That's the trend, to tie you to your comments directly and to your marketing preferences as well. That way they can sell your likes and dislikes to the highest bidder and use your "recommendations" to push products without your consent. Frankly the d-anonymizing of the Internet is a bad thing and gives people many more tools to categorize you.
At least Porsche are taking some responsibility for their problems like other manufacturers. Two out of 785, 0.25% Porsche recalls the cars. That's a responsible action.
Right now you can't get actual customer delivered numbers out of Tesla, they're coyish about it I'd imagine that their percentage of fires due to accidents or unknown problems would be the same or better. Without the numbers from the coyish Musky boy you don't know how bad the problem really is. To be sure the NHTSA has just given them a clean bill of health curiously at the same time this was announced so all the Nutswingers out there can rejoice, right? I call it a back room deal.
Now let's talk about two other cars that are similar or competitive with the Tesla in terms of new tech. The Volt and the Leaf. As a Leaf owner I'm not sure I've seen any article or news story indicating an unexplained fire in a Leaf. Actually I can't find any. Good for me and Nissan! WooHoo! The same for the Volt, so these two cars by different, more mature, manufacturers are doing better than Tesla but I don't hear the fanbois out there jumping for joy over that. To be sure GM has egg on it's face for the ignition switch problems but that's big car manufacturing. Problems do exist, recalls exist and that's life. Musk now announces that they're changing the design of his car but strangely enough not fixing that 25,000 or so other cars already delivered. That would seem those poor folks have a bit of a conundrum aren't they? Not very responsible if you ask me. If this was done by a recall then he'd have to fix those wouldn't he, but no he's skirted the dreaded recall word once again. But oh no the Tesla had no design issues for all those unexplained Tesla flambe' scenarios right? Fanbois and nutswingers rejoice Musky has delivered your salvation and the Tesla can do no wrong all heretics to be burned alive in a new Tesla!
Can we get slashdot off Musk's nutsack please? This nutswinging on Musk and Tesla is the greatest car ever is horseshit is getting old. Now he's changing the design great, work the problem Elon. Let us all know when your cars don't catch fire from just sitting there.
Well it's really interesting when you consider how low key Williams has been over the technology. I guess it's akin to the old story about why Ferrari sold sports cars, so they could go racing. I guess Williams by commercializing their F1 tech is getting some money in the till so they can do the same.
Well on 2008 R2 you're getting just over 10 years but MSFT picks some pretty weird dates for retirement. January 14, 2020 for example. I'm not saying I agree with it but it seems that they've been a bit more aggressive when it comes to retiring things after all the FUD around XP's retirement date. Windows 7 BTW has the same retirement dates for mainstream and extended end of life as 2008 R2 so no worries there I guess so they don't want to have a repeat it would seem for XP.
Yeah, sad really. But mainstream support ends next year (Jan 1, 2015) but extended goes on till 2020. Meaning licenses from MSFT - tough to get and support for new product releases may not support 2008 but patches etc. keep on going.
2003 however dies as far as all support offerings in July 2015...
Well you forget that while journalists and bloggers nowadays will generate outrage over a subject, if the retards in congress are doing well by their constituents' standards then they get re-elected, over 70% of the time. That why you have loons running the show either denying things like Harry Reid or playing fucking video poker games during important hearings like McCane. These idiots keep getting re-elected and because of the seniority reward system they get more authority to completely fuck things up. Honestly if you released a bunch of monkeys from the national zoo in congress, they'd do a much better job.
Nothing new. When the ASRM project was scoped by Congress over NASA's objections there were quite a few congressmen and senators who thought they new what rocket science was. They even stipulated that the new ASRM motors had to be delivered by a barge to KSC to cut Thiokol out of the bidding process altogether. It's how congress works and if they want to fuck with something or someone they'll figure out a way to do it.
It needs a big red shiny button on the dash! It'll simultaneously apply the brakes, eject the battery pack, contact your insurance agent to file a claim, call your lawyer to sue Tesla and deploy the fire extinguishers. Not necessarily in that order.
Good point on the Drew case but still the CFAA is very dangerous legislation especially in the hands of prosecutors who feel that they're going to pursue a case at whatever the cost.
To paraphrase.. "No bucks, no Buck Rodgers." Congress et. al. will never allow that to happen, it's too much fun playing with budgets and screwing things up in general.
In the US, under the CFAA you can be prosecuted for violating a ToS.
If a prosecutor so chooses, she can use the CFAA to argue that anyone who violates a Terms of Service is committing a felony. That means every 12-year-old who uses Google Search (or Facebook, for that matter) could technically be targeted under CFAA.
It's not a great law by any means and I don't support it but until it's repealed it can ruin anybody's life.
For any skilled profession the resource availability usually dictates what the wage price would be for that resource. The exception being lawyers and healthcare because they've been given a licensed right to charge prices outside of market forces. When Businesses look at labor costs they always want the cheapest price because usually labor is the highest cost by percentage, meaning anything they can do to drive that cost down is thought to be best for the bottom line. That's why H1-B Visas exist, not because of a shortage but because of the mythology that somebody from another nation with a lower standard of living and costs can be brought in to do the same work for less. That's why you have lawyers and companies who specialize in gaming the system by lobbying and helping companies avoid legal risks for skirting the law to ostensibly demonstrate that yes, the H1-B system does lower labor costs and it's good for the economy and allows businesses to compete in the global marketplace. That means we need more H1-B workers. All it really does is devalue your domestic workforce and place more experienced people out of work by putting up a laundry list of reasons why you shouldn't hire somebody even though they have the skills. The same can be said for "diversity" initiatives in companies which are really which are quota systems that allow legal discrimination. Because a company has a "diversity" program, some even have senior level positions for diversity with absolutely meaningless job functions, they can claim that they'll promote the hiring and accelerated advancement within the organization for people who are considered "diverse." So H1-B programs logically follow into this because the company has an "active diversity program." Again, all a smoke screen for the fact that they just want to screw local resources looking for work. As they say be cautious in trying to buy a $10,000 Ferrari because finding one, while possible, will take a long time and when you get it it'll probably be a piece of shit.
I wouldn't say that Fluke made their name in the 80s, they've been around a lot longer than that. That's one of the reasons that they're well respected. They've also been in business since the late 40s, not the 80s and their product scope is a bit larger than the DMM market but yes I agree, there are other players in the DMM space.
I've used Fluke equipment for a very long time, before that Beckman products as well and unfortunately like anything in this arena (meters, test equipment etc.) as soon as they release a product nowadays it gets copied. A lot of the Fluke designs have literally been hijacked to the point that unless you closely look for the Fluke branding, you can't tell the difference until you get into a calibration test and I've seen the cheap imports fall flat in areas where it matters. For the average guy out there tinkering it doesn't matter but in high end manufacturing and testing, it does. It's akin to fake Rolex Watches, designer handbags and the like with feature/functions that have been carefully worked out including tolerances that can mean a product or test passes or fails. Because we're talking about multimeters here, It really is no different an argument than Cellphones manufactured by two different companies where one has patents or trademarks on their designs. These are the mechanisms allowed by law that allow these companies protect their IP but regrettably there are importers that will try and sneak their product in, taking the risk that Customs will confiscate the items. I realize Sparkfun just want to sell to enthusiasts out there but really, they should have checked before trying to importing them.
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You forgot the booze!
That's the trend, to tie you to your comments directly and to your marketing preferences as well. That way they can sell your likes and dislikes to the highest bidder and use your "recommendations" to push products without your consent. Frankly the d-anonymizing of the Internet is a bad thing and gives people many more tools to categorize you.
At least Porsche are taking some responsibility for their problems like other manufacturers. Two out of 785, 0.25% Porsche recalls the cars. That's a responsible action.
Right now you can't get actual customer delivered numbers out of Tesla, they're coyish about it I'd imagine that their percentage of fires due to accidents or unknown problems would be the same or better. Without the numbers from the coyish Musky boy you don't know how bad the problem really is. To be sure the NHTSA has just given them a clean bill of health curiously at the same time this was announced so all the Nutswingers out there can rejoice, right? I call it a back room deal.
Now let's talk about two other cars that are similar or competitive with the Tesla in terms of new tech. The Volt and the Leaf. As a Leaf owner I'm not sure I've seen any article or news story indicating an unexplained fire in a Leaf. Actually I can't find any. Good for me and Nissan! WooHoo! The same for the Volt, so these two cars by different, more mature, manufacturers are doing better than Tesla but I don't hear the fanbois out there jumping for joy over that. To be sure GM has egg on it's face for the ignition switch problems but that's big car manufacturing. Problems do exist, recalls exist and that's life. Musk now announces that they're changing the design of his car but strangely enough not fixing that 25,000 or so other cars already delivered. That would seem those poor folks have a bit of a conundrum aren't they? Not very responsible if you ask me. If this was done by a recall then he'd have to fix those wouldn't he, but no he's skirted the dreaded recall word once again. But oh no the Tesla had no design issues for all those unexplained Tesla flambe' scenarios right? Fanbois and nutswingers rejoice Musky has delivered your salvation and the Tesla can do no wrong all heretics to be burned alive in a new Tesla!
I prefer I.P. Freely.
Sounds more like California.
Oh and California you still owe me a bag of oranges. I was planning to use those to sell in LA and pay for the family trip to Disneyland. F-Wads!
LOL, uh you don't know Yugos very well do you?
They can do at least 45MPH! http://articles.latimes.com/19...
Star Trek Tek.
Can we get slashdot off Musk's nutsack please? This nutswinging on Musk and Tesla is the greatest car ever is horseshit is getting old. Now he's changing the design great, work the problem Elon. Let us all know when your cars don't catch fire from just sitting there.
Well it's really interesting when you consider how low key Williams has been over the technology. I guess it's akin to the old story about why Ferrari sold sports cars, so they could go racing. I guess Williams by commercializing their F1 tech is getting some money in the till so they can do the same.
Well on 2008 R2 you're getting just over 10 years but MSFT picks some pretty weird dates for retirement. January 14, 2020 for example. I'm not saying I agree with it but it seems that they've been a bit more aggressive when it comes to retiring things after all the FUD around XP's retirement date. Windows 7 BTW has the same retirement dates for mainstream and extended end of life as 2008 R2 so no worries there I guess so they don't want to have a repeat it would seem for XP.
Williams F1 has been working on this technology for quite awhile now. It's definitely fascinating. This video shows the technology applications.
Yeah, sad really. But mainstream support ends next year (Jan 1, 2015) but extended goes on till 2020. Meaning licenses from MSFT - tough to get and support for new product releases may not support 2008 but patches etc. keep on going.
2003 however dies as far as all support offerings in July 2015...
They all look like Sontarans. So the next generation of space explorers need no necks?
Well you forget that while journalists and bloggers nowadays will generate outrage over a subject, if the retards in congress are doing well by their constituents' standards then they get re-elected, over 70% of the time. That why you have loons running the show either denying things like Harry Reid or playing fucking video poker games during important hearings like McCane. These idiots keep getting re-elected and because of the seniority reward system they get more authority to completely fuck things up. Honestly if you released a bunch of monkeys from the national zoo in congress, they'd do a much better job.
Nothing new. When the ASRM project was scoped by Congress over NASA's objections there were quite a few congressmen and senators who
thought they new what rocket science was. They even stipulated that the new ASRM motors had to be delivered by a barge to KSC to cut Thiokol out of
the bidding process altogether. It's how congress works and if they want to fuck with something or someone they'll figure out a way to do it.
It needs a big red shiny button on the dash! It'll simultaneously apply the brakes, eject the battery pack, contact your insurance agent to file a claim, call your lawyer to sue Tesla and deploy the fire extinguishers. Not necessarily in that order.
Good point on the Drew case but still the CFAA is very dangerous legislation especially in the hands of prosecutors who feel that they're going to pursue a case at whatever the cost.
To paraphrase.. "No bucks, no Buck Rodgers." Congress et. al. will never allow that to happen, it's too much fun playing with budgets and screwing things up in general.
Where's Groklaw when we need it?
In the US, under the CFAA you can be prosecuted for violating a ToS.
If a prosecutor so chooses, she can use the CFAA to argue that anyone who violates a Terms of Service is committing a felony. That means every 12-year-old who uses Google Search (or Facebook, for that matter) could technically be targeted under CFAA.
It's not a great law by any means and I don't support it but until it's repealed it can ruin anybody's life.
"We think you're door is unlocked but we won't say which house it is or where it's located."
Talk about vague.
Get to be considered an Astrophysicist considering he only has a PhD in Philosophy?
For any skilled profession the resource availability usually dictates what the wage price would be for that resource. The exception being lawyers and healthcare because they've been given a licensed right to charge prices outside of market forces. When Businesses look at labor costs they always want the cheapest price because usually labor is the highest cost by percentage, meaning anything they can do to drive that cost down is thought to be best for the bottom line. That's why H1-B Visas exist, not because of a shortage but because of the mythology that somebody from another nation with a lower standard of living and costs can be brought in to do the same work for less. That's why you have lawyers and companies who specialize in gaming the system by lobbying and helping companies avoid legal risks for skirting the law to ostensibly demonstrate that yes, the H1-B system does lower labor costs and it's good for the economy and allows businesses to compete in the global marketplace. That means we need more H1-B workers. All it really does is devalue your domestic workforce and place more experienced people out of work by putting up a laundry list of reasons why you shouldn't hire somebody even though they have the skills. The same can be said for "diversity" initiatives in companies which are really which are quota systems that allow legal discrimination. Because a company has a "diversity" program, some even have senior level positions for diversity with absolutely meaningless job functions, they can claim that they'll promote the hiring and accelerated advancement within the organization for people who are considered "diverse." So H1-B programs logically follow into this because the company has an "active diversity program." Again, all a smoke screen for the fact that they just want to screw local resources looking for work. As they say be cautious in trying to buy a $10,000 Ferrari because finding one, while possible, will take a long time and when you get it it'll probably be a piece of shit.
I wouldn't say that Fluke made their name in the 80s, they've been around a lot longer than that. That's one of the reasons that they're well respected. They've also been in business since the late 40s, not the 80s and their product scope is a bit larger than the DMM market but yes I agree, there are other players in the DMM space.
Then you're missing out on a very good product.
I've used Fluke equipment for a very long time, before that Beckman products as well and unfortunately like anything in this arena (meters, test equipment etc.) as soon as they release a product nowadays it gets copied. A lot of the Fluke designs have literally been hijacked to the point that unless you closely look for the Fluke branding, you can't tell the difference until you get into a calibration test and I've seen the cheap imports fall flat in areas where it matters. For the average guy out there tinkering it doesn't matter but in high end manufacturing and testing, it does. It's akin to fake Rolex Watches, designer handbags and the like with feature/functions that have been carefully worked out including tolerances that can mean a product or test passes or fails. Because we're talking about multimeters here, It really is no different an argument than Cellphones manufactured by two different companies where one has patents or trademarks on their designs. These are the mechanisms allowed by law that allow these companies protect their IP but regrettably there are importers that will try and sneak their product in, taking the risk that Customs will confiscate the items. I realize Sparkfun just want to sell to enthusiasts out there but really, they should have checked before trying to importing them.