One, give it a try. Have the design done in magic marker, and wear it to work one day.
Two, does it really pass the sarcastic old man test?
For those who don't know, to determine if something's a good idea, phrase it in the most sarcastic way possible, then ask your self with an old man voice.
Hey! I've got a great idea! Lets inject dye into our skin, then shove splitners of metal through our fleshy bits! As a fashion statement!
If it still appeals to you, great. More power to you.
Oh, how did you figure that braking and releasing would ever be better then constant braking. I mean if the wheel isnâ(TM)t moving wonâ(TM)t it have more friction then if the wheel is allowed to rotate, even a little?
I'll assume you're being serious, and give you a serious answer.
If you brake hard enough, your wheels stop spinning entirely. If your wheels stop spinning entirely, your interia might be enough to overcome the coefficient of friction between your wheels and the pavement. If that happens, you're now sliding along the ground, and braking power ceases to have any effect whatsoever on stopping distance, and you go further than you would have if you'd braked properly.
Nonsense. It stands, or at least, can stand for 'rice burner,' indicating that it comes from an area with high yields of rice. If referring to a region based on suitability for certain food crops is 'racist,' then we've got problems.
I've long believed that a) the driving test should be default fail instead of default pass, and b) you should be eligable for random (but manditory) retesting after five years since your last test.
In other words, you prove you're a good driver, not prove you're a bad driver, and after five years, you have a random chance of getting retested. Random chance increases per ticket/demerit/charge/insurance claim. That way, the system doesn't get overloaded, but the people you watch and say 'how the HELL did that person get a license?!' might just have it taken away.
I don't think I'd want this. This would SUCK in a sports car where you actually WANT to be driving fast and in complete control of your vehicle. Just think when your drafting someone and all the sudden the car hits the brakes for you, then you lose the race. That would suck. I'm kinda disappointed in all these "new technologies" taking more and more control away from the driver.
If you're trying to race people on public streets, I'd say you're a driver who NEEDS control taken from you.
When you think that it's the gov't who has to pay for the litegation and what not when somebody loses their shirt doing something stupid, it IS in their best interests to enforce it.
It's more like they're playing out some kind of Greek Tragedy (Geed Tragedy?) or a Commedia Dell'Arte; they have their role to play, and they know the final outcome of that role, but it must be played out.
Like Sisyphus rolling the boulder up the hill, only to have it roll down the other side, for eternity....
IN THEORY, you can scan a barcode from hundreds of feet away. Real life, doesn't happen.
If you walk a foot away from a barcode reader with a purloined DVD under your jacket, they can't tell. If you walk a foot away from an RFID scanner with a purloined DVD under your jacket, off it goes. Same as the magnetic strips.
The mag strips, however, only indicate, as far as I know, 'purchased/not purchased.' Now, it can indicate more. But, it's still a very short range tech.
See? The GPL covers distributing the licensed Program, as well as a work based on the licensed Program. So I can't, for example, throw the emacs binary on a CD and sell it without providing access to the source code.
I stand conditionally corrected.
Additionally, it's not even enough to provide a download location for the binary, and tell you to go download the source from another site! They both have to be from the same place:
That's fine, other than the 'If distribution of exe. or obj. code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place' part. They're not offering it for copying, they're embedding it in a piece of hardware. So in theory, the can require you to mail in your proof of purchase, plus shipping and handling, and email you back floppys/CD/whatever.
If a client insisted to IBM or EDS that they must have the project finished by the same fixed date after the client delayed it, they (the client) would get the contract shoved up their ass.
This is why your contracts never ever give a date of completion, but a timeline of completion. "Project will be completed 180 days from receipt of the work order."
FYI, the burly man voice (notice also the eyes go from deer-in-the-headlights to stern, determined and unstoppable) indicates that Yugi has been possessed by his ancestor, who was a Pharoah (can't you tell by the hair?) and who is really really really good at Duel Monsters.
Yes, I'm terrible. But I love the catch phrases. "So, what do you want to do tonight?" "IT'S TIME....TO DUEL!" "You mean, go see a movie?" ".....yes."
Ah, but if he really meant seconds instead of minutes, he's asking a purely hypothetical question, as in the real world, 'hours' is still a good unit to measure such renderings.
I seem to recall that in Japan, some cars can sense the speed limit of an area, and beep at the driver, should he speed, thus embarassing him to his passengers, which is often more than enough to keep him from speeding.
This is why it also records such things as percentage of throttle open; if you're hydroplaning, you ease off of the gas. That shows up.
Or, if you've got a car new enough to have stuff like this, it also likely has stuff like traction control, which lets the two powered wheels spin independantly, for example. The EDR will take this into account.
And, as always, a single datapoint does not prove 'beyond all reasonable doubt.'
Folks, if you're on a public road, what you're doing should be a matter of public record, especially when what you're doing has such a potential impact on random bystanders.
And then they simply fall back to the older methods of 'measure the skid marks, and measure how far the bodies flew, and the blood splattered, and we can get a 'good enough' estimate.'
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One, give it a try. Have the design done in magic marker, and wear it to work one day.
Two, does it really pass the sarcastic old man test?
For those who don't know, to determine if something's a good idea, phrase it in the most sarcastic way possible, then ask your self with an old man voice.
Hey! I've got a great idea! Lets inject dye into our skin, then shove splitners of metal through our fleshy bits! As a fashion statement!
If it still appeals to you, great. More power to you.
Maybe it'll VOX little haikus to you while you lay bleeding in the street.
I'll assume you're being serious, and give you a serious answer.
If you brake hard enough, your wheels stop spinning entirely. If your wheels stop spinning entirely, your interia might be enough to overcome the coefficient of friction between your wheels and the pavement. If that happens, you're now sliding along the ground, and braking power ceases to have any effect whatsoever on stopping distance, and you go further than you would have if you'd braked properly.
Hmmm. My understanding is that they refer to them as 'ricers' because traditionally, it happens to Hondas and other 'rice burners.'
Nonsense. It stands, or at least, can stand for 'rice burner,' indicating that it comes from an area with high yields of rice. If referring to a region based on suitability for certain food crops is 'racist,' then we've got problems.
I've long believed that a) the driving test should be default fail instead of default pass, and b) you should be eligable for random (but manditory) retesting after five years since your last test.
In other words, you prove you're a good driver, not prove you're a bad driver, and after five years, you have a random chance of getting retested. Random chance increases per ticket/demerit/charge/insurance claim. That way, the system doesn't get overloaded, but the people you watch and say 'how the HELL did that person get a license?!' might just have it taken away.
If you're trying to race people on public streets, I'd say you're a driver who NEEDS control taken from you.
When you think that it's the gov't who has to pay for the litegation and what not when somebody loses their shirt doing something stupid, it IS in their best interests to enforce it.
Holy CRAP! That is CLASSIC!
It's more like they're playing out some kind of Greek Tragedy (Geed Tragedy?) or a Commedia Dell'Arte; they have their role to play, and they know the final outcome of that role, but it must be played out.
Like Sisyphus rolling the boulder up the hill, only to have it roll down the other side, for eternity....
Because it's more convenient than a barcode.
IN THEORY, you can scan a barcode from hundreds of feet away. Real life, doesn't happen.
If you walk a foot away from a barcode reader with a purloined DVD under your jacket, they can't tell. If you walk a foot away from an RFID scanner with a purloined DVD under your jacket, off it goes. Same as the magnetic strips.
The mag strips, however, only indicate, as far as I know, 'purchased/not purchased.' Now, it can indicate more. But, it's still a very short range tech.
I stand conditionally corrected.
That's fine, other than the 'If distribution of exe. or obj. code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place' part. They're not offering it for copying, they're embedding it in a piece of hardware. So in theory, the can require you to mail in your proof of purchase, plus shipping and handling, and email you back floppys/CD/whatever.
This is why your contracts never ever give a date of completion, but a timeline of completion. "Project will be completed 180 days from receipt of the work order."
E. Honda stole that movie with his little one liners.
Good stuff, though.
The finest CCG game ever is Jyhad, now available as Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. Just don't bother with the expansion packs.
FYI, the burly man voice (notice also the eyes go from deer-in-the-headlights to stern, determined and unstoppable) indicates that Yugi has been possessed by his ancestor, who was a Pharoah (can't you tell by the hair?) and who is really really really good at Duel Monsters.
Yes, I'm terrible. But I love the catch phrases. "So, what do you want to do tonight?" "IT'S TIME....TO DUEL!" "You mean, go see a movie?" ".....yes."
Ah, but if he really meant seconds instead of minutes, he's asking a purely hypothetical question, as in the real world, 'hours' is still a good unit to measure such renderings.
Actually, they would. Where as now somebody needs to scan a barcode, now they just walk it past a sensor.
Simple; if you're belted in, you're able to keep control of your vehicle better, and possibly avoid accidents, or compounding accidents.
I seem to recall that in Japan, some cars can sense the speed limit of an area, and beep at the driver, should he speed, thus embarassing him to his passengers, which is often more than enough to keep him from speeding.
This is why it also records such things as percentage of throttle open; if you're hydroplaning, you ease off of the gas. That shows up.
Or, if you've got a car new enough to have stuff like this, it also likely has stuff like traction control, which lets the two powered wheels spin independantly, for example. The EDR will take this into account.
And, as always, a single datapoint does not prove 'beyond all reasonable doubt.'
Folks, if you're on a public road, what you're doing should be a matter of public record, especially when what you're doing has such a potential impact on random bystanders.
And then they simply fall back to the older methods of 'measure the skid marks, and measure how far the bodies flew, and the blood splattered, and we can get a 'good enough' estimate.'
If state control over the society is relaxing in general, then of course, people are going to act out.
So do Sun's EULAs for Solaris.
He's....CONAN! THE LIBRARIAN!
Hi, I'm looking for this book...
(CtL picks him up by the throat) Don't..you...know..the..dewey..DECIMAL..SYSTEM?!
Hi, sorry, this book's a little late...
(CtL pulls out his six foot sword and cleaves him in twain)