't mind, but the last time my brother ate a peanut he couldn't breathe unaded. These warnings help nobody, and are all about litigation prevention. It makes me angry.
(On a lighter note, I've had boxes of cakes which say "Do not turn upside down" on the bottom of the box!)
Indeed. I expect Wikileaks staff to be under some serious scrutiny for the next two weeks.
Traffic violation? Jail.
Jaywalking? Jail.
Running an unlicensed copy of Windows on your home computer? Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail.
I wouldn't want to be one of them at the moment.
Indeed. Name dropping in advertising only occurs when there is cast-iron proof of the statements being made.
"314 lower prices than Asda, 275 less than Sainsbury's!" says a Tesco advertisement. At the bottom of the screen, you'll note a specific date is mentioned, and own-brand produce is not included in the price comparisons. On that day, this was true, and they have the figures to prove it. You won't get that with a "Daz is better than the leading brand!" style advert.
You will neither understand the impact these things can have on 5-6 year old kids nor appreciate their ability to capture, understand and reason under such repressive regimes if you have never experienced it.
Of course he can! He's read 1984! He read about Parsons' child reporting him for talking against the party in is sleep! He can trot out the line "1984 was a warning, not a manual!" and quote the script verbatim, which makes him a formidable political opponent!
</sarcasm>
... into a ZX81 form factor.
ALL HAIL CLIVE SINCLAIR!
I'm running Ubuntu on my NES. No fancy labelling, I just slipped an old cartridge into the empty 5.25" bay until it fit and wired up a controller to the serial port.
At first it wouldn't boot, but blowing on the cartridge contacts worked a treat.
I'm testing Android on a WinMob device now. The kernel image is badly out of date, but a lot of the hardware works. Wireless, Bluetooth, some app support... Camera and accelerometers are an issue, but being worked on. Right now it HaRET is used to load the kernel from within WinMobile (Kills Windows, replaces it with Android) but as soon as it's working it'll be cooked into a ROM image ready for flashing.
Here's hoping the Topaz is a first!
We always get one "feel good" story during our two-minute-hate. Don't go thinking it's all Doom and Gloom.
Still, my local has put the price of beer up before the budget is formerly announced, and no doubt will do so afterwards too. Guess I'll have to start drinking in a Wetherspoon's with the rest of the proles.
Anyway, the real defence is moving to a (software patent) free country.
I hear Somaiia has quite a lackadasical Software Patent system at the moment. As long as you're willing to harbour a few pirates (no inverted commas here!) you're pretty much ok to go!
:)
Enjoy your new haven
Let it drop, man! After all, they did give us Snow
It's like the costume designers for Keira Knightly: She's already perfect. Their job now is to swap the earrings every so often.
Oh, and fix that smile.
N.B. I quite like her smile. It's goofy and makes her seem more human than other celebrities. This is totally off topic now, but hey... I'm thinking of Keira Knightly!
Regarding this story, there should be only one (anti?)hero to reference.
Dr. Jonathan Osterman. - Now with Cherenkov radiation effect!
You damn well should be sorry. That is some of the worse timing I've ever seen!
That sixth line should have six syllables! SIX! You chop it down to two, leaving a gap of FOUR syllables! That's a whole bar of rests!
I'm sorry, GPLDAN, but it's a No from me. Simon?
I just re-enabled AdBlock. I disabled it after the Ars Technica article regarding advertisement supported websites.
I'm happy to have unobtrusive text advertising, even images. Moving images and flash irritate me, but drive-by malware?
AdBlock stays on.
I guess I'll start whitelisting advertising when they can stop drive-by malware infecting my computer.
AdBlock can stay enabled for the time being. Sorry, Ars.
So why the hell are we posting that on the internet?!
/. readers sometimes.
Seriously, I question the intelligence of
No no no, I remember it too. Lots of jokes regarding WoW.
Watch out for the silithid.
You did not disclaim yourself with the acronym "IANAL" and therefore I take every word that you say as legal advice. Further, I didn't see "IANAPP" "IANANC" or "IANATP" and therefore expect everything you say to be absolutely correct regarding particle, nuclear, and theoretical physics.
I blaim the failure of nuclear energy squarely on your shoulders, Gertlex. I hope you can live with that.