Of course it can be quite a distraction for many drivers to try and hold a phone to their ear or type out a text while driving, What about hands free, e.g., bluetooth headsets? A quick poke of a button on your ear to answer a call shouldn't be any different than pushing a button to change the channel on your radio. If the phone is set to auto answer, it's not much different than having a conversation with a passenger in the vehicle.
There is a (maybe not so) subtle difference between a cell phone conversation and one with a person in the car. Passengers in a car tend to have at least partial awareness of what is happening in traffic and can adjust accordingly or even warn the driver (maybe that is worse, in some cases) Fiddling with a cell phone certainly can't help one's driving, but I think it's the conversation (with a non-present party) that is the real problem. Link below is a study...
http://www.psych.utah.edu/lab/appliedcognition/publications/passenger.pdf
If an intelligent designer was constructing clever solutions and using them for life then it seems incredibly strange that solutions don't get used multiple times.
an example in evolutionary terms is convergence (don't know/care what it would be in ID)... whether evolution or the flying spaghetti monster is the driving force, your statement above is fallacious.
In nature there are many examples of solutions that get used time and time again (e.g. DNA replication: used by all life)... and there are the unique solutions too (niche anyone?). Neither fact does much to prove or disprove ID or evolution. Seems pretty non-sequitur to me... comes off a bit hypersensitive too.
Or perhaps record labels and software companies should be forced by law to send replacement CDs/DVDs for free if you mail them a scratched disc with a self-addressed envelope.
Why? If you're too careless to handle your media in a way that won't damage it, why should they be liable to replace it? Should we also start requiring car dealers to send you a replacement car for free if you wreck yours?
When a car is purchased, generally people have the ability to make their own copies of the key. Ford doesn't bring your local hardware store to court for providing the service. I'm just saying...
.... nope not in the U.S. but in Venezuela. Come to think of it, I saw it again in 2001 and 2002 too. Then after some thinking about it in a cell in Maiqeutia, I decided that I didn't want to see it again in 2003, 2004, etc... I'm surprised Jimmy Carter hasn't stepped up to "certify" this election as well.
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Of course it can be quite a distraction for many drivers to try and hold a phone to their ear or type out a text while driving, What about hands free, e.g., bluetooth headsets? A quick poke of a button on your ear to answer a call shouldn't be any different than pushing a button to change the channel on your radio. If the phone is set to auto answer, it's not much different than having a conversation with a passenger in the vehicle.
There is a (maybe not so) subtle difference between a cell phone conversation and one with a person in the car. Passengers in a car tend to have at least partial awareness of what is happening in traffic and can adjust accordingly or even warn the driver (maybe that is worse, in some cases) Fiddling with a cell phone certainly can't help one's driving, but I think it's the conversation (with a non-present party) that is the real problem. Link below is a study... http://www.psych.utah.edu/lab/appliedcognition/publications/passenger.pdf
Ha seventeen pound wii controller... I love the onion, thanks for the link
If an intelligent designer was constructing clever solutions and using them for life then it seems incredibly strange that solutions don't get used multiple times.
an example in evolutionary terms is convergence (don't know/care what it would be in ID)... whether evolution or the flying spaghetti monster is the driving force, your statement above is fallacious.
In nature there are many examples of solutions that get used time and time again (e.g. DNA replication: used by all life) ... and there are the unique solutions too (niche anyone?). Neither fact does much to prove or disprove ID or evolution. Seems pretty non-sequitur to me... comes off a bit hypersensitive too.
Heh... Maybe the headline should drop the word "recovery"... it'd still be accurate
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ZOMG!!! This means there must have once been trees on the moon!!!
Of course... where do you think the cheese comes from?
You need to ask a lawyer. Please mod this up. Asking legal questions on an Slashdot forum is like asking 4chan for relationship advice.
...It's almost as bad as asking for relationship advice on Slashdot...
Maybe it's free as in beer...
Or perhaps record labels and software companies should be forced by law to send replacement CDs/DVDs for free if you mail them a scratched disc with a self-addressed envelope.
Why? If you're too careless to handle your media in a way that won't damage it, why should they be liable to replace it? Should we also start requiring car dealers to send you a replacement car for free if you wreck yours?
When a car is purchased, generally people have the ability to make their own copies of the key. Ford doesn't bring your local hardware store to court for providing the service. I'm just saying...
.... nope not in the U.S. but in Venezuela. Come to think of it, I saw it again in 2001 and 2002 too. Then after some thinking about it in a cell in Maiqeutia, I decided that I didn't want to see it again in 2003, 2004, etc... I'm surprised Jimmy Carter hasn't stepped up to "certify" this election as well.
Insightful Mod... that's funny... heh
the word herb is pronounced with an H. Only if it's a name. If you are talking about plants, then it is not.
Wasn't there a Burger King advertising campaign in the mid 80's about "Herb"?